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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 21

of Student Housing, provision for which has been made in the budget for 1939-1940. T h e details of its organization and its relation to other University offices will be worked out during the summer and will be submitted to the Board at a subsequent meeting. In the meantime, authorization to set up the division is desired so that it will be functioning when the University opens in September. O n m o t i o n of M r s . P l u m b , t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h i s d i v i s i o n approved as recommended. was

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (26) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. Equipment and materials for the Dental Supply Room for resale to dental students: 50 L 460 Dentoforms; 52 Aluminal Dentoforms, upper half jaw without first bicuspid and first molar; from the Columbia Dentoform Corporation at a price of $1,140. These are noncompetitive and the price quoted is one which has been established for some time by the manufacturer. 68 y6 H . P . Dental L a t h e s ; 6 extra switch handles for above; from the Central Dental Manufacturing Company at a price of $1,906.40. This is a non-competitive item. 56 Sets of Dental Operative I n s t r u m e n t s ; from the F a r a Manufacturing Company, the low bidder, at a price of $2,291.52. Finishing Sets, Instruments, Materials, etc,; from the C. L. F r a m e Dental Supply Company at a price of $2,277.95 and from the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company at a price of $4,873.29. These articles are sold at discounts set by manufacturers, and the volume has been divided between two companies as indicated above to the best advantage. O n m o t i o n of M r . M o s c h e l , t h e s e p u r c h a s e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d a s recommended. RELEASE OF PATENT RIGHTS (27) The Faculty Committee on Patents recommends that the following discoveries be released to the members of the staff concerned for the reasons indicated in each case and that they be authorized to apply for patents in their own rights if they so desire: 1. T o Messrs. Russell H. Reed, Stanley M. Elliott, and Fred R. Wiley of the College of Agriculture, a discovery described as follows: (a) T h e idea of separating the crushing rolls in machines for crushing or splitting the stems of hay or other plants, to promote more rapid d r y i n g ; for the purpose of preventing the rolls from coming into such intimate contact as would break apart the stems and other portions of the material being crushed; and (b) T h e idea of providing a means whereby the crushing rolls of said machine could be temporarily separated by a distance sufficient to allow obstructions, such as stones, ears of corn, bunches of hay, etc., to pass readily between the rolls and be discharged at the rear of the machine. T h e Committee is of the opinion that if a patent should be obtained, which is doubtful, it would not be a basic patent since the General Foods Corporation controls basic patents on such processes. 2. T o Professor C. S. Marvel, a discovery described as follows: A satisfactory method of preparing a glass-like polymer from methyl bromoacrylate and also one from methyl chloroacrylate. These polymers have unusual properties since the units are joined together in a fashion which has not been previously recognized. W e can dehalogenate these polymers with either potassium iodide or zinc; we can hydrolyze these polymers to hydroxy acids. These reactions lead to new and interesting polymers. This is a highly technical process, and Professor Roger Adams has advised