Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 512]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Mr. Johnston then recommended that the Committee on General Policy be authorized to explore the possibility of acquiring the Gage Farm and to negotiate with the city of Chicago officials regarding its acquisition; and that the Committee also be authorized to explore the possibilities of acquiring the Riverside Country Club or Irving Park. Mr. Williamson moved that the Board accept the report and recommendations of the Committee on General Policy, and that this Committee be authorized to explore sites, to conduct negotiations with owners, and to make further recommendations to the Board; and that in recognition of the undesirability of premature public announcement of specific sites under consideration, the members of the Board refrain from discussing such matters publicly and that all official announcements on this matter be made by the Chairman of the Committee on General Policy and/or President of the University. This motion was unanimously adopted. COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The Committee on Buildings and Grounds met at 10:00 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. for consideration of the following matters of business. Acquisition of Land in Will County, Illinois, for Agricultural Experiment Station Purposes The Department of Agronomy and the Agricultural Experiment Station request authorization of application to the United States Government for approximately 160 acres of land, which has been declared surplus, in Will County for experimental purposes. This land can be acquired without cost to the University. A complete report on this matter, with his recommendation, was presented by the President of the University and a copy is filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. On motion of Mr. Johnston, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds approved the filing of an application with the appropriate government agency for the acquisition of this property. Request of Apartment Owners Association of Champaign County for a Hearing The President of the Board of Trustees received a request from Mr. L. O. H a r t man, 602 Haines Boulevard, Champaign, Illinois, President of the Apartment Owners Association of Champaign County, that the Board of Directors of this organization be given a hearing by the Board of Trustees on questions which have been raised concerning the University's program for the construction of housing facilities for married students. This request was presented to the Board of Trustees on May 28 and was referred by the Board to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. The Chairman of the Committee authorized the Secretar}- to inform Air. Hartman that the Committee will give his group a hearing at 1:30 p.m. on July 16, following the Board of Trustees meeting and after the luncheon recess. The Chairman invited all members of the Board to participate in this hearing. Naming of University Buildings The Chairman called attention to the following items on the Committee's agenda of unfinished business: A request from the Director of University Bands that the new Band Building be named "Harding Hall." A request from the Housing Division that the Men's Residence Halls Additions 3 and 4 be named for the late Mr. Carl Stephens and Mr. William L. Pillsbury. The Dean of Women has also suggested that the Lincoln Avenue Residence Addition be named Louise C. Allen Residence. Louise C. Allen (Gregory) was the wife of John Milton Gregory (the first Regent of the University of Illinois). She was Professor of Domestic Science and Preceptress at the University of Illinois from 1878 to 1880; and Instructor and Preceptress, 1874-78. A request from the faculty of the College of Law and from the officers of the College of Law Alumni Association that the new Law Building be named "Harno Hall."