Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1916
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MEETING OF OCTOBER 30, 1915. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Trustees' Room, at the University, in Urbana, on Saturday, October 30, 1915, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. President Abbott and Mr. Carr, members of the committee and Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Ward, and Miss Watson, members of the board were present. Vice President David Kinley, Maj. F. D. Webster, and Prof. J. M. White were present. Vice President Kinley presented the following recommendations on behalf of President James. B A T T E R Y OF A R T I L L E R Y . (1) A recommendation that the Board of Trustees approve the suggestion o f Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson that a Battery of Field Artillery of the National Guard be authorized a t the University of, Illinois, and that the President of the University be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to put the plan into immediate effect. Maj. Webster explained this matter in detail. On motion of Mr. Carr, this recommendation was approved. L E A V E OF ABSENSE FOR PROF. S. O. ANDROS. (2) A recommendation that the Board of Trustees approve the recommendation of Dean W. F. M. Goss that a leave of absence for the month of November, without salary, be granted to Mr. S. O. Andros, Assistant Professor of Mining Research in the Engineering Experiment Station. On motion of Mr. Carr, this recommendation was approved. A P P R O P R I A T I O N , COLLEGE OF M E D I C I N E . (3) A recommendation that eleven hundred and forty dollars ($1,140) of the unassigned funds of the College of Medicine be added to the sums allotted the Pepartments of Anatomy and. Chemistry of the College of Medicine for the purchase of cadavers, and for equipment and repair, respectively, to be expended under the direction of the President, provided he is satisfied, after further inquiry, that the additional expenditures are justified. On motion of Mr. Carr, this recommendation was approved. SETTLEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Prof. White presented the matter of settlement with English Brothers for the general contract for the Administration Building. On motion of Mr. Carr, the recommendation of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, that a bonus of $1,050 be paid English Brothers for the completion of the building on July 15 instead of September 1, 1915, as provided for in the contract, was concurred in. The Executive Committee Adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, H. E. CUNNINGHAM, Cleric. Chairman. 858
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