Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938
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136 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 15 REPORT O N STATUS OF NATURAL RESOURCES BUILDING FOR STATE SURVEYS (21) T h e Federal Emergency Administration of Public W o r k s has approved a grant of $245,000 for a Natural Resources Building for the State Geological and Natural History Surveys. This is on the basis of a grant of 45 per cent by the Government, the applicant (in this case the State of Illinois) to supply the balance, or approximately $300,000, making t h e total cost of t h e building approximately $545,000. This report was received for record. BUILDING FOR SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM (22) T h e following report w a s submitted to the Illinois Press Association at its meeting held at the University on November 12-14, JO^o. by its building committee: REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE ILLINOIS P R E S S ASSOCIATION A report of our acts and doings w a s submitted to and approved by the Association at t h e meeting held in April of this year. W e invite your attention to the concluding paragraph of that report, which is as follows: "That marked a temporary conclusion of our efforts to secure funds. It is only fair to say that President Willard and the Board of Trustees have cooperated cordially and sincerely with us in o u r efforts. T h e next step is to secure an appropriation from the General Assembly which will convene next January. T o that end we shall ask the University authorities to incorporate in their appropriation bill an amount sufficient to construct and, equip the Journalism Building. That, we feel, will be cheerfully done. Then, next, to appeal to the members of the General Assembly for approval. I n these endeavors we ask the active support of every member of this Association." Since that time there has been no meeting of the committee and very little activity in behalf of our undertaking. I t seemed wise to us to let the matter rest until the November meeting of the Association. W e believe that now our cause should be energetically pressed; first, before the Board of Trustees, and, secondly, before the General Assembly. All of which is respectfully submitted this fourteenth day of November, 1936. J. E. MCCLURE, W . J. S M I T H M. F . W A L S H C. S. CONGER H. C. BAILEY J O H N M. SHEETS Chairman PRESTON GRANI.ON HEHSCHEL J. BLAZEK H . L. WILLIAMSON C. R. BENSON November 14, 1936 T h e University has received no official notice or resolution from the A s sociation recently, but the report and recommendation of this committee is being brought to t h e attention of the Board for its information. This report was received for record. BONEYARD IMPROVEMENT AS A PROJECT OF T H E WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (23) As previously reported to the Board (Minutes, September 28, 1935, page 400), the cities of Champaign and Urbana were interested in securing the cooperation of the University in the improvement of the Boneyard as a project of the W o r k s Progress Administration. T h e City of Champaign is still interested in this improvement and has asked if the University will cooperate in the project. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department has submitted information on the cost of this work, as estimated at the time the project was first presented to the Board a little over a year ago. T h e matter is presented to the Board for confirmation or modification of its previous attitude in this matter. The Board did not modify its previous action on this matter.
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