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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 15,

for the short term of one year, but that thereafter all elections would be for two-year terms.' , After giving this matter some thought, I beg to recommend to you and to the Board of Trustees that the Advisory Board for the Department of Ceramic Engineering be reorganized in accordance with the recommendation of the Department of Ceramic Engineering. If this recommendation is approved, it should be understood that the present Board will cease to exist, and that it will be necessary for the Illinois Clay Manufacturers* Association to nominate four men, and the Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society four men, each representing a different branch of the industry. Trusting that this recommendation will meet your approval, I am Very cordially yours,

C. R. RICHARDS

This recommendation was approved.

GIFT OF WESTINGHOUSE MOTOR (32) A rcommunication from Dean C. R. Richards as to a gift made to the University by the Westinghouse Company of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. February 13, 1919 President Edmund J. James

M Y DEAR PRESIDENT JAMES:

It gives me pleasure to inform you that the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently donated a 105 h. p., 2500-volt direct-current railway motor to our Department of Electrical Engineering. This motor is one of two such motors which were constructed by the Westinghouse Company and used in an investigation to determine the practicability of utilizing 5000 volts of direct current in the operation of electric railway cars. These two motors were operated in series, so that each motor utilized half of the total voltage. The need for the motors disappeared upon the completion of these experiments, and the Westinghouse Company has generously donated one of them to this institution. Professor Paine has informed me that he proposes to operate this motor as a generator so that direct current of 2500 volts will be available for experimental work. You will doubtless recall that during Professor Berg's administration, 30 small 500volt direct-current generators were purchased for the Department of Electrical Engineering. These machines when coupled in series give 15,000 volts of direct current, and some very interesting research work has been possible by the use of this unique equipment. These small motors, together with the motor which has been donated by the Westinghouse Company, give us facilities for the study of high voltage direct currents, which are probably superior to those possessed by any other institution. Very cordially yours,

C. R. RICHARDS

This gift was accepted and the President of the University was authorized to extend the thanks of the Trustees to the Westinghouse Company.