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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

Laundry Operations Purchase $ 7 000 U. S. Treasury bills J/11/62 $ 6 958 21 O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d . At this point, M r . H u g h e s joined the meeting. FINAL SETTLEMENT OF CONTRACT WITH WALSH BROS. INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EAST DENTISTRY-MEDICINEPHARMACY BUILDING (41) Walsh Bros. Inc., Chicago, was the general contractor for the construction of an addition to the East Dentistrj'-Medicine-Pharmacy Building completed in 1957 at a total cost of $985,000; the amount of the general contract plus additions authorized during construction was $335,867.01. Disputes arose concerning final settlement of the contract with Walsh Bros. Inc. when the work was completed and the balance due under the contract was $52,852.71. Walsh Bros. Inc. claimed an additional payment of $23,504.03 for damages due to alleged delays incurred in the construction; the University had counterclaims amounting to $4,162.71. Since completion of the building, these claims have been under negotiation. The firm of Walsh Bros. Inc. has now agreed to accept the $52,852.71 due under the contract, plus $162.22 for additional labor required as a result of roof damage. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend approval of this settlement and that an appropriation of $53,014.93 be made from the General Reserve for this payment. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s s e t t l e m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d , as reco m m e n d e d , a n d a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $ 5 3 , 0 1 4 . 9 3 w a s m a d e f r o m the

General Reserve for this purpose. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dilliard, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Kerner, Mr. Wilkins.

POLICIES GOVERNING STUDENT HOUSING AND MEMBERSHIPS IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS (42) Two proposals have come to me from the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Student Affairs and both deal with the general subject of discrimination. Although the full text of both follows (Appendix A ) , the major action called for can be stated as follows: that deadlines be established within which (1) operators of non-University operated rooming houses will endorse a nondiscriminatory policy as to race; and (2) fraternities and sororities will affirm that membership selection is based on criteria other than race. In each case compliance would be a condition for University approval or recognition. T h e deadlines suggested by the Committee are September, 1963, for Item 1; and September, 1965, for Item 2. You will find in Appendix B a brief narrative of actions and policies of the University of Illinois concerning discrimination in recent years. Noted there is the record of the Board of Trustees in support of the elimination of discrimination, the University's traditional commitment to nondiscriminatory procedures, and the statement of the Board of Trustees in 1946 which directed the officers, of the University to continue to "favor and strengthen those attitudes and social philosophies which are necessary to create a community atmosphere in which race prejudice can not thrive." 1 It is evident that during the past few years the University has attempted to procure, on a voluntary basis, full compliance with its own objectives, procedures, and policies with reference to nondiscriminatory treatment of students. 2 In considering the two recommendations from the Committee on Student Affairs, it is clear that, even though both relate to discrimination, in reality they 1 2 Meeting of September 24, 1946, Transactions of the Board of Trustees, page 54. Attached as Appendix C is a resolution from the Urbana Chapter of the American Association of University Professors with correspondence pertaining thereto. (Copies of the resolution

and related correspondence were filed with the Secretary for record. — Secretary's Note)