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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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The other items are receiving further consideration, and selections from them will be presented to the Board at a later meeting. This appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, M r . Adams, Mr. Cleary, M r s . Freeman, Mr. K a r r a k e r , M r . Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, M r . P o g u e ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, Mr. Wieland.

CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY U N I O N

(21) The American University Union in Europe, founded in 1917 to serve the American college men and women in war service overseas and later continued to serve American institutions of higher education and members of their staffs abroad, has just completed twenty years of continuous service. For a number of years it was supported by subscriptions from colleges and universities, and from 1920-1924 the University of Illinois subscribed $500 a year to the Union. Since then no memberships have been necessary, the work of the Union having been supported by private grants. It is now necessary for the American University Union in Europe to secure assistance from the colleges and universities it serves, at least during the next two years, and I recommend that a subscription of $100 a year to the Union be authorized in return for the service which it renders members of the University of Illinois staff and students while traveling abroad. This appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, M r . Cleary, M r s . Freeman, Mr. K a r r a k e r , Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mr. P o g u e ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, Mr. Wieland.

APPROPRIATION TO DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

(22) A recommendation that a supplementary appropriation of $5,500 be made to the Department of Chemistry for the current fiscal year to provide for increased operating expenses. The Department needs approximately $7,000 additional funds, but $1,500 has been assigned to it from the Special Equipment Fund of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to help meet this situation. In spite of restrictions limiting enrollments, the Department's registrations increased over 400, which was not anticipated when its budget was being made up on the basis of limiting registrations in advanced courses to students of high scholarship. T h i s appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, M r s . F r e e m a n , M r . K a r r a k e r , Mr. Mayer, D r . Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mr. P o g u e ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. H o r n e r , M r s . Plumb, M r . Wieland.

APPROPRIATION FOR X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ROENTGENOLOGY

(23) A recommendation that an assignment of $5,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund to the Department of Roentgenology for the purchase of a new 200,000 volt therapy unit to replace old X-ray equipment which is broken down. The alternative would be to spend several hundred dollars to repair the old unit, which in any event would soon have to be discarded. O n motion of Dr. Meyer, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, M r s . F r e e m a n , Mr. K a r raker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, M r . P o g u e ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Horner, M r s . Plumb, Mr. Wieland.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS LABORATORY

(24) Under an Act of Congress the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish four regional research laboratories, one in each major farm producing