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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Rewiring of Arcade Building, $7,100. T h e electrical service in this building is so hazardous that it will have to be improved to meet underwriter's standards. I request confirmation of my action.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this action was confirmed.

APPROPRIATION FOR GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS A N D FELLOWSHIPS (2) A recommendation that an appropriation of $47,500 be made for graduate scholarships and fellowships for the academic year of 1942-1043. It is customary to make provision for these several months in advance of the approval of the budget for the succeeding year. Appointments to graduate scholarships and fellowships in colleges and universities of the United States are made in the spring, and it is necessary for the Graduate School to know shortly after January 1 of each year what funds will be available, so that plans can be made accordingly. This is the same amount as was appropriated for the current year of 19411042. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o a p p r o v e a p p o i n t m e n t s t o g r a d u a t e s c h o l a r s h i p s a n d fell o w s h i p s t o a t o t a l o f $ 4 7 , 5 0 0 , a n d t o i n s e r t in t h e b u d g e t f o r 1 9 4 2 - 1 9 4 3 a n i t e m of t h a t a m o u n t f o r t h e p u r p o s e . APPROPRIATION FOR MUSEUM EXTENSION PROJECT (3) The Board of Trustees authorized the University to sponsor the State Work Projects Administration Museum Extension Project (Minutes, February 21, 1041, page 198). The headquarters for this project are at the University, and it is under the supervision of Dr. L. A. Adams, Curator of the Museum of Natural History. H e has requested an appropriation of $300 for the following expenditures in connection with his work: 1. Necessary travel to meetings of the Museum Extension officials and to inspect proposed projects which the University is asked to approve. 2. Installation of telephones in the office used as headquarters for this project. 3. Supplies and materials for use on certain projects. Limitations on the use of Federal funds make it impossible to charge certain expenses to such funds. In the opinion of Doctor Adams the University as sponsor is already getting a great deal out of this project, and this in turn fully justifies the small expense which will be involved in its administration.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Livingston; no, none; absent, Mr. Green, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland.

APPROPRIATION O F F U N D S FOR ELECTRON INDUCTION ACCELERATOR RESEARCH (4) At its meeting on October 21, 1941 (Minutes, page 680), the Board was informed of the research work on the development of an electron induction accelerator during the past three years by Dr. D. W. Kerst, Assistant Professor of Physics. Doctor Kerst appeared before the Board to discuss his work and the future possibilities of the electron accelerator. During the past year and a half he has been on leave of absence without pay working in the laboratories of the General Electric Company, designing and supervising the construction of the equipment to carry forward his research. The electron accelerator is being constructed by the General Electric Company at its expense, and when completed, sometime within the next month or two, it will be lent to the University for the continuation of Doctor Kerst's researches. H e will return to active service on or about February 1, 1042.