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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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C U R R I C U L U M IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (28) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate and the Senate Coordinating Council recommend the following alterations in the curriculum in Occupational Therapy. They are minor in nature involving elimination of some and the addition of other courses, changes in the required hours of therapeutic techniques and electives, and revision of the statement of the grade-point average to be maintained. First Year: Drop Hygiene 104, Science of Personal Health; add Physiology 103, Introduction to Human Physiology; reduce hours of Therapeutic Techniques from 7 to 6; substitute Zoology 104 for 101; alter hours of electives (foreign language, history, literature) from 8-10 to 9; alter total required hours from 30-34 to 31 or 33. Second Y e a r : Reduce hours of Therapeutic Techniques from 15 to 11, and increase electives from 4-6 to 8-10. Third Year: Substitute Physiology 234, Human Anatomy and Physiology, for 134 (a change in course n u m b e r ) ; add as an alternative for Psychology 216, Child Psychology, Home Economics 201, The Child and His Development; authorize substitution of an approved substitute for Psychology 338, Abnormal Psychology; reduce hours of Therapeutic Techniques from 12 to 8; and increase electives from 5-7 to 6-8. Alter the statement that "a minimum of 3.5 must be maintained at all times in the curriculum" to read: "a cumulative average of 3-5 must be acquired before transfer to that portion of the course offered in the College of Medicine." I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . INCREASE IN PURCHASE PRICE OF MASS SPECTROMETER (29) At the September 30, 1958, meeting, the Board of Trustees authorized the purchase, at a price of $49,645, of a special mass spectrometer, from Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation, Chicago (hereinafter referred to as "Consolidated"), for the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, on the basis of a sealed bid previously received, Consolidated being the only bidder offering to make and furnish the spectrometer desired. A purchase order, specifying the bid price, was sent to Consolidated on October 3, 1958. On receipt of that order, Consolidated declined to accept it on the grounds that the purchase order was not received within the time specified in its proposal and that substantial mistakes had been made in computing the cost. However, Consolidated expressed willingness, under the circumstances, to make the spectrometer for $59,895, which this company states is substantially less than it would ordinarily charge and is less than the cost of construction. Consolidated is the only manufacturer of the type of spectrometer which the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering needs. Funds are available for the additional cost. Litigating the question of whether Consolidated is obligated to furnish the spectrometer to the University at the price originally specified would not appear to be in the best interests of the University in view of the fact that the spectrometer can not be obtained elsewhere and, even if the Universitj' would be successful in the litigation, this would delay the delivery of the spectrometer which is needed now. Accordingly, the Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the Director of Purchases, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend amendment of the previous purchase authorization to payment of $59,895 for this equipment. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a r e w o o d , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . LEASE OF PROPERTY AT 6 0 9 S O U T H SIXTH STREET, C H A M P A I G N (30) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the University lease, through the University of Illinois Foundation, approximately 2,170 square feet of space in the building at 609 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois. The space will be occupied by the Department of Electrical Engineering for its Gaseous Electronics Laboratory for research work under a government contract.