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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Barr, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland; no, none; not voting, Governor Horner; absent, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Hopkins, Mr. Trees, Mr. Williams. On motion of Dr. Meyer, action on the installation of a new telephone system was deferred.

REIMBURSEMENT OF MR. E. P. LEWIS (5) At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on December 15, 1934, a report was made by Mr. Barrett on the case of Mr. E. P. Lewis, formerly Associate in Olericulture, who was in charge of the University's Experiment Station at DesPlaines, Illinois, from May, 1924, to August 31, 1934. It was the opinion of Mr. Barrett's committee t h a t the original agreement with Mr. Lewis provided not only t h a t his salary should be $2,000 a year, but that a house and office would be provided. The committee recommended to the Board, and the Board unanimously concurred, that Mr. Lewis should be reimbursed for the money which he expended for living quarters and office from the time he was employed from May 12, 1924, to June 30, 1926, with the exception of the month of May, 1926, when the University furnished him a cottage. The total amount expended was $2,481.50. Mr. Barrett recommends t h a t the $2,481.50 be appropriated for this purpose and that the Comptroller be authorized to make payment to Mr. Lewis—the appropriation to be made as follows: $2087.74 from the balance accumulated from receipts of previous years in the Cook County Experiment Station Fund and $393.76 from the General Reserve Fund of the University.

On motion of Mr. Armstrong, this appropriation was made, on condition that the General Reserve Fund of the University shall be reimbursed to the amount of $393.76 from funds of the Cook County Experiment Station when they accumulate, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Hopkins, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Trees, Mr. Williams. At this point, a recess was taken. AFTERNOON SESSION, JANUARY 19, 1935 When the Board convened for the afternoon session on January 19, 1 9 3 5 J the same persons were present as during the morning session.

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

The Board continued its consideration of matters presented by the President of the University.

PROPOSED N E W BUILDINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY (6) In accordance with the instructions of the Board at its meeting on December 15, 1934, with reference to the requests which have been received that the Board include in its budget for 1935-37 provisions for certain buildings, a special adjourned meeting of the Board was held at the College of Medicine in Chicago on December 22, 1934, to which were invited representatives of the various organizations interested in these buildings. At that meeting the condition of the old Dentistry Building was observed and consideration was given to the needs of the Chicago Departments of the University. It was the plan that these same representatives be invited to attend the meeting of the Board today, to hear an explanation of the needs of the departments at Urbana and to inspect the existing facilities so that some conclusion may be reached as to the relative urgency of the various needs. Notices of the meeting were therefore sent to the following: 1. General Building Program Honorable KNOWLTON L. AMES, J R . , Director of Finance Director CHARLES S. H A V E N S , Director of Physical Plant Department