Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 511]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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of the University during the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1935, in accordance with the authorization of the Board, and for which assignments should be made from the General Reserve Fund. A similar report was made at the October meeting of the Board of adjustments during the first fiscal quarter ending September 30, 1935.

BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS MADE BY PRESIDENT QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1935

Permanent additions to current budget: Bureau of Institutional Research salaries (minor rate adjustment) $ 60 00 Soil Experiment Fields salaries (retirement of F. W. Gault) 1 007 oo1 Supervision and High School Instruction salaries (increase in rate paid William Habberton, instructor in education and head of department of social sciences in University high school) 950 oo* Dental Histology salaries (increase in rate paid I. Schour, Professor) 900 00 Temporary additions to current budget (present year only, additional part-time assistants): Chemistry salaries I 158 00 English salaries 2 557 00 Home Economics salaries 156 00 Journalism salaries 300 00 Supervision and High School Instruction salaries 300 00 Total addition

$2 917 00

4 471 00 $7 388 00

On motion of M r . K a r r a k e r , these changes were approved, and the appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, M r s . Freeman, M r . K a r r a k e r , Mr. Mayer, D r . Meyer, Mr. Wieland, M r . W i l l i a m s ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, M r . Pogue.

ADDITIONAL FEDERAL BANKHEAD-JONES RESEARCH FUNDS

(4) The Board has previously approved distribution of $21,250.45 of additional funds which the University will receive under the Bankhead-Jones Act of Congress for research work in agriculture. The Dean of the College of Agriculture reports that for the current fiscal year the allotment to Illinois has been increased to $21,684.13. He recommends that the additional $433.68 be credited to the Federal Bankhead-Jones Research budget, as approved November 27, I0 35, as a contingent item. On motion of M r . Mayer, this recommendation was adopted, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Barr, M r . Barrett, M r s . Freeman, Mr. Karraker, M r . Mayer, D r . Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. W i l l i a m s ; no, none; absent, M r . H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, M r . Pogue.

APPROPRIATION FOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

(5) A recommendation that an assignment of $600, or so much thereof as may he necessary, be made from the General Reserve Fund for the purchase of equipment for the School of Journalism. On motion of M r s . Freeman, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Barr, M r . Barrett, M r s . Freeman, Mr. K a r raker, M r . Mayer, D r . Meyer, M r . Wieland, M r . W i l l i a m s ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, M r . Pogue.

'Reported to Board, September 28, 1935, page 395, but no appropriation made. "Reported to Board, December 18, 193s, page 498, but no appropriation made.