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1921]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Mr. Trimble, these recommendations were adopted and the appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Noble, Mr. Trimble; no, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Small.

D E P A R T M E N T OF ASTRONOMY AUTHORIZED

(10) A recommendation that the Division of Astromony in the Department of Mathematics be organized as a separate Department of Astronomy and that Professor Joel Stebbins be made the head thereof.

On motion of Mr. Abbott, this recommendation was approved.

D E P A R T M E N T OF BACTERIOLOGY

(11) A recommendation that the present Division of Bacteriology in the Department of Botany be erected into a separate Department of Bacteriology and that Professor F. W. Tanner be appointed its head.

On motion of Mr. Hoit, this recommendation was approved.

RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR BLAIR W I T H D R A W N

The following statement: I recently received through Dean Davenport a letter dated November 1, 1920, from Professor J. C. Blair of the Department of Horticulture tendering his resignation. Altho I had heard informally that Professor Blair had written this letter, I had not seen it until within a few weeks. It seems to me that we ought not to dispense with the services of Professor Blair. Accordingly, on July 11, I wrote him that I was unwilling to accept his resignation and that I thought he had not completed the service which he could give to the University and the people of Illinois and asked him to withdraw his resignation. I am glad to report now that Professor Blair has withdrawn his resignation. This report was received for record.

STORM WATER SEWER O N S I X T H S T R E E T

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The following statement: The Supervising Architect informs me that a contract has been awarded by the City of Champaign for the paving and installation of a storm water sewer on Sixth Street, Champaign. The sewer proposed is to be a 12" storm water sewer part of the way south and a 10" the rest of the way to Armory Avenue. The Supervising Architect states that this would be wholly inadequate to take care of our building needs and that we should do what we can to cooperate with the city in putting in a 30" sewer from the Boneyard to Green Street and a 24" from there to Armory Avenue. Unless we do this, it will be necessary for us to "take all that storm water westward into the proposed storm water extension which will be a part of the scheme for deepening the Boneyard, which it is proposed by the Board of Local Improvements to put through, in which case all property benefited can be assessed. This latter project is not certain of materializing, and I believe that in view of the proposed new Library Building, and because we have not an adequate storm water drain to carry off the water from the Armory that we ought to pay the extra cost for this direct line from that area to the Boneyard." He further states that the extra cost would not be over $6,500, and he asks your authorization for the payment of this difference to install the larger sewer of 30" from the Boneyard to Green Street and 24" from there to Armory Avenue instead of the 12" and 10" for these distances respectively.

(13)

On motion of Mr. Trimble, this recommendation was adopted.