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HAL O. HALL, Superintendent, Belleville High School and Junior College, Belleville,
Illinois.
These appointments replace Chief Justice Walter V. Schaeffer, Illinois
Supreme Court, Springfield, and Mr. Otto Steffey, President, Illinois Agricultural
Association, Chicago, whose terms have expired, and Mr. Harold G.
Baker, deceased.
I concur.
On motion of Mr. Swain, these appointments were approved.
APPROPRIATIONS BY THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
(7) The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made the following
assignments from its surplus funds:
To the Alumni Association for services to the Athletic Association during
the year 1955-56 $ 3 000
To the University Bands for travel expenses to Ann Arbor, Michigan, on
November 9-10 for the Michigan-Illinois football game 9 700
These appropriations are submitted for approval.
On motion of Mr. Bissell, the action of the Board of Directors was
confirmed.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES
(8) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of
funds from the General Reserve Fund as follows:
1. College of Agriculture, remodeling and equipment in Davenport
Hall $ 4 000
2. Armed Forces, purchase of A mimeograph machine 1 117
3. Department of Botany, purchase of equipment 1 535
4. College of Commerce and Business Administration, purchase of
equipment needed in a project financed by the Ford Foundation.. 2 075
5. Department of Dairy Science, remodeling and equipment to convert
a room in the Animal Sciences Laboratory into a preparation
room for large cultures of bacteria 2 150
6. Department of Dairy Science, remodeling and equipment to convert
a room in the Animal Sciences Laboratory into a laboratory
for the study of metabolic production of protein by the mammary
gland of the bovine 8 500
7. College of Fine and Applied Arts, for the Festival of Contemporary
Arts 7 500
8. School of Music, for the Opera Workshop 3 550
9. School of Music, purchase of practice instruments 7 500
10. Physical Plant Department, to provide more adequate lighting in
new office space in Civil Engineering Hall 3 290
11. Physical Plant Department, for a transformer vault in the Administration
Building 32 500
12. Physical Plant Department, for University's share of the cost of
improvements of Lincoln Avenue and Nevada Street 19 388 51
13. Physical Plant Department, removal of diseased trees, tree replanting,
and spraying of trees 48 000
14. Physical Plant Department, remodeling in Lincoln Hall and the
English Building 6 975
15. Physical Plant Department, interior painting in areas at the Chicago
Professional Colleges and at Urbana-Champaign 30 000
16. Department of Plant Pathology, replacement of chemical hood
with connecting utilities in Horticulture Field Laboratory 2 000
17. Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, construction
of facilities needed for research under a contract with
the United States Army 3 000
Total $183 080 51
I concur.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the
following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. John-