Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920 [PAGE 576]

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John M. Herbert Gairo A. Trimble Margaret Day Blake Ex-O/ficio Members Governor Edward F. Dunne Govenor Frank O. Lowden Superintendent Francis G. Blair James E, Taggart Len Small

[October #>

The names of the-President of the University and of the architect will probably appear as usual. Yours truly,

JAMES M. W H I T E

Supervising Architect

T?he Supervising Architect was authorized to proceed with the dfesign and; intallation of the tablets according to his plans.

PROPOSED AGREEMENT W I T H T H E NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNOIL AND T H E ENGINEERING FOUNDATION FOR AN INVESTIGATION Of* T H E FATIGUE PHENOMENA OF METALS (23) Letters from the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station: October 2, 1919 President David Kinley y University of Illinois

M * ©EAR PRESIDENT KINLEY:

I am transmitting herewith three copies of the proposed- contract between tht National Research Council, the Engineering Foundation, and the University of Illinois for an investigation on the fatigue phenomena of metals, which has been amended to meet your suggestions and criticisms. Since your suggestions deal chiefly in slight changes in phraseology, which* do not change the meaning of the proposed contract, I assume that the other interested parties will find no objections to the changes, unless perhaps to the elimination of the clause in Article 5 (a) providing that "a contributor of funds, materials, or equipment for the experimental work shall, upon his written request, approved by the Advisory Committee, be given, for his own use but not for publication, information developed in the progress of the investigation." This clause was inserted by the officers of the Engineering Foundation and the National Research Council, and they may be reluctant to agree to its elimination; From my point of view, the matter is of rather trivial importance, since I can not anticipate that the University and the Station would be embarrassed by this provision* In your presentation of this matter to the Board of Trustees, I feel that it is mx>ortant that the Board be advised of the fact that this investigation is one of first importance :n the field of engineering science, and that its successful completion will reflect great ««v.dit upon the Engineering Experiment Station. On the other hand, if the University -enters into this contract and fails to carry it through in an accepatable manner, it might easily reflect great discredit upon the institution. If we find it possible to secure the services of a sufficient number of competent special investigators to work on this investigation under our general direction, I have no fear that there will be any difficulty in carrying the work through to a successful