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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 29

cubage of building from 1,660,000 to approximately 1,054,269 feet, the occupancy from 590 to 324, and the grant requested from $531,000 to $354,000; and that the Secretary be authorized and requested to furnish the Regional Office of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works with a certified copy of this resolution. Mr. Moschel also moved that the action of the President of the University, heretofore taken on November 11, 1938, in amending said application as herein described, be and the same is hereby in all things approved and ratified. These motions were adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Horner, Dr. Meyer.

REHOUSING OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

(10) The College of Pharmacy is at present housed in the buildings known as the North Pharmacy Building, South Pharmacy Building, Stair Tower, New Pharmacy Building, and the Baker Building, The New Pharmacy Building was erected in 1926-1927 and is a modern building; the others were acquired in 1915-1917. W i t h the exception of the New Pharmacy Building the other units are all old, unsatisfactory, and structurally hazardous. Like the old Medical and Dental Buildings they should be demolished as soon as the College of Pharmacy can be rehoused. This can be done immediately by moving all or part of the classes, laboratories, and offices of the College of Pharmacy into the first and second units of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building. If all of them were moved the present New Pharmacy Building would be available for remodeling to provide lounge and food service facilities for all of the Chicago Departments. Since funds are not available, for the latter improvement, nor for all of the desirable changes, I recommend the following partial and minimum program in view of the existing emergency: 1. Immediate vacation of the North and South Pharmacy buildings and the Baker Building by removing the classes, offices, laboratories, and other facilities housed therein to the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building; and razing of the first two (the Baker Building to be retained for future remodeling as a service building for the Physical Plant D e p a r t m e n t ) . Estimated cost $ 7 550 2. Relocation of equipment in the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building and the rehousing of classes, offices, laboratories, and other facilities now in the New Pharmacy Building to centralize the College of Pharmacy in its new quarters (this to be done as soon as the facilities in the new buildings can be made available). Estimated cost $ 2 525 Total cost of partial program $10 075 I further recommend that the President of the University be authorized to designate a committee or other agency to carry out this rehousing program, and that an assignment of $10,075, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be made from the General Reserve Fund for the cost thereof.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, the above program was adopted, authority was granted to the President as requested, and the appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Horner, Dr. Meyer.