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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[April 22

the professional or fifth year of the Social Administration Curriculum be suspended, because the small number of students who have taken this training does not justify the expense, unless sufficient funds are available to develop this curriculum as a part of a major program of "Public Administration Training" so that it will be attractive to more students. The Board referred this recommendation to the President of the University for further study and report on the program necessary to make this curriculum comprehensive and outstanding. I submit the following chronological progress report: On January 26 I advised the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that in the judgment of the Board every effort should be made to retain the Social Administration Curriculum and to improve it so that it will be professionally recognized and accredited. On March 3 the Dean reported on a conference which he had had with Mr. Chester R. Davis of the Board of Trustees, Dean Edith Abbott of the School of Social Administration of the University of Chicago, Dr. R. B. Allen, Executive Dean of the Chicago Colleges, Dr. Paul L. Schroeder, Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, and Dr. H a r r y S. Hoffman, State Alienist. On March 4 the Dean recommended that he be authorized to engage one of the individuals suggested by Dean Abbott to make a survey of the situation with a view to determining whether there is need for a School of Social Service Administration at the University of Illinois. I authorized him to do so, and on the same day he wrote Miss Agnes Van Driel of the Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board, asking her to undertake the study. On April 11 she replied that she was unable to accept the assignment. On March 14 a similar invitation was extended to Miss Elizabeth Wisner, Dean of the School of Social W o r k at Tulane University. She replied on March 20 that she could not leave her work to do this. On March 24 the Dean wrote Miss Marion Hathway, President of the American Association of Social Work, to inquire if she could make the study; she replied on April 6, regretting that she could not do this, but suggested either Mrs. Alice Shea of the faculty of the School of Social W o r k of the University of Minnesota, or Miss Leona Massoth, Executive Secretary of the American Association of Schools of Social Work. On April 7 the Dean wrote Dr. Arlien Johnson, Dean of the School of Social W o r k of the University of Southern California, to inquire if she would be available. If she is not, he proposes to turn to either Mrs. Shea or Miss Massoth. In the meantime the budget for the Social Administration Curriculum for 1042-1943 is being prepared on the same basis as for the current year, so that funds will be earmarked for this program pending the outcome of the proposed survey.

This report was received for record.

CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONS T O SHEEP FEEDING A N D SWINE FEEDING SHEDS (35) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department submits the following schedule of bids received for additions to the Sheep Feeding and Swine Feeding Sheds of the Agricultural Experiment Station: Sheep Swine Feeding Feeding Combined Bidders Shed Shed Bid King & Petry, Champaign $3 971 $2 573 $5 500 Corkery, T. J., Urbana 4 643 2 976 7 619 DeAtley, E. N., C h a m p a i g n . . . . 4 730 3 035 7 665 The lowest bidders are King and Petry on all three proposals. They made an e r r o r of $1,000 in listing their combined bid (it should have been listed at $6,500 instead of $5,500), which the Director recommends be disregarded in view of their explanation as follows: " W i t h reference to our bids on the addition to the Sheep Feeding Shed and the addition to the Experimental Swine Feeding Shed, we wish to call your attention to a clerical error in combining the two bids, the total should be $6,500 instead of $5,500. I called attention to this at the time the bids were opened. W e made a small deduction for the combined bid, but I'm sure you will appre-