Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 654]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

651

Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue.

PAYMENT FOR PROPERTY PURCHASED

(10) On January 24, 1936 (Minutes, page 511), the Board authorized the purchase of property in Urbana (described in the Minutes as Lot B) at a price of $7,300, and an appropriation of $1,000 was made for the initial payment. T h e balance is payable on or before July I, 1936. I therefore recommend that an appropriation of $6,300 be made from the General Reserve Fund to complete the payment for this property.

On motion of Mr. Williams, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue.

APPROPRIATION FOR RADIO STATION (11) A recommendation that an appropriation of $1,625 be made from the General Reserve Fund to the Radio Station for the following purposes: 1. The purchase of a transcription or recording service for one year from the National Broadcasting Company. This will include a minimum of 52 records per month, suggestions for various types of programs, compiled information concerning individual programs, composers, and artists, and also specially constructed cabinets for housing the transcriptions. T h e National Broadcasting Company will also present the station with approximately 1000 records which it has up to the present time. This gift, plus the purchase, will make the unit price about the same as the usual records now used. When the Radio Station begins to operate on a full day-time schedule, additional funds will need to be provided for the programs, regardless of whether recordings or other forms of talent are used. T h e Director of the Radio Station is of the opinion that the service offered by the National Broadcasting Company will fill the need at a very low cost $1 200 00 2. Payment to Jansky & Bailey, consulting radio engineers, Washington, D.C., for services rendered in connection with the Exhibit for Oral Argument before the Federal Communications Commission, and for design of directional antenna and complete report on this design for filing with the Commission $ 425 00

On motion of Mr. Mayer, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue. Director Wright made a statement concerning the status of the application for changes of wave length and the expected improvement in coverage.

REPLACEMENT OF ELEVATOR IN PHYSICS BUILDING (12) The hydraulic elevator which was installed in the Physics Building in 1909 is in an unsafe condition and has apparently reached the limit of its usefulness, so that it will be impractical, if not impossible, to reconstruct it and make it safe. Based on preliminary quotations, the estimated cost of replacing this equipment is $5,000. T h e Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures recommends that an assignment of this amount be made from the General Reserve Fund for the replacement of this elevator, so that work on this can be started immediately.

On motion of Mrs. Freeman, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr.