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carried on by the Agricultural Experiment Station. The Company has agreed to furnish certain animals and chemicals, and to pay all expenses of the experimentation as determined by the University on the basis of monthly or semimonthly statements sent to its attorney. T h e usual form of contract for cooperative research investigations has not been used in this proposal, as the Company preferred a less formal arrangement, and submitted its proposal in a letter addressed to the Board of Trustees by its attorney. This proposal has been approved by the H e a d of the Department of Animal Husbandry, the Dean of the College of Agriculture, and the University Counsel. The original correspondence relating to this investigation is hereby turned over to the Secretary of the Board for record." In this case the Board originally authorized a cooperative research agreement with the New Jersey Zinc Company under which the latter would contract to contribute $1,000 for the expenses of an investigation into diseases of colts. Through an error the agreement was drawn with the New Jersey Zinc Company, one of the companies interested in this work, but it was the intention of the Mineral Point Zinc Company to assume the obligation. After the agreement was authorized by the Board, the attorney for lhe Company advised the University that they preferred a less formal arrangement which, as indicated above, was authorized by the Board on September 24, 1038. Since that took the place of the original agreement, the second action superseded the first. Institute of American Poultry Industries Minutes of March 18, 1938, page 674: "The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends execution of an agreement with the Institute of American Poultry Industries, n o North Franklin Street, Chicago, for the employment of a special part-time research assistant to review and abstract certain scientific literature on the subject of poultry and eggs, this study to be made by the University through the Agricultural Experiment Station. The agreement is for a period beginning March 10 and continuing through J u n e 30, 1938, with a provision for its extension by mutual consent. The Institute will pay the University the sum of $360 covering the stipend of the special research assistant." This money was not needed or received as there were enough funds from previous giants to take care of the expense incurred. Geological Society of America Minutes of September 27, 1937, page 497: " T h e Geological Society of America grants lo members of the Department of Geology: ( a ) Associate Professor Shepard, $10,000 to aid in his oceanographic research; (b) Professor T. T. Quirke, $983.50 to aid in his studies of index of refraction of opaque or nearly opaque substances by reflection." In the case of the grant to Professor Quirke the expenses of the investigation amounted to $99.86 less than the estimate of $983.50, upon which the grant was based and so reported to the Board. T h e record should show that the amount of this grant was $883.64, as the difference has been refunded to the Geological Society. O n m o t i o n of M r . M o s c h e l , t h e m i n u t e s of t h e B o a r d w e r e c o r rected as r e c o m m e n d e d . RESIDENCE HALL FOR STUDENTS IN THE CHICAGO COLLEGES (35) At a recent meeting of the Board, the President of the University was informally requested to investigate the possibilities of acquiring the properties of the McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases and the Durand Hospital in Chicago for use as a student residence hall. Subsequently the Executive Dean of the Chicago Colleges, the Comptroller, and the Director of the Physical Plant Department were requested to study this matter. I submit a report which they have made, including estimates of the costs of acquiring and remodeling