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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 23

APPROPRIATION TO UNIVERSITY PRESS (14) The supply of the 1944-1945 edition of the Annual Register is nearly exhausted and a reprint will be necessary to take care of the demands of prospective students and schools. T h e 1945-1946 edition will not be compiled and printed before May or June, 1946. T h e Director of the Press requests an appropriation of $3,000 to reprint 10,000 copies of the 1944-1945 edition, and another additional appropriation of $3,000 to allow for a similar increase in the size of the 1945-1946 edition. I recommend that an appropriation of $6,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose. O n m o t i o n o f M r . D a v i s , 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. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Dr. Meyer. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (15) T h e Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures recommends assignments from the General Reserve Fund for the following purposes: 1. New vaults for Registrar's Office $ 2 126 2. Equipment for Art Department 1 050 3. Acoustical treatment of rooms in Lincoln Hall and Administration Building 1 200 (Bids have been received for this work, and the Committee recommends the award of the contract to the lowest bidder, H u g h J. Baker Company, in the amount of $1,031; the balance of $169 is to cover the cost of preparation of plans and supervision of the job.) 4. High-speed visible recording polarograph for Department of Chemistry I 500 5. Items for Chicago Colleges: a. Remodeling of certain laboratory space in the Department of Pathology $4 850 b. Cabinets for Department of Pharmacology 2 500 7 350 6. Equipment for College of Engineering 80 000 Total $93 226 Reports from the Committee explaining in further detail the reasons for these expenditures are submitted herewith. I concur, with the understanding that the distribution of the $80,000 for the College of Engineering will be allocated among the various departments by the Dean. Such allocations will not be prorated on the basis of the total requests as here submitted. 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 mended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Livingston, M r . Davis, D r . Mever. 4 - H CLUB MEMORIAL CAMP (16) T h e Board of Trustees is asked to accept sponsorship by the University of Illinois of a camp as a State memorial "To honor all Illinois 4-H Club boys and girls who served and sacrificed in World W a r I I , and to perpetuate the principles for which they fought and died." T h e 4-H clubs of Illinois propose to raise $100,000 during the next two years to acquire a site and to develop a centrally located memorial camp. Funds from other sources will probably be available if needed as soon as definite information concerning sponsorship and character of the project is known. T h e camp would be used by 4-H and other rural youth groups which are sponsored by the Extension Service in Agriculture and H o m e Economics. If centrally located and of adequate scale and quality, it could furnish facilities for other University activities, and its use could be extended beyond the normal camping season. The 4-H club program, as a part of the regular extension program in agriculture and home economics, is supported entirely by federal funds. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, the Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics expended slightly over $40,000 on 4-H and older rural youth work.