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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 17

complete equipment was $668,506. A special State appropriation of $350,000 was secured to which the Board later added $10,100, making a total provision to date of $360,100. T h e Board will also recall that quotations on the equipment, which it was hoped to supply out of the special State appropriation, ran to $527,520, necessitating a material reduction of what was then considered the minimum needs for initial occupancy. T h e deans of the colleges concerned have submitted requests for further expenditures amounting to $358,000. This figure includes $50,000 for x-ray equipment which we confidently expect will be supplied by the Department of Public Welfare. Some of the other requests should be deferred until certain important questions of educational policy in these divisions are settled. Furthermore, certain problems of rehousing, especially of the College of Pharmacy, may involve expenditures for remodeling. It appears clear that a minimum sum of $150,000 for these purposes should be provided during the coming biennium. In transmitting these reports to you, I have no hesitation in saying that all of the items recommended therein are urgently needed for the proper maintenance and development of the University. I realize that the Board of Trustees must give full consideration to questions of public policy, financial and otherwise, represented by these proposals. T h e Council has not undertaken to advise the Board on this point, feeling that it is its responsibility to let the Board know what, in its most deliberate judgment, is needed to enable the University to function with effectiveness in meeting its obligation to the State and to its students. EXHIBIT I

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET, BIENNIUM 1939-1941

Summary of Proposed Increases in Operating Budget A nnual Biennial A. Selective Salary Increases $200 000 $400 000 B. Special Salary Recognition for Distinction in Teaching and Research 100 000 200 000 C. Replacement of Part-time Staff by Full-time 50 000 100 000 D. (a) Research 100 000 200 000 (b) Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships—Urbana and Chicago 20 000 40 000 E. Summer Session 20 000 40 000 F . Increased Staff: (a) Instructional Departments 80 000 160 000 (b) Physical Plant, Library, and Administrative Departments log 000 210 000 G. Expansion of Educational Program 125 000 250 000 H. (a) Additions t o Expense and Equipment 137 500 275 000 (b) Non-recurring (Special Equipment) 100 000 200 000 I. Contingent Fund 50 000 100 000 Total, Proposed Increases in Operating Budget ?i 087 goo ?2 175 000 1. 2. 3. 4. Summary of Building Needs New Power Plant Fire Protection and Improvements in Chemistry Building Addition t o Chemistry Laboratories Agricultural Laboratories for Meats and Animal Nutrition, and Slaughter House 5. Fund t o Serve as Basis for Financing Men's Dormitories 6. Equipment and Remodeling Chicago Departments 7. General Improvements of Buildings and Campus Total, Building Needs in the Biennium

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$2 000 000 100 000 150 000 250 250 150 200 ?3 100 000 ooo 1 000 000 000

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