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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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the locker fee, and if indicated, the late registration fee. T h e income produced by students in this manner more than offsets any expense, and it is necessary to have students available to take care of patients. It is recommended that for course work given during the summer (not infirmary) students, residents of Illinois, will pay for a single course $15, plus the regular laboratory fees, and for each additional course $10, plus laboratory fees. Students who are not residents of Illinois will pay $25 for a single course and $15 for each additional course, plus the regular laboratory fees. O n m o t i o n of M r s . P l u m b , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a d o p t e d . POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN OBSTETRICS A N D PEDIATRICS (11) On May 13, 1937 (Minutes, page 267), the Board authorized a postgraduate course in obstetrics and pediatrics to be offered during the summer of 1937- T h e College of Medicine requests authorization of a similar course in 1939 for which a registration fee of $10 shall be charged physicians in Illinois and $15 for those not residents of the State.

On motion of Dr. Meyer this course was authorized as recommended.

CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER FROM PWA PROJECT (12) In accordance with the authorization of the Board of Trustees, I have approved the following contract change order and request confirmation of such approval: First Addition to McKinley Hospital Change O r d e r No. 4, contract with the Economy Plumbing and Heating Company for plumbing, heating, and ventilating work: Provide revised arrangement of ventilating duct system as indicated on drawings 2A, 3A, and 3B, and revised estimate dated May 5, 1939, additional cost $83 88 O n m o t i o n of M r . J e n s e n , t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y in a u t h o r i z i n g t h e a b o v e c h a n g e o r d e r w a s a p p r o v e d a n d confirmed. APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (13) As reported to the Board on April 27 (Minutes, page 291), there is before the General Assembly of Illinois a bill appropriating $300,000 for a demonstration-test program for investigation and experimentation with Illinois coal products, to be carried on by the Geological Survey. T h e bill as originally drawn provided among other items "for construction of an Applied Research Laboratory adjacent to the new Natural Resources Building." T h e Board requested the President of the University to secure an amendment to this bill, eliminating the provision that the Laboratory should be constructed adjacent to the new Natural Resources Building and to leave the way open for its location as designated by the Board. This request was presented to the House Committee on Appropriations which recommended, and the House approved, an amendment striking the words "adjacent to the new Natural Resources Building." T h e author of the bill, on request of the Chief of the Geological Survey, secured a further amendment making this provision in the bill read as follows: "for construction of an Applied Research Laboratory, with service connections, to be located at Urbana-Champaign as a building related to the N a t u r a l Resources group. Cooperative agreements may be entered into with Federal agencies by which additional funds may be secured from the Federal government." T h e Chief of the State Geological Survey Division objected to the amendment requested by the University on the ground that the Laboratory must be a part of the Natural Resources Building. H e has also taken exception to the statements made to the Committee that the Applied Research Laboratory will be a type of building not in keeping with that part of the campus. I pointed out to him that nothing would be lost by eliminating from the bill the specifications as