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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CONTRACT FOR SERVICES O F FOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT (18) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller request authority to employ Arthur William Dana, a food service consultant in New York City, to assist in planning the construction of a central food service building for the Men's Residence Halls. F o r a fee of $3,000, plus traveling expenses, he will prepare layouts of the food preparation and serving area and complete specifications for the equipment to be installed. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract for these services. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n a s r e c o m m e n d e d . ESTATE O F F R E D S . BAILEY (19) The late Fred S. Bailey, President of the Champaign National Bank, a longtime and prominent citizen of Champaign, Illinois, who died on April 27, 1955, left a will which, in addition to certain specific bequests, provided that the remainder of his estate be held in perpetual trust with the income payable as follows: Two-thirds to the University of Illinois Y.M.C.A. for providing scholarships at the University of Illinois for "worthy moral students." One-third to the University of Illinois to be used for establishing the Bailey Memorial Chair of Money, Banking, and Finance and employing distinguished teachers in the field of money, banking, or finance. The will was filed in the Champaign County Court by Wallace M. Mulliken of the law firm of Thomas, Mulliken, and Mamer, along with a petition for probate by the H a r r i s Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. The petition listed the estate as "in excess of one million dollars." The Harris Trust and Savings Bank has informed the University that a bill has been filed in the Champaign County Circuit Court contesting the will. The Harris Trust and Savings Bank has also informed the University that the Bank and its counsel will make every effort to uphold Mr. Bailey's will and protect the interests of the beneficiaries named therein. The University's Legal Counsel will also appear in these proceedings in behalf of the University. This report was received for record. ILLINOIS CITIZENSHIP CLEARING H O U S E (20) The University has been awarded a grant of $1,960 by the Citizenship Clearing House of New York University for the establishment of the Illinois Citizenship Clearing House as an affiliate and as a part of the national program to promote the interest of college students and graduates in participation in the activities of the political parties of their choice. The Illinois center will serve as a clearing house for the state and will assist other colleges and universities in undertaking activities designed to accomplish the purposes of the program. I have accepted this grant on behalf of the University and have appointed an Executive Committee to set up the organization of the program. Professor Royden Dangerfield, Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, has been named Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director of the Illinois Citizenship Clearing House. Later a state-wide advisory council, consisting of political and civic leaders, students, and other faculty members, will be appointed. Activities of the state and regional citizenship clearing houses will include state-wide student conferences, informal meetings of political leaders and party officials with college students and recent alumni, the holding of Republican and Democratic Party Days during which officials in the parties, in cooperation with political scientists, present to college men and women information on how they may become active in party activities, and the establishment of internships with the political parties thus affording opportunity for mature students to work closely with the committees of the parties.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, acceptance of this grant was confirmed.