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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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2. Four-hundred and fifty-six steel lockers (12" x 15" X36") for George Huff Gymnasium, from the Lyon Metal Products Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois, the low bidder, at a price of $1,231.20, delivered and installed. 3. Twenty-five Model " B I - M " Wide Field Binocular Microscopes with accessories, from E. Leitz, Inc., at a price of $2,882.25. This is a non-competitive item. Last year as a result of investigating various microscopes the Department selected the E. Leitz, Inc. instrument as best suited to their requirements. At that time the purchase was authorized by the Board of Trustees. 4. T w o Model No. 151-2 E x t r a Heavy Duty Magic Chef Gas Ranges, with radiation type ovens, having automatic oven safety pilot lights and uniform heat t o p s ; one Model No. 101-2 E x t r a Heavy Duty Magic Chef Gas Range, with radiation type oven, having automatic oven safety pilot light and center fire hot t o p ; one single desk elevated shelf full length of ranges; one Model No. 614-6 Magic Chef Griddle, Broiler and Toaster—all to have stainless steel fronts, from Illinois Iowa Power Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,403.85. 5. T h e following equipment for the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories, from E. H. Sargent & Company: 9 Electric W a t e r Baths as specified! * g^ J 19 Electric Incubators as specified J ^ 7 Size 2 International Centrifuges, with specified accessories 2 197 60 4 Size 1 International Centrifuges, with specified accessories 943 12 The Centrifuges are manufactured by the International Equipment Company and sold through recognized dealers at controlled prices. All bids were based upon list price, less 15% quantity discount. T h e W a t e r Baths and Incubators are manufactured by the Chicago Surgical and Electrical Company and sold through recognized dealers at controlled prices. In all cases the E. H . Sargent & Company was selected because of the service it can render. 6. Sixty-eight special adapters for attachment of present S. S. White Dental Engines to new Laboratory Benches, from the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company, at a total price of $1,377.00. 7. Printing and binding of five hundred copies of "Goethe in Modern France" by Flora E m m a Ross, Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. X X I , Nos. 3-4, from the George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, at a total cost of $1,227.82. 8. Twenty-five microscopes in leather-covered carrying cases for students in the College of Dentistry, from Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, at a price of $2,659. T h e College of Dentistry requires each student to be supplied with a satisfactory type of microscope and these will be resold to students through the Dental Supply Storeroom. The sale price of each microscope will be recovered within the current school year.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, the action of the President of the University in authorizing these purchases was confirmed.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (24) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. One-hundred fifty-one Feeding Lambs, from Adam McWilliam of Toulon, Illinois, at a price of $10.25 per 100 pounds. When the order was issued it was estimated that the cost would be $900; however, the total weight exceeded the estimate and the final cost will be $1,086.51. 2. One Model No. 6383 Keyboard Graphotype (machine for embossing addressograph plates), from the Addressograph Company, Peoria, Illinois, at a total cost of $1,150.40 f.o.b. Urbana. This is a non-competitive item and can be obtained from the Addressograph Company only. 3. One 100,000 pound Universal Testing Machine, from American Machine and Metals, Inc. (Riehle Testing Machine Division), the lowest bidder, for the