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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES QF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Executive Building Febiruary 10, 1949
I^ NOTICE OF MEETING.
The Board of Trustees of The Trustees of Purdue University met in the Trustees' Room of •the- Executive Building of the University at n:00 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 1949, pursuant to Minute XXIV, Board meeting held January 19, 1949, and further pursuan-t to the following notice sent •to each Trustee ty the Secre^tary on February 1, 1949:
This ¦will remind you •that there -win be a special meeting of •the Board of Trustees of The Trustees of Purdue University convening at 11:00 a.m. on Thvirsday, February 10, 1949, in •the Trustees' Room of •the Executive Building of the University, in or^er to receive and act upon bids for •the remodenng of ¦the Education Building and to consider and act upon any other matter or business •that may come before said meeting.
II. ROLL. CALL,
President Stuart called the meeting to order at n:00 a.m. An members of the Board except Mr. Calland were present as follows: Mrs. Van Ness, Messrs, Cole, Hanley, Lynn, O'Brien, Sherwood, Stxxart and Thompson. Mr. Calland's ab¬ sence ¦was excused by consent. Also present were Controner Stewart, Assistant Controller Kettler, Secretary Hockema, and Assistant Secretary Skinner. (Presi¬ dent Hovde's absence on University business was excused by consent.)
III. EXTENSION OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR DEAN Ej. C^ YOUNG.
Secretary Hockema presented a recommendation from the President of ¦the University that a leave of absence granted to Dr. E. C. Young, Dean of ¦the Graduate School, Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Associate, Agri¬ cultural Economics, AES, to permit him to serve as Director of Research of the Temporary Commission on Agriciilture for the S^tate of New York (Executive and Finance Committee, October 6, 1947), be extended, without pay, to Jtine 30, 1949, or before, as soon as projects now under way can be completed.
After discussion and by consent the extension of Dean Young's leave of absence was approved in accordance wi^th •the President's recommendation.
IV. OPENING OF BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
At 11:10 a.m. the fonowing entered the meeting: Mr, R. T. Hamilton, Superintendent of Physical Plant, Mr. W. C. Kashner, Assistant S^:lperintendent of Physical Plant, and representatives of the companies svibmitting bids on the following project:
Miseellaneotis Alterations in- Education Building.  * •,
Controller Stewart read -the names of •those submitting bids as fonows:
A. E. Kemmer, Lafayette, Indiana K. H. Kettelhut, Lafayette, Indiana Kuhne-Simmons, Champaign, ininois