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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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304 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Schedule 2 D E T A I L OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS R E Q U E S T E D [April 27 BIENNIUM 1939-1941 New Power and Heating Plant and Distribution System Fire protection and improvements in Chemistry Building and other general improvements Total, Permanent Improvements $1 675 000 100 000 $1 775 000 HEARING OF ILLINOIS HOME BUREAU FEDERATION (47) A request that a hearing be granted to representatives of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation. This hearing was granted and the following persons were introduced: Mrs. John W. Clifton, President; Mrs. J. V. Stevenson, Past President; Mrs. L. C. Mies. These ladies presented the following resolution and discussed the matter of a nursery school and its relation to the Department of Home Economics, and withdrew. RESOLUTION The Illinois Home Bureau Federation in annual meeting assembled at Urbana on January 10, 1939, does hereby express its thanks to the University and extension staff for all assistance and courtesies this past year. We also wish to express our deepest regret in the loss of Dean Mumford and pledge our heartiest cooperation to Dean Blair in furthering the extension work. We extend our congratulations to Mrs. Killey as vice chairman of the National Home Demonstration Council and again to Mrs. Mies as vice chairman of the Associate Women of Farm Bureau. The Illinois Home Bureau Federation wishes to go on record as favoring Forest Conservation and Preservation and to assist this work in any way possible, that we further a better understanding of the Foods and Drug Act and demand a rigid enforcement of the law. Believing that one of the greatest needs in America is the development of wholesome stability of character and poise in the personal relationships entailed in the stresses of modern life, and that the development of such character must begin in infancy and continue through the formative years, we urge that our University establish a nursery school where child study and parental education can be duly studied and taught. Furthermore, while we realize that education and psychology and other departments are technically interested and must be relied upon for valuable contributions and guidance, we believe that such a nursery school should be set up within the department of home economics, because the emphasis should be upon building a happier people rather than upon assembling statistical information, and since the training of children is normally in the hands of homemakers, child study is more closely allied to home economics than to any other phase of education. Since the energizing of electric lines in Illinois is proceeding at a rapid rate and since rural homemakers must adapt themselves to the new mode of living, need and want guidance in the investment in electrical equipment, we urge t h a t the University plan to expand as quickly as possible the specialists' services in this subject, possibly providing an adviser-at-large on electricity, in order that the wise utilization of electricity may keep pace with the energizing of lines. Let it be further understood that we as a part of the Associate Country Women of the World stand for a deeper Christian relationship between nations as a world peace measure. In reference to our program of work, let it be resolved t h a t we stress in addition to regular topics, the following projects: library extension work, rural youth, 4-H clubs, rural schools; and t h a t we recommend a study of laws concerning legal rights of women as a start toward better knowledge of government and its operation. We recommend that these resolutions be spread on our records and t h a t a copy be sent to each county. MRS. MRS. MRS. MRS. H O L L I S T E R BOARDMAN, Chairman G. J. HAUMESSER CLARENCE SUNDERLAND ALVY C O N L E E
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