Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960 [PAGE 1083]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 18

sale and conveyance to Purchaser of the hereinafter described property upon the following terms and conditions: (A) At a sale price of $42,960 with customary adjustments to be made therein for abstracting and closing costs; ( B ) This Corporation to furnish Purchaser a merchantable abstract of title and pay for the required Federal Documentary T a x Stamps; ( C ) Possession to be delivered to Purchaser at the time final payment is made which shall be not later than February 1, i960, but subject to the current lease with the tenant now in possession which expires February 1, i960; (D) Ten per cent (10%) of the purchase price shall be paid by the Purchaser at the time the Contract of Sale is executed and the balance of the purchase price to be paid at the time of delivery of the deed and possession; ( E ) T h e Title to be conveyed to be subject to special assessments, building restrictions, and easements of record; ( F ) Such other terms and conditions as said Comptroller and Secretary may deem necessary or desirable. It Hereby Is Further Resolved that upon compliance with the terms of said agreement by Purchaser, and in accordance with the terms thereof, said Comptroller and Secretary be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and in behalf of, this Corporation, and under its Corporate Seal, a W a r r a n t y Deed and such other documents in connection therewith as said Comptroller and Secretary may deem necessary or desirable in order to convey to Purchaser title to the following described property, viz.: T h e North Half ( N y2) of the Northwest Quarter ( N W VA) of Section Eight ( 8 ) , Township Thirty-One (31) North, Range Two (2) East of the Third Principal Meridian, containing Eighty Acres, more or less, situated in the Township of Richland in the County of La Salle and State of Illinois. T h i s resolution w a s adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, M r . Harewood, M r . Herrick, M r . Johnston, M r . Swain, Mrs. W a t k i n s , M r . Wilkins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Hughes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Stratton. A t this point M r s . W a t k i n s offered the following: A TRIBUTE TO RAYMOND ELIOT Inasmuch as the Illinois-Northwestern game of November 21, 1959, will mark the end of an eighteen-year career as head football coach for Ray Eliot at the University of Illinois, it is appropriate that the Board of Trustees take public note of the services which he has given as coach, teacher, alumnus, and publicspirited citizen. Ray Eliot is an example of what a young man can achieve if he has the vision and the will. While supporting himself and winning varsity letters in football and basketball at Illinois, he earned in 1932 the degree which he coveted, and subsequently a master's degree at Columbia University. In 1937 he was recalled to Illinois to join the staff of his former coach, the late Robert C. Zuppke. H e became head coach in 1942. In the succeeding years he gained a national stature which has brought acclaim to him and to his University. His teams won Western Conference championships in 1946, 1951, and 1953, and won with distinction Rose Bowl games in 1947 and 1952. H e is the only coach in the Conference to qualify three teams for Rose Bowl competition. H e was selected as a coach of the East-West and North-South post-season games twice, and of the Blue-Gray game four times. H e has been on football clinic programs all over the nation, and has served his country as director of football clinics in Japan and twice in Europe at the request of the Armed Services. H e has been a trustee and president of the American Football Coaches Association; a member of the N.C.A.A. Football Rules Committee and a member of the committee which drew up the Association's Code of Ethics; Illinois State Chairman of the National Football Hall of Fame and a charter member of