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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COST OF WRIGHT STREET PAVEMENT

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(10) A report from the Supervising Architect that the University's share of the assessment for the paving of Wright Street as it has now been distributed is $68,139.19. In order to enable the city to dispose of the bonds to be issued on account of this improvement, I recommend adoption of the following resolution: W H E R E A S , the City of Champaign, Illinois, desires to improve Wright Street adjacent to University property by a new and wider pavement and suitable system of drainage; and W H E R E A S , the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois finds that this improvement will be to the best interests of the University; therefore B E I T R E S O L V E D that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby accepts the assessment against University property for this improvement at an estimated amount of $68,139, subject to any rebates which may be properly due after the completion of the improvement. O n motion of M r . Fisher, the foregoing resolution w a s adopted.

USE OF UNIVERSITY PROPERTY

(11) A recommendation from the Council of Administration concerning rules governing the use of University property by outside parties. O n motion of D r . N o b l e , action o n this matter w a s deferred until the next meeting of the Board.

PAYMENT OF FEES

(12) A recommendation that the following regulation governing the payment of fees be adopted to supersede existing regulations: "Fees assessed for any semester are due and payable in full when the student registers. Tuition fees in the professional departments of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and L a w are payable in two equal installments at the time of registration for the first and second semesters respectively." O n m o t i o n of D r . Noble, this rule w a s adopted, a n d the C o m p troller w a s authorized to permit the deferring of p a y m e n t in accordance with his present practice.

GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY

(13) The following report of gifts received by the University: 1. From the F. C. Huyck & Sons Company of Albany, N e w York, an offer of $1200 to establish a research fellowship, to be designated "The Frank J. McGovern Research Fellowship," for the fundamental study of the structure of woolenfibersby x-ray diffraction and related methods in the Department of Chemistry for the academic year 1930-31. 2. From the Western Electric Company of Chicago, a Brown and Sharpe Universal Milling Machine (No. 2-A), valued at $500, for the use of the College of Engineering. 3. From the Chemical Foundation of N e w York, $1000 for research work on high-pressure gas reactions. 4. From the Standard Brands Incorporated Company of N e w York, an offer of $1000 to be used by Professor Lloyd Arnold of the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, in his work on "The Antiseptic Properties of the Skin." This money is to be used for supplies, equipment, and temporary help and the company agrees to give the money unconditionally and to comply with the policies of the University regarding research problems. 5. From Mead, Johnson, and Company of Evansville, Indiana, the sum of $475 to carry on the research work on irradiated ergosterol which was begun last year pursuant to a gift of $5300 for the establishment of a fellowship for this study (Minutes, January 9, 1929, page 118).