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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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110 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 3, Insignia and ornaments, items 2 (except cap), 3, 10, 11, and 12, costing approximately $2,604.00, can in no case be used or disposed of. We cannot be certain of full remuneration through sale to the Quartermaster. Should we engage to furnish uniforms, we could only do so to 1200 men, while our enrollment will doubtless greatly exceed that number, and we would stand to lose nearly $10.00 on each outfit. An unclaimed balance of about $12,000 remains from commutations of previous years. On inquiry, I find that there will be considerable demand among our students for uniforms in addition to their service outfits, and of better material. I do not believe there is any doubt but that if we opened our material to private sale, that we could dispose of it all, and at prices to cover our outlay. I therefore recommend that I be given authority— 1—To cancel the contract for Caps, item 2 (part) and substitute a service hat, as required by the War Department, and at approximately the cost of the cap. 2—To purchase such additional insignia as may be found necessary to meet present regulations. 3—To purchase and store for future use items of ornaments and insignia previously ordered, to be paid for from the unclaimed balance in the commutation allowance of previous years. 4—To offer for sale to students at cost, to be paid for when order is taken, the outfit with changes resulting from the above, at cost (approximately $35.00). 5—To sell at the best terms to be secured, any material not disposed of as above, any necessary loss resulting from such procedure to be also charged to the balance in the commutation fund. Cordially yours, LLOYD MOREY Comptroller Mr. Morey recommends finally after further examination that the University should adhere to the contracts with Jacob Reed's Sons and with J. M. Kaufman & Co. and after making the necessary changes in the equipment, offer the uniforms complete to the students at the actual cost price to the University, namely, thirtyeight dollars each. The recommendation of the Comptroller was approved and he was authorized and instructed to administer this matter in accordance with these recommendations. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION (17) A recommendation that the sum of one hundred dollars be subscribed in support of the work of the American Council of Education in Washington. On motion of Mr. Hoit, this appropriation was made. REMOVAL OF T H E EYE A N D EAR INFIRMARY The following statement: We have had some discussion with Honorable Charles H. Thorne, Director of the State Department of Public Welfare of Illinois, as to the possibility of relocating the Eye and Ear Infirmary in the city of Chicago, so as to bring it nearer to the site (18)
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