Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918 [PAGE 409]

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1917l

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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made such an assignment therefore on June 30. It finally appeared, however, that it would be possible for the authorities of the Y. M. C. A. to arrange and equip their building satisfactorily to the Commandant and to house 200 men, the number mentioned by the Government as the probable attendance at the School. The Commandant of the School of Military Aeronautics demands the use of all the rooms and floor space in the Y. M. C. A. building from the first floor up. This will necessitate making provision for the work of the Y. M. C. A. in some other building, and it will also entail considerable expense on the Association. I have a proposal from the Committee of the Y. M. C. A. to turn over the building to the University to be used as barracks for the School of Military Aeronautics on the following conditions: 1. That the University will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for alterations, plumbing, electrical installation, steam fitting, masonry and carpentry work, painting, etc., in the building itself, to make the building suitable for the accommodation of the members of the School. 2. That during the time of housing the members of the School, the University shall make no charge for the use of heat, water, and electricity, furnished by the University, and for which the Association is now paying about $i,ioo a year. 3. That the University shall give to the Association without rent and without charge for heat, water, and electricity, the use of the President's House, which it is expected he will shortly vacate. This means in brief that the University shall pay for the use of the building during the first year approximately $8,000, and after that year, about $3,000 a year, during the period of occupancy of the building by the members of the Aviation School. The association is ready to make a contract with the Commandant of the School of Aeronautics for the rationing of the men, and it will become responsible for furnishing a satisfactory rationing for the rate which the Government allows—namely, $1.00 a day for each man. This means in effect that, if the war should last for three years, the cost to the University of housing this School would be about $15,000. Of course, if the war should suddenly cease, the School would probably be immediately closed, and a material loss would result to the Y. M. C. A., but this is a risk which the association is willing to take in these exceptional times.

During the presentation of this matter, Mrs. Busey withdrew. On motion of Miss Watson, the plan for quartering the men in the School of Military Aeronautics in the Y. M. C. A. building was approved, the President's House was assigned to the Y. M. C. A., and the sum of $7500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, was appropriated for this purpose. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Taggart, Mr. Trimble, Mr. Ward, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Lowden, Mr. Trevett.

INCOME AND BUDGET ASKINGS (3) An estimate of the income of the University for the year 1917-18, prepared by Mr. Lloyd Morey.