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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[August 25

questions raised, have been sent to the members of the Executive Committee, and copies of such reports are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. More recently the Director of the Radio Station and the Purchasing Agent have secured further technical information on the types of equipment available. Messrs. J. F. Wright and A. J. Ebel, Chief Engineer of the Radio Station, have been requested to attend this meeting to present this information to the Committee. They recommend, and the Purchasing Agent concurs, the purchase of an RCA Model 5D transmitter at a net price of $23,403.14 f.o.b. Urbana, including necessary engineering services. Messrs. W r i g h t and Ebel appeared before the Committee and made statements in support of this recommendation. O n motion of M r . Cleary, the Executive Committee voted to authorize this purchase on condition that ( 1 ) the President of the University concurs in the recommendation, and that ( 2 ) all members of the Board of Trustees who were present at the meeting on August 1, when the matter was first presented, likewise concur. T h e Acting Clerk was instructed to send a s u m m a r y of the information presented at this meeting to those members and to President Willard and to advise them of the conditions under which the purchase has been authorized.

CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF RUBBER TILE IN LIBRARY CORRIDOR

(12) A recommendation from the Director of the Physical Plant Department for the award of a contract for the installation of rubber tile in the first floor corridor of the Library to the Turner Resilient Floors Company, Incorporated, representing the American Tile and Rubber Company, the low bidder, at a price of $1,807. Funds are available in the Operation and Maintenance appropriation of the Physical Plant Department for this work. On motion of Mr. K a r r a k e r , the award of this contract was authorized, as recommended.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED

(13) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. Feeder calves, 120 head, weighing between 450 and 500 pounds, for delivery between October 1 and December 15, for the Department of Animal Husbandry. It is not practicable to purchase such livestock on a competitive price basis. The Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry will advise producers' associations of the University's requirements, and they will let him know when they find animals which they believe will be satisfactory for feeding experiments. 2. Thirty-five hundred diploma covers, from W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company, the low bidder, at a price of 74^ each, or a total of $2,590, f.o.b. Urbana. 3. Paper towels—400 cases for the Urbana departments and 250 for Chicago—from the Decatur Paper House, the low bidder, at a price of $3.39 per case, or a total of $2,203.50.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, these purchases were authorized.

PURCHASES AUTHORIZED

(14) A report of the following purchases authorized by the President of the University in accordance with the University Statutes: I. Photo-engraving (exclusive of color process) for period from August 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939, contract awarded to G. R. Grubb and Company, Champaign, the low bidder; the estimated cost of the service is $2,000.