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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Renewal of lease originally approved by Board of Trustees in meeting of June 6,1933 (Minutes, page 229): Ammlnt i0 u

From vkom Etta L. Perdval Properly 40 acres of land adjacent to the University farm Tenure Year 1937 paid by the University % of all crops Date January 30, 1937

Contracts authorized by Board of Trustees in meeting of January 29, 1937 (Minutes,

pageioo): With whom Bresee Brothers Cleaners, Inc. G. R. Grubb and Co. For ^ P 9 ano - Gowns for 1937 Commencement Photo-engraving work for period January 1, to June 3°, 1937 Amount to be paid by the University $1.30 per cap and gown Standard scale less 35 and 5 per cent discount Date February 13, 1937 February 10, 1937

This report was received for record.

QUARTERLY REPORT O F COMPTROLLER

(21) The report of the Comptroller to the Board of Trustees for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1936. T h i s r e p o r t w a s received for record.

GIFTS TO T H E UNIVERSITY

(22) The following report of gifts received by the University: 1. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, one $750 post-graduate fellowship in Chemistry and one $2,000 post-doctorate fellowship in Chemistry, for the academic year 1937-1938. These are continuations of grants heretofore made by that company. 2. Rohm and Haas, Manufacturing Chemists, Philadelphia, two post-doctorate fellowships each paying a stipend of $2,000 a year for research work in the Department of Chemistry, for the academic year 1937-1938. 3. Rare Chemicals Incorporated, Nepera Park, New York, $600 to assist Dr. Geza de Takats in his research work on eucupin, a local anesthetic. 4. Zeiss Research Microscope with equipment valued at $330 from Dr. D. M. Olkon, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. 5. Eighteen posters, and five specimens of decorative ceramic art, designed as part of the Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, through the courtesy of Mrs. Increase Robinson, Supervisor for Illinois and Assistant to the National Director. 6. Mrs. Walter C.Headen, of Shelbyville, 732 volumes, 30 pamphlets, 19 pictures, and several ink sketches to the University Library. 7. American Otological Society, $2,500 for research work during 1937 by the Department of Psychology on Animal Hearing—renewal of previous grant. 8. American Medical Association, $500 for research work on cholesterol tolerance as an index of hyperthyroidism, and toward the study of the excretory function of the liver. 9. Illinois Bankers' Association, $250 for the establishment of a fellowship in economics during the second semester of 1936-1937. 10. The George Davis Bivin Foundation, Incorporated, $85 in cash prizes, for the best papers on certain problems in Psychology ($50 for a paper by a graduate student, $20, $10, and $5 each for papers by undergraduate students). 11. Mr. Robert Allerton of Monticello, $800 to provide stipends for the Allerton American Traveling Scholarships (in architecture) for the year 1937. 12. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Illinois, sabers for each of the seven cadet officers in command of the R.O.T.C. units in the University of Illinois Brigade.

This report was received for record.

SEARS, ROEBUCK, A N D COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP

(23) The gift of $3,750 from Sears, Roebuck, and Company to aid first-year students in Agriculture (reported to the Board September 30, 1936, Minutes, page 54) will be used for outright scholarship grants instead of a loan fund as previously reported. This is in accordance with the wishes of the donor.

This report was received for record.