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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE (7) On October 22, 1946, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois authorized the President of the University to appoint a Consultative Committee on Architecture to advise him and other University officials on the construction of new buildings and campus development in general, in view of the extraordinary plans for the expansion of the University's physical plant. The following have been appointed: HOWARD L. CHENEY, Class of 1912, Architect, 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. CHANCE S. HILL, Class of 1914, Landscape Architect, Oak Park, Illinois. GEORGE L. HORNER, Class of 1928, Superintendent, Division of Planning and Construction, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

ELIEL SAARINEN and J. ROBERT F . SWANSON, of Saarinen, Swanson, and

Saarinen, Architects, Bleomfield Hills, Michigan. ( M r . Swanson, a partner of Mr. Saarinen, will represent him when the latter can not attend meetings.) The first meeting of the Committee was held in Chicago on November 30 with Dr. A. C. Ivy, Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, and other University officials to consider and advise on plans for the development of new buildings for those Colleges. Subsequent meetings of the Committee have been held on February I at Urbana-Champaign and on February 28 in Chicago. The University is fortunate in having the services of these men whose counsel is very valuable in making important planning decisions. This report was received for record. APPROPRIATION FOR CONSULTANT'S FEES (8) The Board of Trustees has previously authorized the appointments of such advisory groups as the Advisory Board on Aeronautics, and the Consultative Committee on Architecture, and the payment of consulting fees and traveling expenses. It is desirable for the President to employ from time to time the services of professional consultants in other fields on a per diem basis. No appropriation has been made by the Board for such purposes. I should like to ask the Board to set up an appropriation of $2,500 a year for such expenses. It may be added to the President's incidental and emergency fund. F o r the balance of the current fiscal year an appropriation of $1,500 will be sufficient.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Green, Dr. Luken, Dr. Meyer.

APPROPRIATION FOR PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (9) There is regularly included in the University's operating budget an appropriation for General Printing and Publishing to cover cost and distribution of administrative publications. T h e appropriation at present is $2,500. This is inadequate. In previous years it has been as much as $5,000. I request that a supplementary appropriation of $5,000 be made for this purpose for the current fiscal year.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Green, Dr. Luken, Dr. Meyer.

APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLICATION O F UNIVERSITY HISTORY (10) The Director of the University Press requests an appropriation of $T2,ooo for the publication of 3,000 copies of the History of the University of Illinois, written by Mr. Carl Stephens, University Historian, assisted by Mr. Charles W. Paape. It is estimated that the book will contain 600 pages of text. It will be liberally illustrated. This project was authorized by the Board of Trustees 011 January 24, 1942 (Minutes, page 759).