Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 336]

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STUDENT LOAN F U N D S

Exchanges: $10,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, i%%, due March I, 1949, for $10,000 U.S. Treasury Notes lJA%, due March 1, 1950. $30,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1%%, due April 1, 1949, for $30,000 U.S. Treasury Notes iTA%, due April 1, 1950. O n m o t i o n of M r . M c L a u g h l i n , t h e s e i n v e s t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d . GRANT-IN-AID FOR SEMINAR IN EDUCATIONAL RADIO AT ROBERT ALLERTON PARK (38) On March 30, 1949, on the basis of a memorandum prepared by Wilbur Schramm, Director of the Institute of Communications Research, we requested aid from the Rockefeller Foundation to conduct a seminar on educational radio at Robert Allerton P a r k in the summer of 1949 as follows:

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL RADIO

Fellowships for 20 persons An average of 1,500 miles travel at 6 cents a mile Food and lodging during seminar A television "day" in Chicago 20 times $215 Consultants Contingencies — 10 per cent

$ 00 no 15 $215

$4 300 1 500 580 $6 380 On April 8 we received word from John Marshall, Associate Director of the Humanities of the Rockefeller Foundation, that the grant-in-aid in the sum of $6,380 had been approved. I recommend acceptance of this grant with acknowledgment to the Rockefeller Foundation.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this grant was accepted with appreciation.

WORK AT ROBERT ALLERTON PARK

The three following items, numbered 39, 40, and 41, were presented and considered together. After discussion, and on motion of Mr. Hickman, these contracts were referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, with power to act.1

PAINTING AT ROBERT ALLERTON PARK (39) Bids have been secured on exterior and interior painting of the Allerton House, Gate House, and the House in the Woods at Robert Allerton Park. Because of the uncertainty as to the exact amount of work required, bids have been secured on the basis of direct cost of labor and materials, plus a percentage for overhead. Materials would be provided at cost, as specified by the University. Standard insurance coverage would be required. It is believed undesirable to award the contracts for both exterior and interior painting to the same person, since all contractors have a rather limited number of men available, and it is difficult for any one contractor to accept both contracts and complete them by the date desired, June 1, 1949. The Office of Nonacademic Personnel has surveyed labor rates in Monticello and reports that there is no single uniform prevailing rate for this class of labor. The rates quoted by the various contractors are all within the ranges of the rates actually paid in this community. The Director of Robert Allerton P a r k and the Comptroller recommend that contracts be awarded as follows:

1 The Committee on Buildings and Grounds, as of May 2, 1949, approved the awards of contracts for work at Robert Allerton Park as recommended by the President on April 21, 1949-