Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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754, BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June i, AGRONOMY BARN (29) A statement that in accordance with the action taken last year in regard to the erection of the Agronomy barn, he had authorized the Supervising Architect to proceed with the erection of this barn at a cost of $4,000.00 to be charged to Agronomy Funds, (see page 378, Minutes of the Board of Trustees). This statement was received for record. PURCHASE OF BOOKS (30) A request of the University Librarian that he be authorized to place orders for the purchase of books for the next fiscal year to an amount not exceeding $19,000, or one-half the regular departmental assignments for books; and also, that similar authority be given to purchase books for the Library of the College of Medicine, the amount not to exceed $1,000 and to be charged to next year's budget. On motion of Mrs. Evans, this recommendation was approved. REGISTRANTS A T AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNION IN EUROPE (31) A list of University of Illinois men who\ have registered at the American University Union in Paris. This list was received for record. CONTINUOUS WORK IN ENGINEERING (32) A statement from Dean C. R. Richards concerning continuous work in engineering. No action was taken in this matter. PATENTS ON PROCESS FOR COKING COAL (33) A letter from Dean C. R. Richards concerning the securing of certain patents, relating to the coking of coal, with proposed articles of agreement between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, and Mr. A. T. H e r t of the American Creosoting Company, Louisville, Kentucky. May 28, 1918 President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois M Y DEAR PRESIDENT J A M E S : On February 8, 1916, the Board of Trustees authorized you to approve a proposal for a cooperative investigation on the coking of coal, to be conducted by the Engineering Experiment Station in cooperation with Mr. A. T. H e r t of Louisville^ Kentucky. Under this agreement Professor S. W . P a r r and Dr. T . E. Layng have been engaged during the past years in research work on the coking of coal on a scale considerably larger than that of the original laboratory investigations conducted by Professor Parr. Apparently the results of this cooperative investigation seem to indicate that the process discovered by Professor P a r r has great commercial possibilities and that consequently the process itself may become exceedingly valuable if properly protected.
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