Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 1076]

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1946]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Subsequent developments verify the Dean's original request. T h e increase in Graduate School enrollment this semester indicates that next year's enrollment will exceed any previous maximum. There are pending applications for scholarships and fellowships from a considerable number of prospective graduate students of fine qualifications. Scholars and scientists are trained in the graduate schools of universities. A university must, in addition to other functions, provide such training to supply some of its own research workers and to contribute to the total of men and women trained as replacements for college and university faculties. There are no other sources of supply of such instructional and research personnel. During the past four years the requirements of the armed services and essential war industries took so many men who would otherwise have been in graduate schools that there is now a serious deficiency of instructors. Every college and university is having difficulties filling vacancies resulting from deaths and retirements. It is clearly the obligation of all universities offering graduate work to help make up this deficiency. Appointments to graduate scholarships and fellowships at the University of Illinois for 1946-1947 will include a service feature which means that the University may call on such appointees for a limited amount of service incidental to instructional and research programs without payment of additional compensation. This is an advantageous provision in view of the shortage of staff and the increasing enrollment. I am therefore recommending an additional assignment of $20,000 for graduate scholarships and fellowships for 1946-1947 as a nonrecurring appropriation. T h e question of increasing the graduate scholarship and fellowship appropriation on a permanent basis will be considered in the preparation of future budgets. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e , b y t h e following vote: Aye, Mr. Davis, M r . Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, Mr. Livingston, M r . McKelvey, Dr. Meyer, M r . Nickell; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Green, Dr. Luken, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Williamson. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR N O N R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES (21) The Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures recommends assignments from the General Reserve Fund for the following purposes, these appropriations to be available until January I, 1947: 1. Replacement of Chicago Laundry equipment $ 8 160 2. New transformers for Machine Tool Laboratory 5 000 3. Additional grand piano for Music Building 1 500 4. Rearrangement of Mailing and Shipping Rooms of Alumni Association and University E x t e n s i o n . . . 950 5. Study of water supply for laboratories 750 6. Honors Day Bronze Tablets and Panel 565 7.. Department of H o m e Economics—for display and storage cabinet for a valuable collection of coverlets which has been presented to the University. 700 Total $17 625 O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e a s r e c o m m e n d e d , by the following v o t e : A y e , M r . D a v i s , M r . F o r n o f , M r s . Grigsby, M r . Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Dr. Meyer, M r . Nickell; no, none; absent, M r . Green, Dr. Luken, M r . McLaughlin, M r . Williamson. PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (22) T h e following purchases were recommended by the Purchasing Agent and authorized by the Comptroller. Unless otherwise specified the purchases were made on the basis of lowest bids, ceiling prices, or because the items are noncompetitive. Emergency action was necessary to secure delivery in time to meet specific needs or because prices quoted were subject to immediate acceptance. 1. One de-airing pug mill (clay-forming machine), for the Department of Ceramic Engineering, from the International Clay Machinery Company, at a cost of $2,050 f.o.b. Dayton, Ohio.