Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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172 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PURCHASE OF SECURITIES [December 17 M r . Moschel, for the Finance Committee, recommended also that the purchase of not to exceed $10,000 of N e w York Steam first 3^4 per cent bonds, due in 1963, be authorized as an investment of endowment funds. On motion of M r . Moschel, this purchase was authorized. CONSTRUCTION SHED ON CHICAGO PROPERTY M r s . Plumb, for the Committee on Chicago Departments, presented a request of M r . Robert Kingery for permission to erect a temporary construction shed on the vacant tract west of H o n o r e Street, between Congress and Harrison Streets, in connection with the joint improvement by Cook County and the W . P . A . of a convalescent park near the east wing of the Cook County Hospital. On motion of M r s . Plumb, this request was referred to the President of the University with power to act. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT W1LLARD T h e Board resumed consideration of matters presented by the President of the University. ACTING DEAN OF THE COLLEGE O F PHARMACY (3) A recommendation that Professor A. H. Clark be appointed Acting Dean of the College of Pharmacy, effective today and continuing until further notice, at a salary of $5,500 a year. O n motion of M r s . Plumb, this appointment was made as recommended. A P P O I N T M E N T OF J O H N A. FAIRLIE AS HEAD O F T H E DEPARTMENT O F POLITICAL SCIENCE (4) A recommendation that Professor John A. Fairlie be appointed Head of the Department of Political Science, effective today, at an annual salary of $6,500, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Professor James W. Garner. On motion of Mr. Cleary, this appointment was made as recommended. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR DR. JANET LOUISE WESTON (5) A recommendation that Dr. Janet Louise Weston, Instructor in Economics, be given a leave of absence on one-half pay during the second semester of 1938-1939, or for five months from February 1, 1939, because of her health. The Department will be able to provide for her work by using the other half of her salary during her absence. O n motion of M r s . Plumb, this leave was granted as recommended. LEAVES OF ABSENCE (6) A recommendation that the following leaves of absence be granted members of the staff for the reasons and periods and under the conditions indicated in each case: I. Miss Errna Cottingham, District 4-H Club Adviser, whose headquarters and residence are at Carbondale, Illinois, thirty days leave of absence, with pay, in addition to her regular vacation and sick leave allowance. This leave will include the month of December. Miss Cottingham is paid entirely from Federal
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