Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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1919] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 209 45c 48c 50c 40c 43c 45c ...45c 48c 50c Power Plant Firemen and Engineers For the first six months For the next six months After one year Mechanics helpers (except boys) For the first six months For the next six months After one year Truck Drivers For the first six months For the next six months After one year , Truck Helpers For the first six months 40c For the next six months 43c After one year 45c This will add about $10,000 to our payroll for the next six months. I think the only questionable change is in the case of the janitors whom we propose to change from a 10-hour day to an 8-hour day, increasing their hourly rate from an average of 33c an hour to 45c an hour. They would receive the same total daily advance by increasing their present hourly wage by 3c and keeping them on the 10-hour basis. I don't think there could be any criticism of this increase, but in view of the fact that all of our other employes (except the groundsmen) are 911 an 8-hour basis, I believe we are justified in making the change. We have been gradually working towards the 8-hour day and would like to adopt it for all employes, but do not see our way clear at the present time to put it into effect in our Grounds Department because of the similarity of their work to that of certain departments in the College of Agriculture. Yours truly, JAMES M. WHITE Supervising Architect The recommendation of Professor White was approved for the first six months of the present year. PATENTING OF INVENTION BY PROFESSOR E. A. W H I T E (3) A request from Professor Earl Archibald White for permission to take out a patent on an improved hitching device. Professor White and Mr. Dinsmore presented this matter in detail. After fall discussion, the matter was referred to the Committee on Agriculture with power to act (see page 222). RECESS IN HONOR OF MR. ROOSEVELT At this point, at 11:45 a. m., a recess of five minutes was taken in memory of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt.
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