Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1924 [PAGE 411]

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board of trustees

[February 14,

COST O F OPERATING HOSPITALS President Noble reported for the special committee on the cooperative hospitals that the State Department of Public Welfare expects to be able to equip and operate a l of the main building facing north— l a total of from 200 to 250 beds. IN MEMORY OF JUDGE JOHN M. HERBERT On motion of Mrs. Evans, the following resolutions were adopted: W H E R E A S , in the death of John M . Herbert on January 23, 1924, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois has lost an honored member, and W H E R E A S , his sudden death came as a great shock to his associates and has deprived them of an earnest, influential co-worker, and the University of one of i s friends, t B E IT R E S O L V E D that the Board hereby expresses to his family i s heartfelt sympathy in the loss of their husband and t father, and that this testimony of i s appreciation and sorrow be t spread upon the minutes, and a copy sent to the surviving members of his family. COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATION O N DRAINAGE (4) A recommendation that a request of the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station that the Board approve an agreement with the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department of Agriculture to carry on certain drainage investigations in Illinois, be granted. This involves an expenditure from appropriations already made by your Board to the Engineering Experiment Station, not to exceed $600 a year for assistants. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this recommendation w a s approved. T R A V E L I N G E X P E N S E S . OFFICE O F T H E D E A N O F M E N (5) A request for an appropriation of $250 from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for travelling expenses for the Dean of Men in discharge of certain duties in the Chicago departments this year. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this appropriation was m a d e by the following vote: Aye, M r . Armstrong, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Noble, M r . Trimble; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, Mrs. Blake, M r . Small, M r . Trees. PURCHASE OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION LAND (6) A report from the Comptroller that in accordance with the action of the Board on July 11, 1923, he has concluded the purchase of the Stoolman tract (18.51 acres) and the Athletic Association tract west of First Street (20 acres) for a total consideration of $81,236.92. This report w a s received for record. PLYM SECURITIES RECEIVED (7) A report from the Comptroller that the certificates of Southern Pacific Stock donated to the University by Mr- Plym have been received by our Treasurer, Mr. Burke, showing transfer to the Board of Trustees, This report w a s received for record.