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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 19

Among the important groups of art objects which will be housed in the museum will be the "Emily Nichols Trees (Class of 1905) and Merle Jay Trees (Class of 1907) Collection," the Ewing Collection of Balinese and East Asiatic Art, Lorado Taft's sculptures, and the University's collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. Mr. Herman C. Krannert is a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University in 1912 when he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. Following graduation, he embarked upon a business career in the shipping container industry which has brought him national fame. H e is Chairman of the Board of Inland Container Corporation in Indianapolis, which he founded in 1925; Chairman of the Board of Anderson Box Company, Indianapolis; Vice-President and Director of Georgia Kraft Company, Macon, and Rome Kraft Company, Rome, Georgia. Among other corporate enterprises of which he is an official arc the Indiana National Bank, Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, F o x Paper Company, Morgan Packing Company, Inc., McGee Edsel Sales Corporation, and Decker Real Estate Company. Active in many civic undertakings and professional groups, Mr. Krannert is a trustee of the Indianapolis Y.M.C.A. and the Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority. and is Co-chairman of the Advisory Council of Indianapolis' Metropolitan Plan Commission.

On motion of Mr. Herrick, the recommendations of the President were approved. Mr. Williamson suggested that an appropriate expression of appreciation on behalf of the Board of Trustees be sent to Mr. and Mrs. Krannert.

PROVISIONS FOR DEALING WITH A POSSIBLE EPIDEMIC OF ASIAN FLU (22) Since August, Mr. Charles H . Bowman, Acting Administrator of Health Services, and Dr. Glen W . Doolen, Acting Medical Director, have been making provisions for dealing with cases of the Asian flu in the University community. They have been guided by directives from national, state, and local health agencies; they have kept the Champaign County Medical Association advised of their plans; and they have had the full cooperation of all University authorities concerned. To date 8,500 cubic centimeters of flu vaccine have been ordered from the six pharmaceutical companies presently manufacturing this substance. (One cubic centimeter is required to inoculate each person treated.) Further orders will be placed as necessary. Inoculations will be administered at cost, plus a small charge for needles, syringes, and overhead. Since the University will recover its expenses, this operation is being handled through the McKinley Hospital account, and no appropriation is required. T h e Chicago Undergraduate Division will be supplied through McKinley Hospital. Though universities enjoy a favored position in the distribution of the vaccine, no word has yet been received as to when supplies may be expected. W h e n vaccine does arrive, it will be in limited quantities. A priority system has accordingly been devised which establishes categories of key personnel similar to the announced national system of priorities. Since government directives urge universities to deal with flu cases on campus rather than to disperse the disease by sending students to their homes, arrangements have been made for extensive emergency hospitalization facilities. By readying the student housing T-dormitories on the southeast campus, the P a r a d e Ground units, and the Ice Rink, in addition to McKinley Hospital, a total capacity of 944 beds will be reached. If further beds are needed, a decentralization plan has been proposed and is now being studied by the fraternity, sorority, Women's Group System, and University housing groups, by which one house in each group will be designated as a treatment center for bed patients, and well students from this house will be temporarily relocated in other houses in the area.

Professor Charles H. Bowman, Acting Administrator of Health Services, and Dr. Glen W. Doolen, Acting Medical Director, made