Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1928 [PAGE 610]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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the examination discloses that the title in the University is free from flaws affecting its merchantability, the University would be perfectly safe in executing a warranty deed." This report w a s received for record. AMENDMENT OF ERROR IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE D E M O N S T R A T O R ' S ASSOCIATION W H I C H W A S ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD (31) A letter from Assistant-to-the-Dean A. R. Cooper, of the College of Medicine, informs m e that an error occurs in the constitution of the Demonstrator's Association submitted for your approval and accepted by you. Article VI, Section 2, as submitted reads as follows: "The regular accounts of the Association, namely salaries, rent, and bills for stationery, for supplies, and express expenses necessarily incurred in the conduct of the Association's business may be paid on presentation by the Executive Officer, up to a maximum total of $200.00." That sentence should be as follows, making two sentences. "The regular accounts of the Association, namely salaries, rent, and bills for stationery, for supplies, and express expenses necessarily incurred in the conduct of the Association's business may be paid on presentation by the Executive Officer. Other unforeseen petty cash expenditures may be so paid, up to a maximum total of $200.00." I recommend the acceptance by the Board of this amendment to the constitution. O n motion of Dr. Noble, this amendment w a s accepted. AGREEMENT WITH LESLIE IRVIN FOR OPERATION OF CARTER-PENNELL FARM (32) I submit a proposed agreement with Mr. Leslie Irvin for the operation of one of the Carter-Pennell farms for one year beginning March 1, 1928, and recommend that i be approved and that i be executed by the President t t and Secretary of the Board, as of March 1, 1928. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this recommendation w a s approved. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CARTER-PENNELL FARMS (33) A meeting of this Committee, consisting of Deans Mumford and Ketchum and Professor Ruth Wardall of the Department of H o m e Economics and the President of the University, was held in the President's Office on May 9. Dean Mumford, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, presented the following annual report and operative statement. The Committee examined this report, and approved i for transmission to the Board t of Trustees. I herewith submit i and recommend that i be referred to the t t Committee on Agriculture for examination and recommendation. THE FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CARTER-PENNELL FARMS March I, 1927, to February 29, 1928 The Carter-Pennell farms were operated at a s i h loss to the Unilgt versity for the year ending February 29, 1928. This was due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions. It is probable that no locality in the central part of the state faced as unfavorable farming conditions as were experienced in that vicinity. As an indication of the cropping conditions it may be well to state that some of the oats were pastured as they were not worth cutting, and that i was impossible tofinishplanting corn until practically t July I. N o corn was planted until after thefirstof June, which was a month late. That locality had a heavy storm at the time i was possible for t farmers both north and south of that area to plant most of their corn which delayed planting from two to three weeks in that immediate area compared with some other communities in this part of the state.