Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938
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i93«] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE COMPTROLLER NOVEMBER 26, 1937, TO JANUARY 14, 1938 609 Minor contracts executed under general regulations of Board of Trustees. With whom Illinois Bell Telephone Company Hatfield Electric Company Watson Engineering Company Vaughan Seed Store, Incorporated For Installation of Private Branch Exchange in Chicago departments Contract for electrical work in repairing Auditorium Contract for acoustical work in repairing Auditorium Agreement covering introduction of "Baby Potato" Lima Beans For Agreement for telephone service in 219 New Agriculture Building Amount to be paid by the University Scheduled rates 5 956 00 3 880 00 None Amount to be received by the University 5oji per month Date October 25,1937 November 271 193 7 December 15, 1937 January 1, 1938 Date November 15, 1937 With whom United States Department of Agriculture Farm Security Administration Leases executed under general regulations of Board of Trustees. From whom Cunningham Childrens Home For Four rooms in Sheldon Hall Tenure 1 5 months from December 15, 1937 Amount to be paid by the University $100 00 per month Date December 9, 1937 PURCHASE ORDER ISSUED DURING T H E PERIOD NOVEMBER 26, 1937, TO JANUARY 14, 1938, AMOUNTING TO $I,OOO OR MORE AND N O T PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES Vendor George Banta Publishing Company Item Printing and binding "Index to Cicero's Letters" Amount $2 837 69 Department University Press Appropriation made in Budget for Graduate School, Cicero Index Procedure Competitive On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this report was received for record. QUARTERLY REPORT OF COMPTROLLER (41) T h e quarterly report of the Comptroller to the Board of Trustees for the quarter ending December 31, 1937. This report was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration and report. ACQUISITION O F P R O P E R T Y IN C H I C A G O (42) At the meeting of the Board on December 3, Mr. Robert Kingery of the Chicago Planning Commission suggested that the Board of Trustees consider a program of acquiring private properties in the Medical area of Chicago with a view to ultimately making these areas available for park or other public uses. I submit a report from the Director of the Physical Plant Department concerning this proposed program. This report was received for record. LA V E R N E N O Y E S F O U N D A T I O N (43) O n November 10, 1937 (Minutes, page 566), the Board accepted an offer from the trustees of the estate of L a V e r n e Noyes of cash and securities under the conditions specified in an agreement which the President and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute.
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