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Item Electronic eQuipment Electronic equipment

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Department Engineering Research Engineering Research Physical Sciences, Chicago Undergraduate Division Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

[December 20

Cost $2 048 79 r.o.b. Urbana 4 S7i 00 f.o.b. Portland, Ore. 7 030 00 delivered and installed 2 655 00 f.o.b. Chicago

Vendor Hewlett-Packard Co., c/o Alfred Crossley & Associates, Chicago Tektronix, Inc., c/o Everett Associates, Chicago Interocean Cabinet Company, Chicago Radiation Instrument Development, Chicago

Four oak science tables and one fume hood assemblyTwo scalers with 2500 volt power supply H.V. regulation to ±0.002%, sensitivity less than 1 mv., timer range 1000 min. One single channel pulse height analyzer Two sample mounts

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these purchases were authorized.

AWARD OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATES (21) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Accountancy Act of 1943, to the following candidates who have presented evidence that they arc holders of valid and unrevoked Certified Public Account certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law: State from Which They Address Name Obtained Certificates Evansville, Indiana J O H N FRANCIS BEERY Indiana Affton, Missouri ROBERT J O H N ELLERSIECK Missouri Brentwood, Missouri R I T A DUDECK FIALKA Missouri Evansville, Indiana J O H N FRANCIS GAITHER Indiana Chicago ISIDORE BERNARD GREENVIELD District of Columbia Chicago R O B E R T MORRISON HOFFER Michigan CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS H U G H E S Brentwood, Missouri Missouri CLARENCE ARTHUR LAMMERS St. Louis, Missouri Missouri F R A N K IRA M C G L O N E Terre Haute, Indiana Indiana M O R R I S MORTON St. Louis, Missouri Missouri GEORGE H E N R Y OSTERMAYER, J R . Camden, New Jersey New Jersey GEORGE ELISHA TAYLOR Chicago Oklahoma I concur.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, these certificates were awarded.

REPORT OF UNIVERSITY AUDIT BY STATE AUDITOR (22) The Auditor of Public Accounts employed the firm of F . M. Mersinger and Company, Springfield, Illinois, to examine the financial records of the University for the year ended June 30, 1953. Their report on this examination has now been received and is submitted herewith. The financial operations of the University for the year 1952-53 had previously been audited and certified by the University's auditors, Haskins & Sells. The Mersinger auditors, like the University's auditors, do not question any transactions or the completeness and accuracy of the University's records. The report does not claim that a single dollar was misspent nor that the internal records of the University are either inaccurate or incomplete. It questions the appropriateness of certain procedures and, while stating that there is not sufficient information in the State Auditor's Office, contains nothing that would indicate that such information is not available in the University's accounts. (Comments on specific points in the report are made in a supplementary memorandum.) T h e main concern of the report seems to be that there is not available i'< the Office of the State Auditor the information needed for the audit responsibilities of that office. The University's accounting system is developed on a much broader and more complete basis than that of the State Auditor. The University handles accounts for a large number of government and private trust funds and deals with many auxiliary activities, such as the Athletic Asso-