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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 18,

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO NAME OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING

(15) A certified copy from the Secretary of State of Senate Joint Resolution No. 23, adopted by the Senate on M a y 2 and concurred in by the House of Representatives on M a y 3, requesting the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois "to cause the Main Agricultural Building of the University of Illinois to be named 'Hopkins Memorial Hall.' " I submit this resolution with the recommendation that the Board accept the intent of the resolution and lay the matter over for further consideration. O n motion of M r . Blair, action on this matter w a s deferred until the next meeting of the Board. HEATING C O N T R A C T , A G R I C U L T U R A L BUILDING (16) A report from Professor James M . White, Supervising Architect, that under the action of the Board at its meeting on July 12, 1922 (page 21), the heating contract for the agricultural building was awarded to the Mehring & Hanson Company, the second low bidder, for the sum of nineteen thousand seven hundred sixtynine dollars (#19,769). The low bidder, Messrs. Wolf & Bero, declined to sign a contract on the ground that their set of plans and specifications was not complete and that they had notfiguredon the entire work, and asked to be allowed to raise their bid #2,500, advising us at the same time that i we could not accept that f proposition we might reject their bid, provided we returned their check. We, therefore, rejected their bid, returned their check, and awarded the contract as stated above. This report w a s received for record. At this point, President Noble, being called from the room, asked M r . Blair to preside. T H E F T O F PRESCRIPTION B A L A N C E (17) A report that on the night of April 5, 1923, a Troemner Prescription Balance was stolen from the pharmacy laboratory of the School of Pharmacy. The usual measures were taken in an effort to apprehend the thief, but without success. The balance was two or three years old and was valued at about $30. This report was received for record. H E A L T H SERVICE EXPENSES (18) A recommendation that the sum of $275 be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund to the University Health Service to provide for expenses for the remainder of the currentfiscalyear. O n motion of M r s . Blake, this recommendation w a s approved. T h e vote was as follows: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Blair, M r s . Blake, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . Herbert, M r . Noble, M r . Small, M r . Trimble. At this point, President Noble returned and resumed the chair.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE GOLF COURSE

(19) A request from the University Golf Club that the course be extended by the addition of the 40 acres to the east of the present course. President David Kinley, University of Illinois Urbana' Illinois> Ma^ T4. J923 M r Dear President Kinley: The officers of the University of Illinois Golf Club understand there i a possis bility of the re-assignment of the forty acres of land just east of the present golf course. In view of the crowded condition of the present course, we wish to ask that the above forty acres be assigned to the University of Illinois Golf Club.