Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938 [PAGE 52]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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from A. M. Castle and Company, Chicago, the low bidder, at a price of $2,077.66, f.o.b. Urbana. 6. Rugs and carpets for Davenport House from Marshall Field and Company, the low bidder, at a price of $4.81 per yard ( J i w i d t h ) . T h e complete cost, including delivery and laying, was $1,006.75. 7. Truck scale—30 ton with type registering beam for a 34' x 10' concrete deck, from Fairbanks, Morse, & Company at a price of $1,373.75. Quotations were secured from three manufacturers, and the prices were practically identical, one bid being only 75c lower than the other two. Since Fairbanks, Morse, & Company's equipment is considered excellent, and the company has always given the University very good service, the order was placed with it.

On motion of Mr. Barrett, these purchases were approved.

REPORT OF DEATH BENEFITS PAID (41) A report that the Comptroller has been authorized to pay the death benefits to the beneficiaries of the following members of the staff in accordance with the University Statutes and the terms of their employment: 1. Burne O. Sippy, Professor of Orthodontia $ 750 00 Doctor Sippy was in the service of the University from September 1, 1917, until his death on July 11, 1936. 2. Daniel Meneely, employee in the Physical Plant D e p a r t m e n t . . 317 00 Mr. Meneely was in the active service of the University from March 1, 1907, until he retired on September 1, 1928. H e died on July 10, 1936. 3. Ruth A. Wardall, Professor and Head, Department of H o m e Economics 2 097 00 Miss Wardall was in the service of the University from September 1, 1921, until her death on July 15, 1936. 4. H a r r y A. Singer, Associate Professor of Medicine 590 00 Doctor Singer was in the service of the University from September 1, 1926, until his death on August 21, 1936. 5. E. B. Lytle, Associate Professor of Mathematics (on leave of absence) 1 800 00 Doctor Lytie was in the active service of the University from September I, 1901, until February 1, 1935, since when he has been on leave of absence on account of ill health. 6. Nickolas Peterson, employee in the Physical Plant Department 278 50 Mr. Peterson was in the active service of the University from May 2, 1913, to September 1, 1933, when he was retired under the University Statutes. 7. F r a n k Stashak, Laborer in the Animal Hospital in the College of Medicine ;••••. 687 5° Mr. Stashak was in the service of the University from July 9, 1923, until his death on September 25, 1936.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, the payment of these death benefits was approved.

SETTLEMENT OF HART MORTGAGE (42) T h e Comptroller reports that in accordance with the authorization of the Board on May 27, 1936, relating to the settlement of the H a r t mortgage, he has accepted three orders on the T r e a s u r e r of Franklin County totaling $4,125, drawn to the order of Marion M. H a r t and endorsed by him to the Board of Trustees of the University; also, a warranty deed conveying the mortgaged property to the Board of Trustees of the University, which has been recorded in Franklin County together with the abstract brought down to date.

This report was received for record.

LEASE OF CARTER-PENNELL FARMS (43) A report that the Dean of the College of Agriculture has been authorized to renew the leases of Messrs. John Wiemken and H . P . Irvin, present lessees of the Carter-Pennell farms, for one year from March 1, 1937, in accordance