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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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REJECTION OF BIDS O N ALTERATIONS IN STUDENT RESIDENCE HALL AT CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES (20) Bids were taken on remodeling of the third floor of the Student Residence Hall at the Chicago Professional Colleges to convert that area from occupancy by men to occupancy by women students. The work would include installation of separate stairs for the use of women only. It has been concluded that the cost of the additional stairs is not justified and can not be recommended. Since this would constitute the major portion of the work on which the bids were taken, the Vice-President in Charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller recommend that all bids be rejected. T h e University reserved the right to do so in the invitations issued to bidders. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these bids were rejected.

GRANT FROM W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION (21) The W . K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, has approved a grant of $141,000 for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, payable to the University of Illinois in annual installments of $47,000 for a period of three years. This grant is in essence an extension of a five-year grant made by the Kellogg Foundation to the University, on behalf of the N A E B , effective July 1, 1051, in support of educational broadcasting. University and N A E B officials are gratified that the record of accomplishment of the Kellogg Project has merited a renewal of the grant. The present grant, however, is a terminal one. The National Association of Educational Broadcasters, whose headquarters are at the University of Illinois, is the professional association of educational broadcasters in the United States for both radio and television. Its functions include operation of a national central educational employment service and other consultant, professional, research, and publication services, some of which are or have been supported also by the Fund for Adult Education, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other organizations. Active membership includes nearly all the educational radio and television stations in the United States; affiliated memberships are also held by educational representatives of the broadcasting systems of other nations. I have accepted this grant and request confirmation of my action.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the President's action was confirmed.

GRANTS FROM HASKINS A N D SELLS F O U N D A T I O N , I N C . , OF NEW YORK CITY (22) The Haskins and Sells Foundation, Inc., of New York City has established two educational programs, one for students and one for teachers, at several colleges and universities throughout the United States, beginning with the academic year 1956-57The Foundation has offered the University of Illinois 1. A $500 award to be made annually to outstanding students in accounting who have completed their junior year. The purpose of this award is to stimulate higher academic achievement on the part of students majoring in accounting and to encourage promising students to major in this field. The award is available to students whose primary interest is in accounting, but it is not required that the student plan to enter public accounting. 2. A grant of $1,000 a year for five years to assist qualified instructors in accounting while they are pursuing higher academic degrees for careers in teaching accounting. This grant is designed to minimize the initial sacrifices incurred by a teacher in the early stages of his career. Payment of the faculty grants will be made directly to the recipients selected. I have accepted these grants and request confirmation of my action.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, the President's action was approved.