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board of trustees

[February 14,

C O N T R A C T S F O R N E W BUILDINGS Professor White reported his estimates of the cost of completing and furnishing the new Commerce, Gymnasium, Library, and University McKinley Hospital buildings, showing that the total cost should not exceed the appropriations. O n motion of M r . Trimble, the recommendation of the Executive Committee and of the Supervising Architect with reference to the general contract for the Commerce building was adopted: namely, the contract was awarded to English Brothers, the lowest bidders, on the basis of their bid of $336,960, subject to certain deductions as specified in the contract, and the President and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute such contract. O n motion of M r . Trimble, the recommendation of the Executive Committee and of the Supervising Architect with reference to the general contract for the Library building was adopted: namely, the contract was awarded to English Brothers, the lowest bidders, on the basis of their bid of $507,750, subject to certain deductions as specified in the contract, and the President and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute such contract. O n motion of Mrs. Busey, the recommendation of the Executive Committee that all bids on the general contract for the N e w G y m nasium be rejected was not concurred in, but the Executive Committee was directed to follow the procedure used in the case of the bids on the Hospital: namely, to ask the three low bidders to revise their bids to conform to certain changes in the plans, and to award the contract to the lowest bidder. It was specified that such bids must be in the hands of the Supervising Architect not later than M o n d a y , February 18, 1924, at 9 o'clock a. m . O n motion of M r . Trimble, M r . Armstrong was authorized to act as a m e m b e r of the Executive Committee in place of M r . Trees at the meeting of February 18, 1924. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS (1) A recommendation that the following appropriations be made. 1. The appropriation of the sum of $750,000 appropriated by the last General Assembly for the erection of thefirstunit of a new library building for the purposes for which the Legislature made the appropriation. 2. The appropriation of the sum of $500,000 appropriated b y the last General Assembly for the erection of a new building for the College of Commerce and Business Administration for the purposes for which the Legislature made the appropriation. 3. The appropriation of the sum of $500,000 appropriated b y the last General Assembly for the erection of a new men's gymnasium for the purposes for which the Legislature made the appropriation.