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Mr. Sloan's proposal looks forward to housing the Taft, Trees, and Sloan Collections, since these are of the utmost and immediate educational value. T h e Dean adds that "Such a building located just north of the present Architecture Building and connected thereto should be eventually about 69' x I 5 r / x (basement and two stories high) 45' high. At fifty cents per cubic foot such a structure would cost $232,875. W e believe we could keep within this estimate in view of the fact that the Taft Gallery would be two stories high, thus eliminating one floor, be of most simple finish on the interior, and with no exterior adornment. T h e plan now proposed has been to build two units of the eventual structure to cost about $152,580. This accounts for the figure named in Mr. Sloan's suggestions. If at all feasible we should seek an amount to build the whole structure, but it has been felt that since a part of the complete structure would need to be devoted to expansion for the Ricker Library, the State might well undertake this, and we might well make our present objective the raising of the $150,000. There is, of course, no reason why the structure may not be built in units." Mr. Sloan has himself agreed to subscribe $25,000 for the building and $5,000 for upkeep of the Sloan Collection. I am submitting this proposal to the Board for its consideration and instruction as to further negotiations with Mr. Sloan.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, the organization of this association was authorized for the purposes proposed.

GIFTS TO T H E UNIVERSITY (35) A report of the following gifts received by the University since the last report: 1. Western Electric Company, equipment and material to the Department of Electrical Engineering during the academic year 1939-1940, valued at $10,500. 2. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company, $2,000 for the continuation of a post-doctorate fellowship, and $750 for the continuation of a postgraduate fellowship in Chemistry for the year 1940-1941. 3. Chicago Board of Education, $2,500 to pay one-half of the salary of a teacher in Industrial Education and one-half of his necessary traveling expenses. 4. E. I. duPont de N e m o u r s & Company, $2,000 for the continuation of a fellowship for the purpose of enabling Dr. C. S. Marvel of the Department of Chemistry to employ an assistant for research work in the field of vinyl polymers. 5. Mead, Johnson and Company, Evansville, Indiana, $1,800 for an investigation of the possible effectiveness of complete mixtures of amino acids in the regeneration of serum protein, by the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery. 6. Rohm & H a a s Company, two research assistantships, stipend $650 each, for Professors R. C. Fuson and R. L. Shriner, Department of Chemistry, during the academic year 1940-1941. 7. Eastman Kodak Company, $1,000 for a postgraduate fellowship in the field of organic chemistry. 8. N e w York Community Trust, on behalf of an anonymous donor, $960 for the establishment of a graduate fellowship in Chemistry during the year 10401041. This will provide a stipend of $750 and the balance of $210 will cover tuition, laboratory, and other fees. 9. Monsanto Chemical Company, $750 for the continuation of a fellowship in organic chemistry for the year 1940-1941 under the direction of Professor C. S. Marvel. 10. T h e Solvay Process Company, $750 for a fellowship in Organic Chemistry for the year 1940-1041. 11. Eli Lilly and Company, $750 for the renewal of a fellowship in Chemistry under Dr. R. L. Shriner for the year 1040-1941. 12. Continental Oil Company, $750 for the continuation of a Special Research Assistantship in Chemistry for the academic year 1940-1941 to assist Professor George L. Clark in his researches.