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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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I9I8J UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 917 (1) For the services of the individual, made by him and collected by him direct. (2) For the service and use of facilities of the University as previously outlined. Any announcement made of tests conducted in this manner will indicate clearly that the individual performing the work is to be directly reimbursed for his services, and that the University will be separately reimbursed for such facilities as it may furnish. All details of procedure will be subject to the approval of the Dean of the college in which the department is located, and the Comptroller. In all cases where commercial testing is permitted to be undertaken by proper officials of the University, it should be clearly understood by the agency requesting such tests that the University as an institution assumes no responsibility for the results obtained. It is proposed to apply these regulations to work done by members of the College of Engineering staff. Dean Richards and the heads of the departments of the College of Engineering joined in the recommendation that this plan be adopted so far as the College of Engineering is concerned. It may also be applied in the department of chemistry and in any other departments in which occasional requests for commercial tests may be favorably acted upon by the departments concerned. On motion of Mr. Carr, the President of the University was authorized to adopt this plan and ta provide for its: applic&tio® in? such cases. MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS (7) A report from Dr. Roger Adams on the organic chemical manufacturing work which was started at the University in June, 1917: TO THE B OARD OF TR VSTEES: The organic chemical manufacturing was started June, 1917. During the summer months from six to ten students were employed in this work and were paid $ .25 to $ .35 an hour, depending on their experience. Since the University opened this fall,, two graduates have spent practically all of their time at this work and other men have been hired off and on when necessary. Up to the present time about one hundred twenty-five chemicals have been made and sold outside of the University. These have been sent to twelve different distributing concerns, over thirty different colleges, and universities, eighteen government laboratories,- and over fifty comn^rcfal concerns in all parts of the United States and Canada. The amounts of the various compounds prepared has varied from two; grams to about one hundred pounds and in general* the amount sold at one time has; been between one and eight ounces and has in only a few cases exceeded tent pounds* The. approximate financial status of the manufacturing to; February 1, ipS* is as follows:
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