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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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documents necessary to complete such sales and to accept the T r u s t assets when conveyed to the University. Mrs. Escher's daughter, Gertrude Escher, graduated from the University in June, 1925, and died in March, 1926. T h i s gift is in memory of the daughter, and as the trust agreement specifies, the endowment shall be known as the Gertrude Escher Loan Fund. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , the f o r e g o i n g resolution w a s adopted. PURCHASES Purchases Authorized (16) T h e following purchases were authorized by the President on the recommendation of the Director of P u r c h a s e s and the Vice-President and Comptroller. Item Department Vendor Cost 14.84 tons diammonium phosphate Agricultural Tennessee Valley ?3 746 96 9-6 tons ammonium phosphate nitrate Authority, Economics f.o.b. 19.2 tons ammonium nitrate Knoxville, Tenn. Sheffield, 5.64 tons calcium metaphosphate Ala. 4.92 tons concentrated superphosphate Seven Emerson & Cuming, Inc., model Emerson & Cuming, Inc., Control Systems 4 585 00 2B-118 18 in. Ecco 140-degree reflecLaboratory Canton, Mass. f.o.b. tors with castings and stands Canton, Mass. Extension of lease of C-46 aircraft from East Coast Aviation Control Systems 24 000 00 Laboratory Corporation, February 15, 1958, to April 15, 1958, Lexington, Mass, for use by the Control Systems Laboratory in a flight-testing program One each digital magnetic tape recorder Electrical Ampex Corp., 8 23s 00 and reproducer system, tape speed 75 Engineering Villa Park f.o.b. and 17 }4 I.P.S., start-stop time less Research Redwood than 5 milliseconds and accessories City, Calif. Three Servo Corp. of America series Electrical Servo Corp. of America, 8 495 00 1100 model A servoscopes Engineering c/o Pivan Engif.o.b. neering Co., New One series n o o model F servoscope Chicago Hyde Four model 1120 servoflex io-watt amPark, plifier N.Y. Digital punch card equipment including: International International Business 26 620 00 One accounting machine (402 Model Cooperation c.i.f. Machines Corp., A-1) Administration Calcutta, Springfield One print summary punch (526) Contracts India One sorter (082)

On motion of Mr. Herrick, these purchases were approved.

Purchases Recommended T h e Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur. Department Vendor Cost Item A. S. LaPine & Co., $7 650 10 Sixteen microscopes, stereoscopic, 10, Botany and f.o.b. 15, 20, 30, and 40X magnifications Veterinary Chicago delivered Medicine Sixteen illuminators, for sterio microscopes, with transformer and bulbs Six microscopes, binocular, dissecting, 1, 3, 6x magnifications Forty eyepieces, IOX wide field Less trade-in allowance for sixty-one eyepieces, obsolete type 6 633 85 One HLV Hardinge high-speed 10 in. Control Systems Hardinge Brothers, Inc., precision toolroom lathe and accesf.o.b. Laboratory Chicago sory equipment Elmira, N.Y. 00 7,000 diodes Digital Computer Qutronic Semi-Conductor 13 150 f.o.b. Corp., Laboratory New York, New York, N.Y. N.Y. 2 675 00 One oscillograph dual channel, recordElectrical Brush Instruments Divif.o.b. ing, combination ink and electric Engineering sion of Clevite Corp., Clevewriting, frequency response 1 3 db, Cleveland, Ohio land, 0-100 cycles per second Ohio One amplifier, dual channel, DC One mounting cart for the above equipment