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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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' 14. Furniture for the Chicago Union Building, from: Marshall Field and Company $4 199 20 Mandel Brothers 37 18 Interior Contract Furnishing Company 4 191 97 Total $8 428 35 This distribution will place the orders with the above companies for those items on which they were the lowest bidders.

QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER

(11) T h e Comptroller submits his quarterly report to the Board of Trustees, as of March 31, 1941, which I recommend be referred to the Finance Committee for its consideration and report to the Board. A P P O I N T M E N T OF KATHRINE E. NICKOLEY AS HOUSE MANAGER OF DAVENPORT HOUSE (12) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department recommends the appointment of Miss Kathrine E. Nickoley as House Manager of Davenport House (Residence Hall for W o m e n ) , from September I, 1941, to June 30, 1042, at a salary of $900, plus maintenance. H e r salary will be paid from Residence Halls operating funds. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this appointment was made as recommended.

A P P O I N T M E N T O F MILDRED BONNELL AS HOUSE MANAGER O F M E N ' S RESIDENCE HALL A N D ASSISTANT IN H O M E ECONOMICS (13) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department recommends the appointment of Miss Mildred Bonnell, at present Assistant in H o m e Economics and House Manager of Davenport House, as House Manager of the Men's Residence Hall, from July 1, 1941, to June 30, 1042, at a salary of $2,600, plus meals in the residence halls, to be paid from the Residence Halls operating funds. T h e H e a d of the Department of H o m e Economics and the Dean of the College of Agriculture also recommend, and the Director of the Physical Plant Department concurs, that Miss Bonnell be appointed Assistant in H o m e Economics on part time (13%) for the second semester of 1941-1942 ( F e b r u a r y 1 to June 30, 1942) at an additional salary of $150. (Total salary, $2,750.) I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mrs. Grigsby, this appointment was made as recommended.

T H E COLLEGE O F EDUCATION (14) In view of questions which have been raised by some of the members of the Board of Trustees concerning the educational program and public relations policy of the College of Education, I have asked Dean T. E. Benner of that Division to appear before the Board today to discuss this subject. I respectfully request that he be given a hearing and an opportunity to answer any questions the members of the Board may have about the work of that College. A memorandum he has prepared was sent to members of the Board prior to this meeting.

Dean Benner was introduced and made a full statement concerning the educational and research programs and the public relations policy of the College of Education.

R E F U N D I N G O F MEDICAL AND DENTAL B U I L D I N G BONDS (15) T h e r e is pending before the General Assembly of Illinois legislation which would authorize the Board of Trustees to issue bonds to refund the bonds and mortgages issued by the University of Illinois Foundation in financing existing building projects, including the Second Unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building. T h e bonds outstanding against this building may be