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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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the trips. The additional station wagon will meet these needs and will also be used by Association staff members traveling on official business. Confirmation of this is recommended.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the action of the Board of Directors was confirmed.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (17) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds as follows: 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Foundry Laboratory, addition and improvements $ 5 3 500 00 2. Department of Geology, modernization of micropaleontology laboratory 3 031 50 3. School of Music, ventilating and acoustical improvements in Smith Memorial Music Hall 16 500 00 4. Admissions and Records, Urbana and Chicago Undergraduate Division, purchase of office equipment 2 587 00 5. Library, Chicago Undergraduate Division, purchase of books 3 500 00 6. Chicago Professional Colleges, purchase of equipment for: Departments of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, assignment to be made from the unassigned reserve for nonrecurring equipment at the Chicago Professional Colleges 7 500 00 College of Dentistry, assignment to be made from the remodeling reserve at the Chicago Professional Colleges 19 086 00 Total $105 704 50 I recommend that these appropriations be made from the General Reserve Fund, except as indicated in the last item.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Stratton.

APPROPRIATION FOR REMODELING THE LIBRARY AT THE CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES (18) The Board of Trustees has made an appropriation of $940,000 for remodeling at the Chicago Professional Colleges, itemized for specific projects (Minutes of May 15, 1954, page 1353). Balances have accumulated in some of these allocations because final costs were less than original estimates and because of reduction in the amount of work done in some cases. The Administrative Committee for the Chicago Professional Colleges recommends a new item of $35,500 for remodeling and installing additional bookstacks be included in the list of projects covered by the appropriation of $940,000. This will not require additional funds but will simply be a reallocation. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, this reassignment of funds approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Johnston, Stratton.

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APPROPRIATION FOR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (19) The appropriation by the University to the Alumni Association in 1952-53 was increased to compensate the Alumni Association for the services rendered the University in liaison work with the General Assembly. In setting up the budget for I 953_54, the University was obliged to make very substantial reductions in nonteaching departments. The Alumni Association, among others, was required to assume a larger than average proportion of this reduction. As a result the appropriation to the Alumni Association was reduced to the point where the addition made in the previous year was eliminated.