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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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1948] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 951 the lowest bidder, the I.T.E. Circuit Breaker Company at $29,953 less an offered reduction of $282 for a change in location of the main fuses, or a net price of $29,671. Funds are available in the appropriation for the construction of the Utilities Distribution System, Chicago. I concur and request authorization of the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r , D a v i s , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d a n d a u t h o r i z a tion given as recommended. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED BY T H E PRESIDENT (4) T h e following purchases, amounting to $1,000 or more, are proposed by the Director of Purchases and the Comptroller, and are recommended by the President to the Executive Committee for approval. Unless otherwise specified the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. Item 6 Ediphone electronic model voicewriters ; 4 Ediphone miracle model transcribers; i Ediphone precision master shaver 4,500 diplomas with names, degrees, and dates printed on Crane's parchment deed 2,000 leather diploma holders 12 Webster Teletalk Units, 1 No. 524 TS, 2 No. 512 TS, 9 No. 206 S 5,000 lbs. 25x28 # 70-lb. Sub. No. 1 Enamel white paper; 10,000 lbs. 25x38 70-lb. Enamel No. 1 grade white paper; 20,000 lbs. 25x38 60lb. Enamel No. 1 grade white paper; 10,000 lbs. 25x38 60-lb. Argyle English finish book paper, white; 5,000 lbs. 2 7 ^ x 4 1 ^ 70Ib. Sub. Argyle English finish book paper, white One single-phase reactor 4 13H microscopes, Spencer Department Bureau of Research and Service Office of Admissions and Records Office of Admissions and Records Physical Plant Office Supply Store Vendor Edwin C. Barnes, Peoria W. M. Welch Diploma House, Chicago W. M. Welch Diploma House, Chicago Ross Radio Co., Peoria Dwight Brothers Paper Co., Chicago Cost $3 200 76 1 014 48 7 500 00 (approximately) Physics Chemistry Metropolitan Device Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y. Chicago Apparatus Co. 317 60 On motion of D r . Meyer, these purchases were authorized as recommended. H, E. C U N N I N G H A M Clerk PARK LIVINGSTON, C H E S T E R R. D A V I S KARL A. MEYER Chairman MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT STODDARD The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT OF ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, RESEARCH, AND EXTENSION STAFF (1) Under present University statutory provisions, salaries of the instructional staff are payable in ten or twelve equal installments for an academic year's service. T h e professional or instructional year for which members of the teaching staff are employed extends through two regular semesters beginning in September and ending in June. Supplementary salaries are paid for teaching services during the summer session on the basis of 16 per cent of the annual salary, with a present maximum of $1200 for full-time service for an eight-week session. During the World W a r I I period the University operated on as many as three different, overlapping academic calendars, viz.: (1) the regular civilian prog r a m ; (2) the Navy College Training P r o g r a m ; and (3) the Army Specialized
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