Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 443]

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Minor contracts executed under general regulations of the Board of Trustees: Amount lobe Paid by the Purpose Name Date University O. L. Kern July 20, 193 1 Remodeling the plumbing and heat*457 ing in the DeWitt house, 1207 Champaign Plumbing & July 20, 1931 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana 950 Heating Company Remodeling the plumbing and heatJuly 20, 1931 Reliable Plumbing & ing in McKinley Hospital Heating Company Remodeling the plumbing and heatCity of Champaign $42 per Au gust 18, Fire alarm system which rings simuling in the Barto house of Chamannum 1931 taneously with cities paign and Urbana and the Water Company Leases executed 1inder general regulations: Leased to Property Rental Date Tenure Chicago Medical West storeroom at 1758 £50 per June 5, 193 1 July 1, 1931 to Book Company West Polk Street, Chicago month June 30, 1933 East storeroom at 1758 £30 per July 16, 1931 September 1, 193* to George Toms West Polk Street, Chicago month August 31, 1933 Residence at 806 South $70 per June 30, 1931 July i, 1931 to C. A. Wilson^ Sixth Street, Champaign month June 30, 1932 Residence at 1207 West *45 per June 20, 1931 Twelve months from Peter Scholl1 Stoughton Street, Urbana month August 15, 1931 Sherwood house (South of $20 per September 10, One year from E. C. Moore' Military Barns) month i93i November i, 1931 Leased from One can closing machine $iS Per July 28, 1931 December 31, 1931 American Can Company* month to December 31, 1933 September 3, One year from date Standard Cap and One wire sealing machine *5 per Seal Corporation for milk bottles month 1931 1Renewal of lease reported to the Board of Trustees, July 23, 1930, Minutes, page 47. 2Renewal of lease reported to the Board of Trustees, September 17, 1930, Minutes, page 70. 'Renewal of lease reported to the Board of Trustees, October 17, 1930, Minutes, page 99. ^Renewal of lease reported to the Board of Trustees, January 9, 1929, Minutes, page 120. T h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for record.

GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY

(23) T h e following report of gifts received by the University since the last report: 1. F r o m the Standard Brands, Incorporated, a grant of $3,500 for continuation of the research w o r k on the effect of yeast on the digestive tract, during the year I93I-I9322. F r o m the M & R Dietetic Laboratories, Incorporated, the s u m of $2,500 to cover the expenses of a nutritional research investigation offluidmilk with a modified mineral content. 3. F r o m the Chemical Foundation of N e w Y o r k City, the s u m of $2,000 for research w o r k in connection with sewage treatment during the year 1931-1932. 4. F r o m the Radiological Research Institute of Syracuse, N e w York, the s u m of $1,500 for a five-months' extension of two graduate assistantships in chemistry which were established b y this c o m p a n y last year. 5. F r o m F. C. H u y c k and Sons of Albany, N e w York, the s u m of $1,200 for the renewal of the Frank J. M c G o v e r n Fellowship in Chemistry. 6. F r o m the Monsanto Chemical W o r k s of St. Louis, the s u m of $1,000 for the renewal of the research assistantships which that c o m p a n y established in chemistry for research in high-pressure gas reactions for the year 1931-1932. 7. F r o m the Certified Milk Producers Association of America the s u m of $1,000 for continuation of the study of Streptococcus epidemicus.