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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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336 BOAKD OF TRUSTEES [April 27 LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR HUGH G. WALES (24) I recommend that Professor Hugh G. Wales of the Department of Marketing be given sabbatical leave of absence on full pay during the second semester, 1955-56. H e made application for this leave in December, but inadvertently it was not transmitted to the President's Office for consideration at the time other applications for sabbatical leaves during 1955-56 were submitted. Professor Wales has been in the service of the University for eight years and is in all respects eligible for leave. His program of study and travel has the endorsement of the University Research Board which advises the President on the applications for sabbatical leaves. On motion of Mr. Bissell, this leave was granted. APPROPRIATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG (25) The Director of Admissions and Records and the Director of the University Press request an appropriation of $4,400 for an additional printing of approximately 8,000 copies of the current (1954-55) undergraduate catalog. T h e original supply of 35,000 copies has been exhausted and the 1955-56 edition will not be ready for several months. I concur. On motion of Mr. Nickell, this appropriation was made and the purchase of the required additional printing of the catalog authorized by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton. ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR ADDITION TO RESIDENCE HALLS (26) Although no state appropriation for the construction of additional student residence halls during the biennium of 1955-57 is in prospect, it may be feasible to finance some construction through a bond issue and a plan of amortization which would include annual operating subsidies from general University funds. Hence, it is desirable to proceed with preparation of plans and specifications for housing which would include an addition to the Lincoln Avenue Residence, to accommodate 552 women, and an addition to the Men's Residence Halls, to accommodate 402 men. The University has a contract with Schaeffer, Hooton, and Wilson, Bloomington, for architectural services for an addition to the Men's Residence Halls at a total estimated fee of $36,000 of which $8,000 has been advanced from Housing Division funds for preliminary work. An additional $28,000 will be needed for complete architectural services up to execution of contracts. Naess and Murphy, Chicago, architects for the Lincoln Avenue Residence, have done some preliminary work on an addition to it. This firm is willing to furnish complete architectural services for a fee of six per cent of the contract cost, the same as their charge for services on other University buildings, including the Lincoln Avenue Residence. This fee will cover complete services, including working drawings, and supervision. Assuming a construction cost of approximately $1,500,000 for the addition to the Lincoln Avenue Residence, the architect's fee would be approximately $00,000 of which $70,000 would be required for service up to execution of contracts. The total funds required for complete architectural services on these projects, excluding supervision of construction, is $98,000. This amount could be advanced from the proceeds of the sale of "National Homes," which funds have been set aside as a reserve for improvements of staff housing, and the improvement account reimbursed when financing of the additions to the residence halls has been achieved. In the meantime work on plans and specifications for the residence halls could proceed without delay. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that Naess and Murphy be employed as architects for the addition to Lincoln Avenue Residence a t a fee of six per cent of construction cost, and that an advance of $98,000 be made from the sale of "National Homes" to finance temporarily the architectural services on additions to residence halls facilities. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contract. On motion of Mrs. Holt, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick. Mrs. Holt, Mr.
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