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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 11

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY

The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University.

GREGORY LEGACY (1) A statement that Mrs. Allene Gregory had decided, on advice of counsel, not to accept the proposal of the Board to consent to the distribution of the personal property in the estate of Mrs. Louisa Allen Gregory without first discharging the mortgage on the real estate in which interest is devised to the University of Illinois and Kalamazoo College, on condition that all the income derived from this real estate since the death of Mrs. Gregory be applied in discharge of the mortgage indebtedness. (See page 122.)

This report was received for record.

LOCATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY AND LIBRARY (2) A letter from Director C. H. Jenkins of the Department of Public Welfare consenting to the location of the new Medical Research Laboratory and Library building on state property in Chicago under control of the department.

This letter was received for record.

COMMITTEE ON C O L L E G E O F MEDICINE

At this point, Mrs. Blake submitted the following report from the Committee on the College of Medicine and School of Pharmacy.

A meeting of the Committee on the College of Medicine and School of Pharmacy was held in Room 524, 72 W. Adams Street, Chicago, at 2:00 p. m. on January 6. There were present Mrs. Blake, Chairman, Dr. Noble and Mr. Abbott^ of the Committee, and President Kinley. There were also present Judge Jenkins, Director of the State Department of Public Welfare, Dean Eycleshymer, Dr. Ochsner, State Architect Martin, Mr. Richard Smith, and Mr. Erickson of his office, Supervising Architect White, and Dr. Adler. At the request of the Chairman, President Kinley stated that the purpose of the meeting was to decide upon assignment of space in the new Clinical Hospital Building among the various departments of the College of Medicine. He then called on Dean Eycleshymer, who said that some time ago an assignment of space had been made by the Department of Public Welfare, and although the apportionment of space made at that time was not an ideal apportionment for the College of Medicine, it had been accepted, as it was apparently what the Department of Public Welfare desired. Dr. Noble stated that, in his opinion, in apportioning space the interests of the College and of the Department and the organized medical profession should both be taken into consideration, so that the best interests of the State as a whole should be served. In the ensuing discussion, participated in by the Dean, the President, and the Director, it appeared that, as the Department's plans had undergone some modifications since the original assignment of space was made, it would be desirable to disregard that assignment and make a new assignment, better adapted to the present needs. At the termination of the discussion President Kinley recommended that the Committee instruct the President to get from the Dean and faculty of the Medical College, with the advice of other people prominent in the medical profession, a recommendation for an allotment of space in the Clinical Hospital Building, and that after this be approved by the Department of Public Welfare it must be submitted to the Board for its action. Upon motion, the President's recommendation was concurred in.

On motion of Mrs. Blake, the report of the Committee was adopted.