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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 22

chemical for the control of dental caries. T h e Committee recommends that Doctor Stephan be authorized to apply for a patent, the same to be assigned to the University. Dr. William H . Welker, H e a d of the Department of Physiological Chemistry, and Executive Dean Allen recommended that a patent application be filed. 2. Mr. Arthur Toy, a graduate student working under the direction of Dr. L. F . Audrieth, Associate Professor of Chemistry, has isolated a number of morpholine derivatives of alkyl and aryl phosphoric acids. It is possible that the properties of the new class of compounds are such as to have some slight commercial value. This is, however, uncertain, and at best so relatively insignificant that on the advice of Professor Roger Adams, H e a d of the Department, the Committee recommends that the discovery be released to Mr. Toy. It is extremely doubtful that the University will have any interest in the discovery. 3. Dr. H . E. Carter, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has worked out certain improvements in the method of preparing one of the intermediates-a//>/iahydroxy-J><?fa-dimethyl-<;awma-butyrolactone. T h e modified method is said to yive better yields and to be more convenient than those previously reported. T h e Committee concluded that the discovery was of such doubtful value from every standpoint as not to justify the expenditure of University funds for filing an application for a patent. T h e Committee, therefore, recommends that the discovery be released to Doctor Carter. O n m o t i o n of M r . K a r r a k e r , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r p a t e n t b y D r . S t e p h a n w a s a u t h o r i z e d , a n d t h e r e l e a s e of r i g h t s t o d i s c o v e r i e s b y M r . T o y and D r . Carter w a s m a d e as recommended. PATENT O N IRRADIATED PHENOLPHTHALEIN (23) T h e Secretary of the Board of Trustees reports the receipt of United States Patent No. 2,225,756, issued December 24, 1940, to Ludwig Pincussen, assignor to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, for "Methods for Making Irradiated Phenolphthalein"; and also the assignment of application for patent by Doctor Pincussen, which was recorded in Book X185, Page 324, on November 23, 1040. T h i s report w a s received for record. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (24) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. 222 cases pyrex laboratory glassware for the General Chemical Stores, from Wilkens-Anderson Company, Chicago, in the amount of $1,782.70, and from E. H. Sargent and Company, Chicago, in the amount of $1,773.30. 2. English finish book paper—935 reams 2 7 ^ x 38^2—40 lb., for printing the University catalog, from the Newhouse Paper Company, Moline, Illinois, the lowest bidder, at a price of $4.15 c w t , totaling approximately $1,494. 3. 48 student microscopes for resale to medical and dental students, from A. S. Aloe Company, distributor, at a total price of $5,796.48. List prices of such equipment and discounts are established by manufacturers and are uniform. T h e maximum discount is 20 per cent on 25 or more instruments of one make. T h e Aloe Company is the only dealer which will supply either Spencer or Bausch & Lomb microscopes, combining quantities for discount purposes. 4. 540 feet of four conductor lead covered power cable from the General Electric Supply Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, at a price of $1,817.64 f.o.b. Urbana. Identical quotations were received on this cable from six bidders. T h e General Electric Supply Corporation is recommended because it can deliver earlier than the others. 5. Furniture for student rooms in Men's Residence H a l l : 253 single beds 369 study chairs 66 double chests 58 double beds 223 easy chairs 67 single book cases 369 study desks 237 single chests 151 double book cases from Chittenden and Eastman Company, Burlington, Iowa, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $25,188.84 f.o.b. delivered and installed. Bids based on uniform specifications and drawings were secured from ten dealers and provisions were made for various alternates for additions or deductions. T h e Chittenden and Eastman Company was the lowest bidder on gross as well as net proposals.