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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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272 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 27 The Physical Plant Department recommends that a contract be awarded to the Bean Electric Company, the lowest bidder for the electrical work, on the basis of their lump sum bid of $13,525. Funds are available in the present appropriation to cover this expenditure. I concur and request authority to the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute this contract. On motion of M r . McKelvey, this contract was authorized as recommended. BEQUEST OF MRS. LILLIAN M. LARSON (27) The will of the late Mrs. Lillian if. Larson, widow of Professor Laurence M. Larson, former Head of the Department of History, includes the following bequest to the University: "To the Trustees of the University of Illinois, in trust, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the following uses and purposes, to-wit: The principal of said fund shall be kept intact and invested and the income from said fund used to provide a scholarship or scholarships for graduate students attending the University of Illinois and pursuing courses in medieval or English history and majoring in history. It is my hope that such students, with this aid, may carry on in a general way the work pursued by my late husband, Laurence M. Larson, and I establish this trust fund as a memorial for him to be designated as the Laurence M. Larson Scholarship Fund. " . . . The above gift or trust fund is to have priority and be paid over and above other gifts herein. . . . " Professor Larson was a distinguished member of the faculty of the University of Illinois. He came to the University in 1907 and served continuous!}' until his retirement in 1937. From 1926 to 1937 he served as Head of the Department of History. He died in 1938. In reporting this bequest, I should like to express for the students, faculty, and, I am sure, the Board of Trustees, our appreciation of this generous gift. O n motion of Mrs. Grigsby, this bequest was accepted and dedicated to the purposes indicated by the donor. APPRECIATION OF SERVICES OF MRS. GRIGSBY A t this point, Mr. Davis presented the following resolution and moved its adoption. Whereas, Mrs. Helen M. Grigsby is now completing her third term of service as a Trustee of the University of Illinois; and Whereas, that service has been marked by a public-spirited and intelligent interest in all the affairs of the University, and particularly in those matters affecting the welfare of the students; and Whereas, the Board of Trustees considers that Mrs. Grigsby's service has been a substantial contribution to education in Illinois; therefore Be it resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby makes record of its appreciation of the able and gracious services of Mrs. Grigsby, and of its regret at their termination. This resolution was adopted by unanimous standing vote. Mrs. Grigsby expressed her appreciation, and spoke on the changes that have occurred in the University since she became a Trustee in 1921. TUITION FEES President Livingston stated that it had been suggested in the General Assembly that the Board give consideration to an increase in tuition fees. President Stoddard reported that on his request the Secretary of the Board had prepared a report on the history of fees in the University, and the Provost had prepared a statement on the policies involved. T h e Provost presented a summary of these reports and commented on them.
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