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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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II. Chicago Undergraduate Division, equipment for office of Liberal Arts and Sciences 4 524 00 Total $286 677 20 I concur.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain.

A P P R O P R I A T I O N F O R O F F I C E O F NONACADEMIC P E R S O N N E L (21) An appropriation of $5,000 was approved by the Board of Trustees (February 14, 1957) for advertising cost for nonacademic personnel for the two Chicago Campuses. The recruitment of staff continues to be difficult. The situation may be eased somewhat because of the higher salary rates possible in the 1957-58 budget, but there is a total shortage of qualified applicants as compared to the total needs of the Chicago area. Hence, it will be necessary to continue the advertising program if the University is to obtain the help it needs. The Director of Nonacademic Personnel requests an appropriation of $5,000 for advertising costs on the two Chicago Campuses. The Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller concur in this recommendation, as well as the executive officers at those campuses. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain.

A P P R O P R I A T I O N FOR REMODELING F O R S C H O O L O F SOCIAL WORK (22) The academic and administrative staff of the School of Social Work requires office space in Chicago. The clinical aspects and field work of their program are mainly there. Heretofore, space has been provided at the Chicago Undergraduate Division but it is not adequate for the School of Social W o r k and is needed for other purposes. Space has been assigned the School by the Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges in the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, which location will permit closer coordination of the program of the School of Social W o r k with that in medical social work. An acoustical ceiling and some movable partitions are required to make the space usable. The estimated cost is $6,000. The Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $6,000 for this purpose. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain.

REASSIGNMENT OF FUNDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND E N G I N E E R I N G S E R V I C E S (23) T h e Board of Trustees on October 22, 1956, made assignments of $156,000 for architectural services on buildings in the 1957-59 building program and of $40,000 for the engineering services on the Abbott Power Plant addition and Utilities Distribution System, both from the General Reserve Fund, so that building studies and design work on these projects could be started as soon as feasible. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the unexpended balance of approximately $164,000 in these assignments of funds be reappropriated and made available for architectural and engi-