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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936
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456 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November i Because this work had to be completed by the early part of September, the award of the contract in the amount of $2,639 to the Holder Hardware Company, the low bidder, was authorized as an emergency. On motion of Mr. Barrett, this action was approved and confirmed. LAUNDRY SERVICES (6) A report that orders for laundry services during 1935-36 were authorized as follows: 1. For laundering tank suits and towels for the Department of Physical Education for Women, Model Laundry, Champaign, at a price of $.015 each for tank suits and $1.00 per hundred for towels. 2. For laundering gymnasium towels for Department of Physical Education for Men, White Line Laundry, Champaign, at a price of 80 cents per 100. 3. McKinley Hospital and Woman's Residence Halls, White Line Laundry, Champaign, at a price of $.035 per pound. The order in each case was placed with the lowest bidder. On motion of Mr. Barrett, this action was confirmed. The Executive Committee adjourned. H. E. CUNNINGHAM Clerk WALTER W. WILLIAMS, Chairman EDWARD E. BARRETT SECOND SESSION, NOVEMBER 1, 1935 When the Board convened after the recess on November 1, 1935, the same persons were present as during the first session; and also Mr. Pogue, a member of the Board. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. DEATH BENEFITS VERGIL A. ROSS A N D HERMAN J. VAN DERBEECK (1) A report of the following deaths of members of the staff and of the payments of death benefits which the Comptroller was authorized to make to the beneficiaries in each case: Dr. Vergil A. Ross, Assistant Health Officer and Senior Medical Adviser for Men, who died on August 26, 1935, after having been in the service of the University for thirteen years, eleven months, and twenty-six days, $2,185.42. Herman J. Van Derbeeck, Mechanician in the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, who died on September 24, after twenty years and twenty-three days of service, $450.00. These payments were charged against the appropriation for death benefits made in the budget for 1935-1936. This report was received for record. REPORT OF PURCHASES (2) A report that the following purchases, amounting to $1,000 and over, have been approved by the President of the University in accordance with the authorization of l i e Board of Trustees under its action on July 26, 1935: 1. One No. 5 Babcock Optimus 30"x43" Cylinder Press, to replace a No. 4 Miehle Cylinder Press in service since January, 1918, at a cost of $4,025 (delivered and installed); an appropriation for this equipment was made by the Board of Trustees on July 26, 1935.
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