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1948] Item Fifteen 6-ft. disc harrows for use at soi! experiment fields at different locations in the state Karagheusian "Rosebrook" quality carpet to be laid in living rooms, corridors, and s t a i r w a y s of Buaey a n d Evans Halls to replace carpets that are badly worn One carload (approximately 45,000 lbs.) 40-pound newsprint in rolls Paintings to be purchased in connection with the current Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, from "The Downtown Gallery," New York: "In a Garden of Ancient Loves" by Raymond Breinin, "Tidewater Shapes" by Julian E. Levi ($1,980); from Julien Levy Galleries, New York: "Portrait of Rico Lebrun" by Eugene Berman ($1,530); from Midtown Galleries, New York: "The Porch" by Philip Guston ($1,350). One harpsichord 14 adult dental chairs; 4 child dental chairs 18 E and O lights for Ritter B 3 dental units, ivory tan finish 104 cases of assorted Pyrex glassware

U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S Department Agronomy Vendor Dillavou & Bland, Urbana

I053 Cost 2 718 75

Residence Halls

Stevens Rug & Linoleum Co., Champaign

20 745 00

Alumni Association

C. J. Duffey Paper Co., Rock Island

170 00

a ton, or approximately

3 825 00 1 980 00 1 530 00 1 350 00

Fine and Applied Arts

The Downtown Gallery, New York City Julien Levy Galleries, New York City Midtown Galleries, New York City

Music Dentistry Dentistry Chicago General Stores

John Challis, Detroit, Mich. Ritter Company, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. Pelton-Crane Co., Chicago A. S. Aloe Co., St. Louis, Mo.

3 000 00 7 726 50 f.o.b. delivered 1 289 25 2 376 50

P u r c h a s e s A u t h o r i z e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y The following purchases have been authorized by the President of the University on the recommendations of the Director of Purchases and the Comptroller. Unless otherwise specified the purchases were made on the basis of lowest bids, or because the items are noncompetitive, or to obtain earliest delivery. Item Department Vendor Cost Fenwal intravenous solution Pharmacy Harris and Wellman, 2 797 80 apparatus to complement inChicago stallation in the R & E Hospitals Approximately 55,127 pounds Physics Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., Estimate of steel plates, I-Beams and Chicago 4 200 00 Angles GIFTS A N D GRANTS OF F U N D S FOR RESEARCH A N D OTHER PURPOSES Gifts 1. M r s . Margaret Anderson, Morris, Illinois, $2,000 to be added to the scholarship fund for students in the School of Music known as the "William Anderson Scholarship in Music" in memory of her late husband. The amount received to date is $6,500. 2. Laundry Workers' International Union, $1,500 in support of a fellowship for graduate work in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. 3. Eastman Kodak Company, $750 in support of a graduate scholarship in Business Organization and Operation during the summer term of 1947 and the first semester, 1947-1948. 4. Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, Third Congressional District, $660 to finance one student through the course in Occupational Therapy. This is the fourth scholarship that has been given by this organization; these grants now total $2,640.