Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1928 [PAGE 202]

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1927]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PURCHASE OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PROPERTY

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(8) The Superintendent of Business Operations reports that the Board of Directors of the Kappa Kappa G a m m a Sorority have accepted the offer of the University to purchase their sorority house, and that the necessary papers for the transfer of the property are ready. Since the Board has authorized the purchase of this property, an appropriation will be necessary for that purpose. O n motion of M r s . Evans, $33,300 w a s appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent F u n d for this purchase, b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Trees, M r . W h a m ; no, none; absent, M r . Noble, M r . Small. A t this point D r . Noble took his place with the Board. S A L E O F McKINLEY L O A N F U N D SECURITIES (9) On request of Dean Thomas Arkle Clark, Chairman of the Committee on Loan Funds, and the recommendation of the Comptroller, I recommend that the Treasurer be directed to sell another $5,000 of U. S. securities being held as investment of the McKinley (formerly Anonymous) Loan Fund, to provide funds for further loans to students. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this recommendation w a s approved. APPROPRIATION FOR GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS A N D FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1927-Z8 (10) The Dean o the Graduate School recommends that $25,000 be provided i f n the budget for 1927-28 for graduate scholarships and fellowships. I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this appropriation was authorized, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Trees, M r . W h a m ; no, none; absent, M r . Small. A P P R O P R I A T I O N F O R D R U G R O O M IN T H E R E S E A R C H A N D E D U C A T I O N A L HOSPITAL (11) On request of Dean D. J. Davis of the College of Medicine, I recommend that an appropriation of $4,000 be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the drug room in the Research and Educational Hospital. This amount is necessary to meet the additional expense of taking care of the increased demand on these facilities in the hospital. O n motion of D r . Noble, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . B u sey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Trees, Mr. W h a m ; no, none; absent, Mr. Small. APPOINTMENT OF DR. BEARD RECONSIDERED O n motion of Mr. Blair, the appointment of Dr. Beard (page 198) was reconsidered. On motion of Dr. Noble, action on this appointment was deferred. At this point, Mrs. Evans withdrew.