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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 27

ACTION O F EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AWARDING C O N T R A C T F O R REALIGNMENT O F G R E E N S T R E E T

The Secretary presented for record a minute of an action of the Executive Committee on August 17, 1937, awarding the contract for paving portions of Green Street at the intersections of Green Street with Wright Street and Mathews Avenue, to the lowest bidder, the General Paving Company, on the base bid of $2,282, plus the alternate bid of $2,221.38, or a total of $4,503.38. The only other bidder was the F. A. Somers Company, with a base bid of $2,450, alternate $2,500, total $4>95o.

MATTERS P R E S E N T E D BY P R E S I D E N T WILLARD

The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University.

C O N F E R E N C E WITH G O V E R N O R C O N C E R N I N G STATE A P P R O P R I A T I O N S A N D UNIVERSITY B U D G E T (1) At its meeting on August 2 the Board adopted a formal resolution in reply to the suggestion in the Governor's message accompanying his veto of the building items in the University's State appropriation for I937 _1 939 passed by the General Assembly, that the Revolving Fund be used for the construction of new buildings. In accordance with the instructions of the Board, the special committee consisting of Mr. Mayer, Mrs. Plumb, and Mr. Willard, accompanied by Mr. Karraker, President of the Board, presented this resolution to the Governor at a conference on August 6. Considerable time was devoted at the conference to the discussion of the problems faced by the University due to increasing enrollment and the ways and means by which the University is attempting to strengthen its faculty and improve its instructional program by the appointment of more full-time and mature teachers in the place of parttime assistants. The Governor manifested a great interest in and appreciation of these problems, and the committee was gratified to have the opportunity to discuss with him the educational as well as the financial problems of the University. T h e proposal that the Governor include in the call for a special session of the General Assembly provision for the consideration of an appropriation for buildings was discussed, but no definite conclusions were reached.

This report was received for record. It was the opinion of the Board that the President of the University should keep the building program before the Governor, and that he should carry forward the movement for a University of Illinois Building Commission, with authority to modify the proposed legislation as may be necessary, in conference with the University Counsel.

PROPOSED INCREASE IN STUDENT FEES

(2) At the meeting of the Board on August 2, 1937 (Minutes, page 472), a report was presented on the proposal to increase the fee charged non-residents of Illinois. Action on this was deferred, but Mr. Cleary stated that at the next meeting he would offer a motion that the non-resident fees would be increased. This matter was made a special order of business for the present meeting.

This matter was discussed at length. Mr. Cleary offered a motion that annual fees for students not residents of Illinois be established as follows, effective September 1, 1938: Undergraduate Colleges and Schools, $250; College of Law, $300; Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, $350; College of Pharmacy, $250; Graduate School, $250. On roll call, this motion failed by a vote of five to four.