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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 9

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, the State appropriation of $350,000 for equipment for the new Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building was appropriated for the purposes intended by the Act, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue; no, none; absent, Mr. Adams, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Horner, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland. On motion of Mr. Moschel, contracts were awarded as recommended, including the contract for dental chairs at a price of $587 more than the lowest bid, on the ground that the purchase of this equipment is more advantageous to the teaching needs of the University.

SCHOLARSHIPS IN AGRICULTURE, HOME ECONOMICS, A N D CERAMICS (24) At its meeting on May 13 the Board postponed further consideration of the question of suspending the award of scholarships in Agriculture and H o m e Economics for a period of two years and of discontinuing permanently the scholarships in Ceramics until this meeting to give representatives of the Illinois F a r m e r s ' Institute and of the Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association an opportunity to be heard. (It was suggested that these representatives appear at the afternoon session of the Board at 2:30 o'clock.) A number of representatives of these organizations are here today to be heard on these proposals. I also present a letter from the Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society, dated June 4, 1937, and resolutions adopted by the Chicago Brick E x change on May 28, the Chicago District Enamelers Club on J u n e 3, and the Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association on May 22, 1937, copies of which documents are being given to the Secretary of the Board for record.

Friends of the Department of Ceramic Engineering were introduced as follows: Dr. Ross C. PURDY, General Secretary of the American Ceramic Society, Columbus, Ohio. (First Instructor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering.) Mr. G. G. HANSON, President of the Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society. (Vice-President, Colorado Feldspar Co., Chicago, Illinois.) Mr. GEORGE P. MACKNIGHT, Managing Director, Porcelain Enamel Institute, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. DOUGLAS STEVENS, President, Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association. (President, Acme Brick Co., Danville, Illinois.) Mr. JOHN W. STIPES, Member of original Legislative Committee for the organization of the Department of Ceramic Engineering. Mr. E. F. PLUMB, President, Streator Brick Company, Streator, Illinois. Mr. V. H. CARTWRIGHT, Manager, Peoria Branch, Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company, Peoria, Illinois. Advisory Committee Mr. F. W. BUTTERWORTH, President, Western Brick Company, Danville, Illinois. Mr. FRANK E. HODEK, JR., (Secretary, Chicago District Enamelers Club), President, General Porcelain Enameling & Mfg. Co., Chicago, Illinois. Mr. FRED L. STEINHOFF, Vice-President, Industrial Publications, Inc., and Editor, Brick and Clay Record, Chicago, Illinois.