Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938 [PAGE 158]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 29

36. Remodel old University H i g h School for the use of the College of Engineering or Journalism 37. N e w Radio Station 38. Additional Residence Hall and perhaps a Men's Dormitory 39. P u m p Room for the Filtration Plant 40-55. Land as required 56. Payment of principal and interest on $1,891,000 (to be spread over thirty years) net capital cost to the University for Medical and Dental unit built with the assistance of Public W o r k s Administration. Average yearly appropriation required approximately $63,000. $1,091,000 P r i n cipal ; $800,000 Interest Add $227,000 for furnishings of building 57. Illinois Union Building 58. Addition to Library (aside from stacks) ( F o r information, the building program suggested by the Committee for the biennium 1937-1939 and the alternate program for the same years are inserted here.) Suggested Program, 1937-1939 Item I Equipment for second unit Medical and Dental Building $ 300 000 3 Library Extension 350 000 7 Agricultural Laboratories 875 000 17 Chemistry (remodeling of, and addition to, Old Agriculture) 250 000 18 McKinley Hospital (additional wings) 300 000 23 and 24 Urbana, land loo ooo 26 Biology Laboratory (New, first unit) 500 000 $2 675 000 Alternate Item 1 3 7 17 18 Program, 1037-1030

Equipment for second unit Medical and Dental Building $ 300 000 Library 35° 000 Agricultural Laboratories (yi) 525 000 Chemistry (remodeling of, and addition to, Old Agriculture) 250 000 McKinley Hospital (first wing) 150 000 $1 575 000"

At the meeting of the Board on December is, a report of the Building

Committee of the Illinois Press Association relative to a building for the School of Journalism was submitted with the information that the University had received no official resolution from the Association recently. Since then the Chairman of the Building Committee has sent me a copy of his Committee's report with a letter requesting that "an amount for a Journalism Building, to give suitable housing and equipment to the College of Journalism, be included in the budget of the University of Illinois." A copy of his letter is being given to the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Williams, the budget was increased by including in the list of capital appropriations to be requested an item of $250,000 for the first unit of a Journalism building. On motion of Mr. Williams, the budget was approved, carrying a total amount to be requested from the General Assembly of $16,399,632 as itemized above, on pages 150 and 151. On motion of Mr. Barrett, the President of the University was authorized and instructed to secure the introduction into the General Assembly of appropriation bills for the University for the next biennium, and to take charge of the matter from now on.