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CHANGE IN STATUS OF UNIVERSITY GOLF CLUB (16) A recommendation t h a t the Athletic Association be authorized to take over the management and maintenance of the University Golf Course and that the provision in the University Statutes relating to this activity be amended to read as follows: (a) The Athletic Association is authorized to lay out and maintain a golf course on the premises of the University, including the South Campus and the Experiment Station grounds; subject, however, to the approval of the Director of the Physical Plant Department as to the location on the Campus, and to that of the Director of the Experiment Station as to the location on the Experiment Station premises. (b) The use of the course by students, members of the faculty, and the general public is conditioned on the establishment and maintenance of rules approved by the Athletic Association, which rules shall include a penalty of withdrawal of the privileges of the course and forfeiture of all rights thereto for trespass on Experiment Station property. I further recommend that the University Golf Club be authorized to transfer all moneys and other property belonging to it to the Athletic Association.

On motion of Mrs. Freeman, this transfer was authorized and the rules were amended as recommended.

RESOLUTION OF ILLINOIS GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION (17) The Illinois Guernsey Breeders' Association at its annual meeting held on January 13 adopted the following resolution addressed to the Board of Trustees of the University: Resolved: T h a t the Illinois Guernsey Breeders' Association request the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to provide a fund of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be used by the Dairy Department for the purchase of Foundation breeding animals needed in the improvement of their Dairy Herds.

This resolution was received for further consideration.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (18) A recommendation t h a t the following purchases be authorized: 1. 28,000 feet of lumber, consisting of red oak, birch, redwood, and white pine, for the Physical Plant Department from the Missouri Hardwood Lumber Company, Kansas City, Missouri, the lowest bidder, at a price of $3,084.75. 2. One Lodge & Shipley engine lathe, 20-inch, with attachments, remanufacturedi for the Physical Plant Department from the Hill-Clarke Machinery Company, Chicago, a t a price of $1,905.50 f.o.b. Chicago. This lathe has been examined by a representative of the Department and found to be in good condition. A similar new lathe would cost about $2,500. 3. Rental of caps and gowns, 1938 Commencement exercises, from Bresee Brothers, Champaign, the lowest bidder, a t an approximate total cost of $1,522.35. A graduation fee is charged all students who are to receive degrees and this fee includes among other costs the rental of academic costume.

On motion of Mr. Moschel, these purchases were authorized as recommended.

PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (19) The following report of the purchase authorized by the President of the University since the last report, of one carload (400 cartons) paper towels (size 1 1 ' by 15") from the Illini Chemical Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder, a t a price of $3.44 a carton (estimated total $1,376.00).

On motion of Mr. Pogue, the action of the President of the University in authorizing this purchase was confirmed.