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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 28

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTARY (41) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. Furniture for the Illini Union Building 116 # 1 Dining Chairs 8 # 6 Serving Tables 64 # 2 Dining Chairs 7 * 7 Benches 14 # 3 Tables 3 * 8 Tables 2 # 4 Tables 1 # 9 Table 4 # 5 Tables 1 # 1 0 Table from the Grand Rapids Chair Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $2,701 delivered. 2. Pipe Casing and Guides for New Power Plant 830 feet tin lined wooden pipe casing for 9" pipe 52 pipe guides from the American District Steam Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,969.00 f.o.b. Urbana. 3. Furniture for student center dormitory (the old Illinois Union Building) 7 Double Deck Beds with Springs 21 Chests of Drawers with Mirrors 11 Single Deck Beds with Springs 25 Study Tables 16 Upholstered A r m Chairs 25 Book Cases 25 Straight Chairs from the Universal Equipment Company, Batesville, Indiana, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $2,106.04 f.o.b. Urbana. 4. 20 Prescription Desks constructed according to our specifications and drawing, for the College of Pharmacy, from the W. W. Kimball Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a price of $2,513.20. 5. Furniture for cafeteria and dining rooms in basement of Illini Union Building (a complete list of the items with specifications is being given to the Secretary of the Board for record) from C. A. Kiler, Champaign, the lowest bidder, at a price of $11,513.46. 6. Seven cash registers for the Illini Union Building from the National Cash Register Company at a price of $4464.05 after allowance for old cash registers acquired from the Illinois Union and turned in for credit.

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

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FACULTY COMMITTEE ON PATENTS (42) T h e faculty Committee on Patents submits the following report, with recommendations, on discoveries by members of the faculty which have come to it for consideration: Dr. Alfred E. Badger, Research Associate in the Department of Ceramic Engineering, has made a discovery of a low-expansion vitreous body for ceramic ware. T h e prospective uses of this low-expansion body lie in the field in which ceramic ware must withstand sudden changes of temperature without breaking. T h e use is restricted as regards temperature. Doctor Badger, with whom were Professor Andrew I. Andrews and Dr. Burnham W. King, Special Research Assistant, both of the Department of Ceramic Engineering, explained the discovery, and the Faculty Committee unanimously recommends that he be authorized to apply for a patent. Doctor King and Doctor Badger have discovered an electrolysis method of applying enamels. Concerning this discovery Professor C. W . Parmelee, H e a d of the Department of Ceramic Engineering, states that with suitably shaped electrodes it might be possible to apply enamels to shapes which can now only be worked by hand, and he states that there have been many inquiries concerning the process. T h e method and the principle are new, and Doctor Andrews advised the Committee that the principle is fundamental. It appears to have commercial possibilities, and the Committee unanimously recommends that Doctor King and Doctor Badger be authorized to apply for patent protection. Doctor Andrews has discovered a use for zirconium as a means to reduce the solubility of enamels in water, which he believes to be of considerable in-