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H A L O. HALL, Superintendent, Belleville H i g h School and Junior College, Belleville, Illinois. These appointments replace Chief Justice Walter V. Schaeffer, Illinois Supreme Court, Springfield, and Mr. Otto Steffey, President, Illinois Agricultural Association, Chicago, whose terms have expired, and Mr. H a r o l d G. Baker, deceased. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these appointments were approved.

APPROPRIATIONS BY T H E ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (7) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made the following assignments from its surplus funds: To the Alumni Association for services to the Athletic Association during the year 1955-56 $ 3 000 To the University Bands for travel expenses to Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 9-10 for the Michigan-Illinois football game 9 700 These appropriations are submitted for approval.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, the action of the Board of Directors was confirmed.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR N O N R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES (8) T h e Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General Reserve Fund as follows: 1. College of Agriculture, remodeling and equipment in Davenport Hall $ 4 000 2. Armed Forces, purchase of A mimeograph machine 1 117 3. Department of Botany, purchase of equipment 1 535 4. College of Commerce and Business Administration, purchase of equipment needed in a project financed by the Ford F o u n d a t i o n . . 2 075 5. Department of Dairy Science, remodeling and equipment to convert a room in the Animal Sciences Laboratory into a preparation room for large cultures of bacteria 2 150 6. Department of Dairy Science, remodeling and equipment to convert a room in the Animal Sciences Laboratory into a laboratory for the study of metabolic production of protein by the mammary gland of the bovine 8 500 7. College of Fine and Applied Arts, for the Festival of Contemporary Arts 7 500 8. School of Music, for the Opera Workshop 3 550 9. School of Music, purchase of practice instruments 7 500 10. Physical Plant Department, to provide more adequate lighting in new office space in Civil Engineering Hall 3 290 11. Physical Plant Department, for a transformer vault in the Administration Building 32 500 12. Physical Plant Department, for University's share of the cost of improvements of Lincoln Avenue and Nevada Street 19 388 51 13. Physical Plant Department, removal of diseased trees, tree replanting, and spraying of trees 48 000 14. Physical Plant Department, remodeling in Lincoln Hall and the English Building 6 975 15. Physical Plant Department, interior painting in areas at the Chicago Professional Colleges and at Urbana-Champaign 30 000 16. Department of Plant Pathology, replacement of chemical hood with connecting utilities in Horticulture Field Laboratory 2 000 17. Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, construction of facilities needed for research under a contract with the United States Army 3 000 Total $183 080 51 I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. John-