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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
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1954] With Whom Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company Schroeder's (Ventilation) With Whom E. T. Drewitch (Plastering) E. C. Manthei (Consulting engineering services) U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S Purpose Botany Annex control temperature room Botany Annex control temperature room Amount $ 111 721 2 25 1387 Date April 23, 1954 May 5, I9S4 Date May, 1954 May, 1954 Adjustments Made in 1953-1954 Cost-Pius Contracts Amount $ 171 73 2 549 43 Purpose Seven minor items: $231.31 deduct to $268.00 Three items: $49.43 to $2,000.00 This report was received for record. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MAGAZINE AWARDS (32) It will be recalled that at its meeting on March 25, 1953, the Board of Trustees accepted a fund of $52,500 to establish the Benjamin Franklin Magazine Awards of annual cash prizes and medal awards to magazines and magazine writers, and approved a plan for administering these awards. The fund is to be used during a five-year period to get this project established. The donors of the original funds wish to remain anonymous. The final selections are made by a group of anonymous judges appointed by the University but from outside of its staff. The first annual Benjamin Franklin Magazine Awards given during the year 1053 were presented to the recipients at a dinner in New York City on May 25, 1954. About 375 guests attended the dinner. The awards were as follows: 1. The first award, a gold medal and scroll, given to an American magazine of general circulation, for the most distinguished and meritorious public service during the year went to the Ladies Home Journal. It was given as a result of a series of ten articles appearing during the year dealing with people voluntarily engaged in community activities, produced by the magazine's Public Affairs Department of which Miss Margaret Hickey is the editor. Honorable Mentions in this classification went to Argosy, for "Court of Last Resort"; Look for "The Role of Religion in American Life"; U. S. News and World Report for a series of interviews; and The Saturday Evening Post for "The Ten Most Wanted Men." 2. The award for the most distinguished magazine writing involving original reporting in which serious obstacles had to be overcome — a scroll and the sum of $1,000 to John Bartlow Martin of Highland Park, Illinois, for "Why Did It Happen: The Riot at Jackson Prison," which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post Honorable Mention: George McMillan of Aiken, South Carolina, for "Big Botch at Savannah River," which appeared in Harper's. 3. The best article or series of articles depicting life, culture, or institutions in the United States — a scroll and the sum of $500 to William H . Whyte, New York, for " T h e Transients," which appeared in Fortune. Honorable Mention: Bernard DeVoto, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for "Our Great West — Boom or Bust ?" which appeared in Collier's. 4. For the best interpretation of the foreign scene or of our foreign relations — a scroll and $500 to Adlai Stevenson, Libertyville, Illinois, for an eightarticle series on world conditions, Look. Honorable Mention: Santha Rama Rau, New York, for "India," which appeared in Holiday. 5. For the article best depicting a person — a scroll and $500 to Robert Coughlan, New York, for "The Private World of William Faulkner," in Life. Honorable Mentions: J. H . Powell, Philadelphia, for "General Washington and the Jack Ass," The South Atlantic Quarterly; and Richard Donovan, Los Angeles, for "The Fabulous Satchel Paige," Collier's. 6. On recommendation of the judges, no award was given this year for the best piece of magazine humor. 7. For the best short story — a scroll and $500 to Ray Bradbury, New York, for "Sun and Shadow," in The Reporter. Honorable Mention: Jeff Brown, New York, for "Talk to Home," Collier's. 1 Deduct.
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