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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 13

I further recommend that the Treasurer be directed to receive and deposit in the general fund of the University the amount of the bonds paid on account of the Congregational Scholarship fund, $2,000, all obligations for which have been met by the University so that the donation has been paid and cancelled; and that the Comptroller be authorized to credit this sum to the unappropriated balance of the Reserve and Contingent fund.

On motion of Mr. Abbott, these recommendations were concurred in.

P A Y M E N T OF HOSPITAL BILL OF M R S . F A N N I E M I T T A N (7) A recommendation that the hospital bill of Mrs. Fannie Mittan, amounting to $24.50, be paid. Mrs. Mittan, who is chaperone of the girls' co-operative house at 106 S. Goodwin Avenue, was injured by falling through the cover of a cistern which had been allowed to fall into bad repair.

On motion of Mr. Abbott, this recommendation was approved. The money was appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent fund by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Hoit; no, none; absent, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Noble, Mr. Small, Mr. Trimble.

H E A T C O N N E C T I O N FOR U N I V E R S I T Y WOMAN'S CLUB (8) A request from the University Woman's Club for permission to have their house, which they intend to build or purchase, connected with the University heating system. Having inquired into the circumstances, I cannot recommend that their request be granted. On the contrary, I recommend that their request be not granted.

On motion of Mr. Abbott, the recommendation of the President was not concurred in. On motion of Mrs. Busey, the request of the Woman's Club was granted, on condition that the Club shall pay all costs of making the connection and for all heat used; it was the understanding of the Board that the location chosen must be within convenient distance of the heating mains.

PURCHASE OF PROPERTY NEAR PHARMACY B U I L D I N G (9) A recommendation that the Committee on Buildings and Grounds be authorized to purchase the property at 1745 Flournoy Street, in Chicago, and that $2800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for this purpose from the Reserve and Contingent fund.

On motion of Mrs. Blake, these recommendations were concurred in. The vote was as follows: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Hoit; no, none; absent, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Noble, Mr. Small, Mr. Trimble.

S U M M E R SESSION SCALE O F SALARIES (10) A request for authority to make up the salary budget of the Summer Session of 1922 on an increased scale, the salaries assigned to be approximately 16 per cent of the annual salaries for the ranks involved and the maximum salary to be $900.

On motion of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was concurred in. At this point, Mr. Blair withdrew.