Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 522]

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BOAED OF TKUSTEES

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would be under no obligation to do so, since the proposals were made on the entire quantity. T h e President of the University w a s requested to refer this matter to the Governor with additional information.

QUARTERLY REPORT OF T H E COMPTROLLER

(11) The quarterly report of the Comptroller to the Board of Trustees as at December 31, 1935. T h i s report was received for record.

GIFTS TO T H E UNIVERSITY

(12) The following report of gifts: 1. Nutrition Research Laboratories, Incorporated, $1,700 for research on Vitamin D by the Department of Physiology of the College of Medicine. 2. Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels, $1,050 for the following projects: (a) $800 for continued research on heat resistance of car wheels. (Previous grants for this work accepted by the Board on the following dates: April 11, 1934, April 20, 1935, and June 15, 1935) (b) $250 for continued research on the strength of chilled car wheels. (Previous grants for this work accepted by the Board on the following dates: February 24, 1934, April 11, 1934, April 20, 1935, and June 15, I935-) 3. Woman's Athletic Association, $200 as a contribution to the Woman's Athletic Association Student Loan Fund. (Original gift accepted by the Board September 28, 1932; addition, December 20, 1933.) 4. Student Friendship Fund (through E. J. Filbey, Treasurer) $4.87 (5% dividend of University State Bank) as a contribution to the Consolidated Loan Fund. 5. Wander Company, $1,500 for the support of research work in the field of nutrition. 6. Professor William Spence Robertson, of the University's Department of History, a bronze medal which is a replica of the original by Vittore Pisano (better known as Pisanello, 1397-1455) depicting Cecilia Gonzague, struck in 1447. This handsome replica is a valuable addition to the University's collection of smaller art objects. 7. Mr. Carl A. Abrahamson, 540 West Randolph Street, Chicago, to the College of Pharmacy, two ancient mortars, the smaller one of bronze and the larger of bell metal, with pestles for each. (These have been placed in the museum of that College.) T h i s report was received for record.

BOOKS AND INSTRUMENTS RECEIVED BY THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

(13) The following books and instruments have been received by the College of Medicine during the year 1935. (Unless otherwise stated, the donors are members of the faculty of the College of Medicine.) Dr. F. L. Lederer, about 50 instruments valued at $645.20, to the Bronchoscopic Clinic, Department of Laryngology, Rhinology, and Otology. Dr. E. R. LeCount, formerly of Rush Medical College (Doctor LeCount died during the past summer), 47 selected volumes, mostly reports from research institutions, laboratories, and hospitals, valued at $250. Dr. W. F. Petersen, 20 selected books (including the 3 published volumes of his own book, The Patient and the Weather), 19 bound volumes of the American Review of Tuberculosis, and 7 bound volumes of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The books and volumes presented are valued at $250. Dr. F. L. Lederer and the F. A. Davis Company, publishers, Cyclopedia of Medicine, 12 volumes. (This new set of reference work has been received in exchange for the well-worn old set which was also the gift of Doctor Lederer.) The set is priced at $120.