Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 1115]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 29

Amount to be

paid to the University £880 105 Date March 2, 1946 March 18, 1946

Leases executed March 11 to April 10, 1946:

With Whom Benjamin McMains Elmer Spencer Property 57 East Armory, from March 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947 Small house on Percival farm, from February 1 to August 31, 1946

This report was received for record.

QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER (21) T h e Comptroller presents his quarterly report to the Board as of March 31, 1946. Copies of this report were sent to all members of the Board in advance of this meeting. This report was received for record. GIFT OF ANTIQUE COVERLETS FROM B. F. HUNTER (22) The University of Illinois has received from Mr. B. F . Hunter, Lebanon, Indiana, a collection of antique handmade bed coverlets and other cloth items which he has presented as a memorial to Evangeline Gillispie Hunter, who graduated from the University in 1918. The collection includes the following items: one weaver's sample coverlet; twenty-five single woven coverlets; one single woven historical coverlet; ten double woven historical coverlets; eleven double woven coverlets; one Japanese kimono; seven linen towels with fringe; four quilts; one tablecloth; three Paisley shawls. T h e collection has been turned over to the Department of Home Economics where it will be permanently housed in a display and storage cabinet. This is an unusual collection of antique items, with cultural and museum value, which will be useful to have in educational work. I have authorized acceptance of this collection. O n m o t i o n of M r s . G r i g s b y f t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t i n a c c e p t ing this gift w a s a p p r o v e d a n d confirmed. REQUEST FROM FACULTY GROUPS CONCERNING SALARIES (23) T h e President of the University has received letters from five faculty groups, each letter bearing the signatures of several members of the faculty, requesting that increases in salaries of the academic staff be at least comparable to wage increases granted the nonacademic staff. The text of each letter is as follows: " T h e faculty of the [here is given the name of the College or division] of the University, as evidenced by the following signatures, desires assurance from the University Administration that increases in salaries of the academic staff be at least comparable to wage increases granted non-academic employees of the University. "Recent salary adjustments of non-academic employees, and of staff members engaged primarily in administrative work, together with proposals which it is understood are now being considered, have created a serious and demoralizing situation, especially for the lower ranks of the academic personnel. Hence it is desired that wage and salary increases reflect the primary importance of the teaching function in the University." These letters have been received from the following divisions: Signatures College of Commerce and Business Administration 63 Library 74 Library School 9 College of Engineering 43 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 26 Total 215 Since the letters are addressed to the President and the Board of Trustees, I am bringing them to the attention of the Board. At my request, the Comptroller has prepared the following schedule of indices of average full-time salaries of various academic grades and nonaca-