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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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286 SOAfeD OP ?RUS?£k£ APPROPRIATION BILL [April 4, (19) A recommendation that the item for buildings in the appropriation bill for 1917-19 be reduced to $500,000} and that the item for schools and colleges be increased by $2oo}o0a On motion of Mr. Taggart, this recommendation was concurred in. RESIGNATION OF MR. C. M. DeLANY (20) A report that Mr. C. M. DeLany had resigned his position as a member of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy.* This report was received for record, At this point, Miss Watson withdrew. BASE HOSPITAL U N I T (21) A request from Dr. D. A. K. Steele, Dean of the College of Medicine, for authority to organize a base hospital unit, the personnel to be made up of the members of the faculty of the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois and other people willing to assist them. On motion of Mr. Hoit, the President of the University was authorized to organize such a unit> provided 110 expenditure of money on the part of the University be involved, VALUE OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL BUILDINGS (22) A statement concerning the Value of the Medical and Dental plants of the University. The following estimate was made of the value of the Medical and Dental property of the University in Chicago by McKey and Poague, real-estate and insurance agents: Medical building, $273,716.69; Dental building, $120,393.00; total, $394,109.69; equipment, etc., of buildings, $'135,000.00. Total value of buildings and contents, exclusive of land occupied, $529,109.69. The valuation put on the Medical and Dental property given above was based on its valuation for insurance purposes. The University has taken out a total insurance of $360,000 on this property. There is no doubt that it would cost considerably more than $600,000.00 to acquire an amount of land equal to that occupied by these buildings in an equally favorable location aiid to erect and equip buildings as adapted to their purpose as those now occupied by the University, tho of course if we had that amount of money we could get new buildings instead of old buildings such as we have.f This statement was received for record. PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC (23) A statement from Director J, L. Erb concerning work in public school music. No action was taken in this matter. *See Minutes, March 13, 1917, page 253. fFor other valuations see Report of the University of Illinois for 1914, pp. 257 and 642; also Report for 1912, pp. 469-70.
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