The Trustees of Indiana University met in regular session on Friday, April 19, 1968, in the Board Room, Bryan Hall. The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. by Mr. Donald C. Danielson, Vice-President of the Board, and upon roll call the following answered present: Mr. Danielson, Judge Jesse E. Eschbach, Mr. John E. Early, Mr. Carl M. Gray, and Mr. Robert A. Lucas. Also present were President Elvis J. Stahr; J. A. Franklin, Vice President and Treasurer; John W. Snyder, Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Development; C. W. Hagen, Associate Dean of the Faculties; Dr. K. E. Penrod, Provost of the Medical Center; R. H. Shaffer, Dean of Students; J. R. Jordan, Assistant to the President for University Relations; C. K. Travis, University Counsel; C. T. Rich, Alumni Secretary; J. R. Ewers, Assistant to the President; R. E. Burton, Assistant to the Treasurer; C. E. Harrell, Secretary of the Board of Trustees; Cecilia H. Wahl, Assistant to the Secretary; and E. M. Hoff, Editor of the News Bureau. The following persons attended portions of the meeting: Vice Presidents J. L. Button and L. L. Merritt; Associate Deans Danilo Orescanin and Michael Schwartz; and Edward Najam, Jr., president of the Student Body.
Press representatives of the following newspapers attneded the meeting: Indianapolis STAR, Indianapolis NEWS, Bloomington HERALD TELEPHONE, Bloomington TRIBUNE, and INDIANA DAILY STUDENT.
At luncheon the following student leaders were guests of the Trustees: Alfred E. Field, President of the Union Board; Walter Paul Helmke, Jr., Student Body Vice President; Charles H. (Tod) Kendall, President, Inter-Residence Halls Association; Robert A. Long, President, Student Foundation; Edward W. Najam, Jr., Student Body President; Anita L. Silvey, President, Panhellenic Association; Richard A. Sugar, out-going President, Inter-Fraternity Council; Frederick Barclay (Barry) Wheeler, Jr., out-going Student Body Vice President.
1.A. The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 22, 1968, were approved in the corrected form most recently submitted.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
1.B. President Stahr presented the following matters:
(1) Time zone proposal. President Stahr advised the Board that he, along with others, had informed the Department of Transportation and the Indiana Congressional delegation of the problems which would result from the proposed new time zone for Indiana. Word has now been received from Washington that the change has been deferred for one year.
(2) Budget development. Upon the invitation of Dr. Stahr, Dean Sutton reported on the development of the University budget for 1968-1969 as follows:
(3) Student Matters.
Final decision was deferred until the legal questions could be resolved and the purposes to be furthered could be considered.
(c) Student conduct and discipline. Mr. Wajam requested a change in the Board's policy regarding the method of adopting regulations pertaining to student conduct and discipline. The Board passed a resolution on July 3, 1967 (item 1.G.(1)(b)), which adopted the principle of having actions concerning student affairs agreed upon by both the appropriate student government group and the Faculty Council before presentation to the Board. The formal resolution seemed to imply that the Student Senate was the only student governing group whose views should be considered. Therefore, it was recommended that the resolution of July 31, 1967, be amended. The Board approved the recommendation in principle and the revised statement appears below.
STATEMENT
The Board of Trustees recognizes both faculty and student concerns in the governance of student conduct and discipline.
It therefore requests that proposals for changes in policies in this area, after initiation in either the Faculty Council or the relevant student governing group, be concurred in by the other body before being recommended to the President of the University for the consideration of the Board.
The Board requests any individual or group from among the students who wishes to propose a change to do so by proper presentation to the appropriate representative student governing body such as Student Senate, Association of Women Students, Interfraternity Council, Inter-Residence Halls Association, Panhellenic Association, Union Board, etc. An action of the Student Senate primarily affecting a specific group of students should be referred to the student governing body of that group, and a proposal initially acted upon by a student governing body other than the Student Senate should be referred to the Student Senate. Following the action of both bodies, the proposal should be considered by the Faculty Council. In the event the Student Senate action differs from that of the other relevant student governing body, or the Faculty Council differs with either or both, a conference procedure should be established which will assure representation in the conference of an equal number of students and faculty, including representation from the Student Senate and the most relevant of the other student governing bodies. The conference report should be referred to the Faculty Council and the Student Senate.
The Board further requests the President of the University to initiate a joint faculty-student study to delineate the area of governance in which this procedure is applicable. Meanwhile, the Faculty Council and the respective student governing groups should proceed to consider proposals on an ad hoc basis.
In accordance with the last paragraph of the above resolution, the President has designated the Student Affairs Committee, composed of six faculty members and six students, to serve as the joint faculty-student group to delineate the area of governance covered by this resolution.
1.B (4) President Stahr informed the Board that the University swimming team had won both the N.C.A.A. and the A.A.U. championships. In this connection, he reported that, under existing policy, $500.00 bonuses have been presented to the following coaches of Conference championship teams during 1967-1968:
1.B.(5) President Stahr presented a proposal for the administrative reorganization of Indiana University which was developed after detailed consideration by University administrators. During the period of preparation, President Stahr discussed the proposal with public and higher education officials in the State. The Board considered the salient features of the proposal, commenting on the increased autonomy in the operation of each campus, the need for as sharp a delineation as possible of the responsibilities of administrative officers, and the necessity of adequate authority delegated to and exercised by administrative officers at all levels of responsibility.
The matter was then deferred for further study by the full Board, with the agreement that it would be included on the agenda for consideration and action at the May meeting. The proposal reads as follows:
Throughout her 148 years, Indiana University has been dedicated to teachings research and public service for the benefit of the people of Indiana. She has now become one of the largest and finest of all state universities, but her commitment to the ideal, reflected in the State's first Constitution, of widespread educational opportunity of high quality for those who want it and are capable of benefiting substantially from it led I.U. over a half-century ago on her own initiative to inaugurate a system through which a number of her teaching programs are now conducted in several of the State's largest cities. In recent years these programs have come to enroll well over a third of all the University's students, on campuses other than the oldest one in Bloomington. I.U. degrees may now be earned on five campuses, and that number will grow.
During the 'sixties especially, the University has been adding substantially to the physical facilities and full-time faculties on her urban campuses, and the numbers of full-time students have now begun to grow dramatically. The projections for the future suggest that only a beginning has been made, though a strong one.
Soon after I came to the presidency of the University six of the Extension Centers, as they had been called, were renamed Regional Campuses. Their directors were made assistant deans, and later deans. Campus planning was pushed. Operating and capital appropriations were sought, and in 1967 were formally made. New programs, including several full four-year and some Masters' degree curricula, were developed. Most academic policy-making, however, and too much of the daily burden of administrative work for the total University, have continued to be centered heavily in faculty bodies and staff offices on the Bloomington Campus, although there have been increasing exceptions. New techniques of communication and ways of making the central academic and service resources available to all other campuses have undoubtedly helped to strengthen those other campuses and to bring them along more rapidly than would once have been possible. At the same time, the close tie-ins of the Bloomington base with both academic and administrative functions throughout the institution are placing tremendous burdens on the understaffed administration in Bloomington and are often causing delays and irritations on our other campuses, which could be avoided if more functions were decentralized.
A major administrative realignment is therefore indicated. This has been under study for more than a year, and indeed every step we have taken since the Report of the Post High School Study Commission in 1962 has been in this direction.
The concept of the new organization I am now ready to propose is basically simple, though it will take some time to implement all the necessary reassigning of functions and personnel and beefing up of staffs on campuses outside Bloomington.
The concept is similar in many respects to the concepts adopted in recent years by the Universities of Wisconsin and Illinois and Missouri. It also bears some resemblances to the University of California.
Under the concept I am proposing for I.U., the functions and size of central administration, i.e., of the University presidency and all-University staff, will be sharply curtailed. They will be focused in the areas of planning, budget, external relations, University-wide policy and coordination, and those relatively few but important services which can be most economically and effectively performed on an all-University basis. I'll give examples of these types of functions a little later.
The operating staff of the University will be divided geographically, into three major groupings initially. These are Bloomington, Indianapolis, and the Regional Campuses. In Bloomington and in Indianapolis, a Chancellor will be appointed who will preside over the Bloomington or Indianapolis faculty, as the case may be, and who will be responsible for the administration of the programs and services which support the schools in his group. All of the University's undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools in Indianapolis— these being at present Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Allied Health, Law, Social Service, Downtown Center, Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union, and Herron Art--will compose the group to be known as "I.U.I."--'Indiana University-Indianapolis." A search and screen operation will be launched at once for a Chancellor for I.U.I., who obviously should be a man of outstanding ability and versatility, and he will need a well-organized staff. The faculties in Indianapolis will be invited to consider and recommend a form or forms of faculty organization to consider matters of import to more than one faculty. Administratively, recognition must and will be given to the fact that the Medical Center has important relationships on a Statewide basis, and has also direct academic program tie-ins with Bloomington. The schools and hospitals of the Medical Center also have, of course, special needs for unusually close inter-relation among themselves and for direct involvement in planning and policy making at the level of central University administration and the Board of Trustees--more on this later.
Among the immediate objectives of I.U.I, will be the stepped-up development of physical facilities on a common campus in and around the Medical Center area; the development of graduate, postgraduate and research programs closely tied to the needs and resources of the Indianapolis industrial complex; the continuing improvement of all the existing professional schools; the further development of appropriate four-year undergraduate degree curricula for commuting students and of special programs (where possible in cooperation with others) for the benefit of economically disadvantaged persons in the community and of persons desiring sub-baccalaureate education and training not otherwise available, where such programs fall in areas of I.U.I.'s special competencies. Important groundwork has been laid and moves have been made in each of these directions in recent years, but a major, concentrated effort is now called for and will need the University's full support and that of others. I shall refer to Purdue's part in certain of these developments later on.
A Vice President for Regional Campuses will be appointed, and as you know he has now been found as a result of a search and screen operation the past nine months which involved our faculties on all campuses and which has produced for us a man with proven ability and virtually ideal experience for this post. If you approve his appointment today, he will report July 1. His area of responsibility will include, besides the Regional Campuses, I.U.'s participation in the unique joint Center in Richmond which Earlham College and I.U. established in 1946 and which last year was reorganized to bring in Purdue and Ball State also.
The five Regional Campuses other than the one in Indianapolis (which will become part of Indiana University-Indianapolis) will be renamed and each will have a chancellor. The present deans of those campuses will each be named Dean and Acting Chancellor, effective July 1. The new Vice President for Regional Campuses will provide full-time leadership, working with these Acting Chancellors, to develop administrative machinery of increasing efficiency and autonomy on each campus, under broad policies established by the Trustees; to insure constant access by each campus to the President and his staff and to the Board of Trustees, to all-University services, and to certain key resources of the University such as library, telecommunications, computer centers, etc.; to promote responsiveness to the special needs of each area in which a regional campus is located, and to stimulate arrangements within the total University faculty for increased academic autonomy for each campus. He will also be charged with expediting and helping to arrange the smooth transfer of the Indianapolis Downtown Center from the Regional Campus System to the jurisdiction of I.U.I.
I suggest that certain campuses be re-named as follows: The Northwest Regional Campus would become "Indiana University-Northwest"; the South Bend-Mishawaka Regional Campus would become "Indiana University-South Bend"; the Kokomo Regional Campus would become "Indiana University-Kokomo"; I.U's programs on the Indiana-Purdue Regional Campus at Fort Wayne would be known, at least for the internal purposes of I.U., as "Indiana University-Fort Wayne," and the Southeastern Regional Campus would be called "Indiana University-Southeast." The faculty on each campus will be invited to consider with their Acting Chancellor appropriate forms of faculty organization and representation, and to consider with the Vice President for Regional Campuses how the Regional Campus faculties collectively might contribute to the academic standards and policies of each campus. The University Faculty Council is already considering its own reorganization. In addition, the possible structure of a Bloomington faculty, and the responsibilities and relations to each other of faculties in each major administrative group, have been urged by the Faculty Council as matters for immediate study, beginning upon your approval of my proposals today, the principles of which have been endorsed by the Faculty Council as recently as last Tuesday with considerable stress on the urgency of getting on with it.
In sum, what I am recommending is a considerable decentralization of administrative functions on a geographic basis, which will also lead, I am confident, to considerable decentralizing of academic policy-making. The University has reached a level of size and maturity which makes both of these desirable and even necessary. Too many detailed decisions now tend to go to levels higher or broader or more remote than is necessary. This has meant, on the one hand, too little time for centralized planning and well-focused leadership, and, on the other, too little authority in relation to the nature of the responsibilities carried by those "on the ground."
As a prelude to citing key examples of the functions which I propose be retained as responsibilities of the President and his immediate staff, let me say that the Board of Trustees will of course continue to have the same basic responsibilities and powers it has had and now has, but that we shall be able to give you more and better organized facts and more perspective on them, as bases for your principal decisions. There should in time be more opportunity for both you and me to weigh relatively major plans and policy issues because of less need for distraction by relatively minor operating problems, and because of a better flow of management information, one of the key elements of the plan.
It is probably not possible, and it surely would be unwise, at this juncture to identify precisely and to the last detail those responsibilities and functions which would be lodged at the central administrative level and those that would be delegated to the principal operating divisions, or precisely what functions would be assigned to every individual officer. In any major institutional realignment there are more or less significant "grey" areas that can be resolved more sensibly once the foundations of the new structure are reasonably in being. As we move into our own new structure, therefore, we should reserve a degree of flexibility at the edges, so to speak. What we seek is genuine efficiency and effectiveness, not mere theoretical symmetry.
At the outset, however, there are certain functions and responsibilities which pretty clearly would be assigned predominantly to the "worriers" and planners in central administration for consideration together with the Trustees at the policy level, or for coordination where uniformity of implementation is really important.
The following are illustrative, not exhaustive:
University-wide services could include the following:
Of course, the policy-making underlying some of the functions would remain either a faculty responsibility or a shared responsibility, and once again I should emphasize the ultimate responsibility of the Trustees obviously cannot be altered. Our goal is simply to differentiate more effectively between policy and administration; to delegate even policy-formulation where appropriate; to delegate administration to the lowest level of competency and efficiency; to keep centralized only those system-wide administrative and service functions that can actually be performed more economically in one place; and to coordinate and monitor only as necessary to insure that the University's objectives and purposes are being achieved in the most effective and efficient manner.
I must stress again that precision in delineating functions, in establishing staff positions, and in assigning or reassigning personnel, will take time, and that all the work of the University must proceed during the transition. There will doubtless be adjustments later in initial organization charts, based on workaday experience or on the special competencies of individuals or on changing needs—and needs do change—but the basic concepts need to be approved and established by this Board and a few beginning steps need to be taken in order that time not be merely wasted.
I have discussed this plan with the president of Purdue University. He reaffirms the desire of Purdue to relocate its Indianapolis program from 38th Street to close proximity to I.U.'s Medical Center and other planned facilities, points out that the 38th Street facilities will by no means be rendered useless for other purposes thereafter and that the State has no investment in them anyway, and agrees with me that the Purdue programs can and should be tied in with I.U.'s for the mutual educational strengthening of each, for the avoidance of unnecessary duplication and for the enrichment and diversification of the opportunities available to the people of central Indiana on a single urban campus. I hope this can become a reality, but regardless of and quite aside from that, the action I am proposing is necessary for the efficiency of I.U. herself and for the realization of the great potential represented by her educational commitments in Indianapolis and throughout Indiana. I therefore recommend:
I further recommend that the President of the University be authorized and directed to proceed expeditiously to develop further detailed plans for the implementation of the administrative reorganization of the University outlined in the proposal presented by him at this meeting, and to bring to this Board from time to time for consideration and approval his further recommendations, as they develop, for assignments of functions and appointments of key personnel, in pursuance of such proposal and such plans.
1.B (6) Recommended for approval were the following policies relating to students or prospective students who are drafted or who enlist:
Graduate and professional students in good standing at the University who are drafted or who enlist will be readmitted as soon as they are able to return. Likewise, those graduate and professional students who have been offered admission and have accepted the same in writing but who are drafted or who enlist before they are able to start their work at the University will also be admitted when they are able to return. Graduate and professional students should notify their departments in writing of their intentions before assuming military duties.
The University will, insofar as is possible, endeavor to make available to returning graduate and professional students, particularly those who have previously been awarded stipend support, financial aid which will permit them to pursue their studies. Such aid may consist of grants, loans, fellowships, assistantships, student employment or combinations of these as best befits the needs of the student and the resources of the University.
Graduate and professional students who are able to make some educational progress while away from the University will be given opportunities to have that progress translated into academic credit by examination or transfer of credit.
Graduate and professional students who are drafted or enlist cease paying for University housing the day the quarters are vacated. If an advance payment has been made, a refund will be granted. If drafted or if an enlistment occurs during the semester, a student should consult the dean of his school and the Registrar for information on possible tuition refunds. In some cases, with the instructor's consent, it is possible for a student to take a special examination and receive full credit for a course.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
1.C. Mr. Robert Priest, Director of Purchasing and Stores, distributed copies of the purchasing policies adopted by the Board at its November 11, 1966, meeting (item 1.C.). Questions had arisen as to the practice of inviting bids from known suppliers instead of advertising for bids and the criteria used in determining the bid information reported to the Board. Mr. Priest explained that advertised bids are secured when expending funds for the construction or permanent alteration of a building when the amount exceeds $2,000 and in other instances when deemed practical by the Director of Purchasing and Stores. Since there is no regulation requiring the advertising for bids for the purchase of materials, and in the interest of time, invitations to bid are sent to known suppliers, award of contract determined by standard procedures on the basis of bids received, and information furnished to the Board regarding the purchase of items costing $5,000 or more when only one bid has been received or when other than the lowest bid has been accepted.
The Board expressed its appreciation to Mr. Priest for his report resolving the above questions.
1.D. Final approval by the Trustees was requested of the Constitution of the Indiana Memorial Union as modified by the Board of Directors and as approved by an all-campus student election. (A copy of the amended constitution is included in the papers for this meeting.)
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
1.E. Dean Hagen summarized part of the long range plans for Bloomington Campus development. Using charts with overlays, he described the functional use of buildings, the location of recreational areas, clear areas, traffic patterns, pedestrian ways, and the extension of academic areas northward and southward from present boundaries, with particular reference to the location of the Glenn Black Memorial Laboratory. The Campus Planning Committee, having considered the relation of the Laboratory to the proposed Heritage Hall Complex and the Learning Resources Building, has recommended that the Glenn Black Memorial Laboratory be located on the northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Eighth Streets.
The recommendation was unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
1.F. Mr. C. K. Travis, University Counsel, and President Stahr presented the following legal matters:
(1) Buley contract. President Stahr reported to the Board that R. Carlyle Buley, retired professor, had requested the termination of a contract under which the I. U. Press has published his two-volume work, The Old Northwest, since 1951. The President recommended that the Board authorize Mr. Franklin to terminate the contract, as requested by Professor Buley, with appropriate safeguards to assure that the Trustees would not be liable beyond royalties due and to become due.
After some discussion, in which Dr. Buley's services to the University were stressed, it was moved, seconded and unanimously approved to accept the recommendation.
(2) Overbay suit. Mr. Travis informed the Board of the trial suit brought by Mr. Donald Overbay to recover the profits he would have made had he been permitted to complete an apartment building on a site purchased by the University (June 28, 1965, Item 3.A.(1)(e)) from Thomas W. Fulkerson, with whom Mr. Overbay had contracted. The outcome of the trial is not known at this time.
(3) H. S. Kaiser Company - University Hospital contract. On March 29, 1968, the following resolution was adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Trustees of Indiana University have received a certificate executed by James W. Burkart under date of 16 March 1968, reciting that H. S. Kaiser Company has violated the terms of the contract dated March 193 1965, under which H. S. Kaiser Company undertook to perform the mechanical construction on the Adult Hospital, Indiana University Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, H. S. Kaiser Company has failed and is continuing to fail to remedy the defaults set forth in said certificate;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That J. A. Franklin, Vice President and Treasurer, is hereby authorized to terminate the employment of H. S. Kaiser Company as mechanical contractor under the contract dated March 19, 19655 such termination to be effected with appropriate notice and pursuant to the provisions of said contract.
In the interests of the earliest possible completion of the hospital, University authorities are endeavoring to work out a method whereby the Kaiser Company will complete the work. Their bonding company, The Insurance Company of North America, has taken steps indicating that they intend to support the Kaiser Company and assure completion of the contract.
(4) Baby Lamphire. It was reported that Baby Lamphire has been removed from the Medical Center hospital to the custody of Johnson County. No payment has been received as yet.
(5) Alice A. Melson matter. It was reported that the University will take title to eleven (11) small parcels of real estate in Florida in partial settlement of a hospital bill incurred by Alice A. Melson. One of the lots is located at Satellite Beach, Florida; the other ten are at Crystal River, a small rural area near Sarasota.
The total hospital bill was $7,690.45, of which Blue Cross paid $2,070.05, leaving a balance of $5,260.40. A judgment of $4,500.00 was obtained following court action, but only about $1,700 in cash and the real estate remained in the guardian estate, except for Social Security payments needed for her care. Value of the real estate is likely to be small, especially inasmuch as there are some assessments and unpaid taxes on the property.
The University will investigate the means for taking title to these properties in order to facilitate their handling and disposal at some future time, one possibility being that a Trustee might agree to take Title in Trust for The Trustees of Indiana University.
Approved by consent.
(6) DuBois suit. It was reported that notification has been given by the University's insurance carrier that the suit brought by Ruby Mae DuBois in November, 1966, in which she sought $25,000, has been settled out of court by payment of $3,900.00. Miss DuBois fell in Weatherly Hall.
(7) Cora Ensminger estate. It was reported to the Board that the niece of Cora Ensminger is appealing the decision of the probate court which ruled in favor of Dr. and Mrs. William H. Norman and the University. The effect of that ruling, as reported in the October 19-20, 1967, meeting (item 5.B.(7)), was that the securities would not be considered as personal property to which the niece was entitled under the will of Mrs. Ensminger.
1.G. Initial planning for the celebration of the University's Sesquicentennial has culminated in the recommendation that Mr. Claude T. Rich be appointed as its Director, effective May 1, 1968, with announcement of his appointment to be made at Founders Day ceremonies. In order to take over this important office, Mr. Rich will resign as Alumni Secretary and as Executive Secretary of the Indiana University Alumni Association, effective April 30.
These recommendations were approved unanimously, on motion duly made and seconded; and the Board complimented Mr. Rich on a job outstandingly well done.
Moving to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rich's resignation, the Board appointed Frank B. Jones as Alumni Secretary and Executive Secretary cf the Alumni Association, and Robert Stebbins as Associate Alumni Secretary, both effective May 1, 1968.
President Stahr reported that these recommendations have been concurred in by the Executive Council of the Alumni Association.
2. A. The following real estate matters were presented, some in executive session, and action was taken as indicated:
(1) Bloomington Matters
(a) Ace Marshall, 505 North Fess. This property, in the University Courts Addition, is offered for sale by the owners through Bryan and Reed Realtors and includes a standard lot, zoned R-3, plus a large, brick, two-story residence. This property would be desirable for future use, but it is recommended at this time that the owners be informed that the University is not able to make an offer.
(b) Mrs. Vernon Dutcher, 1218 East Atwater. Approval was requested to lease from Mrs. Vernon Dutcher a vacant lot located at 1218 East Atwater for a term of five years at a rental of $144.00 per year. The lot measures 49 feet by 132 feet and is needed to supplement the yard and parking space for the adjacent faculty house to the west. The University will obtain an option to purchase the property for long range development in this area.
The above matters were unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(c) Geiger property, Tenth and Union Streets. Dr. and Mrs. Dillon Geiger have inquired about the University's interest in the property at the northeast corner of Tenth and Union Streets, commonly known as Fergie's Restaurant. The triangular-shaped property, immediately north across Tenth Street from Eigenmann Center will eventually be of use to the University for dormitory parking, as well as other anticipated uses; but while negotiations are being undertaken on a lease, no recommendation is made at this time. The property is presently in the hands of the Trust Department of the First National Bank of Bloomington with Dr. Geiger's mother-in-law, Mrs. Grace Mitchum, the lifetime beneficiary.
(d) Hillel Foundation Student Center. In November, 1967, the Board approved the sale of a building site containing approximately two acres on Law Lane to the Hillel Foundation for the construction of a student religious center. On December 15, 1967, Governor Branigin was requested to appoint appraisers and approve the sale of the University ground for this purpose. The Governor's response on April 1, 1968, questions this land selling procedure, which was developed, approved, and used extensively since the early 1950's in the sale of fraternity lots, although he does not question the fact that the proposal would serve the interest of the University. Further representations from the University will be developed in support of the sale of the property.
(e) Theia Chi Fraternity. In the April, 1967, meeting, the Board approved an arrangement with Theta Chi Fraternity for the purchase of its property at 101 North Jordan. At that time, specific approval to sell Lot #306 in the Third North Campus Fraternity Subdivision was not asked of the Board. In order to proceed with the sale of this lot to Theta Chi, it is necessary, therefore, to have the approval of the Board to sell said lot for $12,500.00 and authorize the standard procedure for the sale of said lot to be carried out. Originally, it had been agreed that Theta Chi would purchase a lot valued at $20,000, which with the net of $206,000 for their present house would make a total purchase price of $226,000. By changing lots, the fraternity reduced the price by $7,500 to a final figure of $218,500.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(f) Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority has formally requested approval to construct an addition to its five-year old house in the First North Campus Fraternity Subdivision to accommodate a net gain of ten girls, thereby increasing the house capacity to 75. Financing has been arranged through the original mortgagee, , Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, for an additional $55,000 on the existing mortgage, or a total of $250,000. The rate will be increased from 6% to 6-3/4% but the twenty-year term will remain the same, with monthly payments of $1,900.91. The Fraternity House Plans Committee is in the process of reviewing the addition, and the project is endorsed by Assistant Dean of Students Virginia H. Rogers. Revision of the existing Purchase and Sale Agreement with Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority is recommended, subject to final approval of plans by the Fraternity House Plans Committee.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(g) Housing requests. The following requests have been received from ladies who wish to move into University housing:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(h) Site for the Outdoor Museum. This matter was deferred
(2) Indianapolis Matters.
(a) Isadore Krieger properties. This matter was deferred.
(b) Benjamin Pope, Jr., 334-338 North Blake Street. A decision was requested on the claim of Benjamin Pope, Jr. for an additional payment of $519.30 for moving expenses incurred during vacation of the premises at 334-338 North Blake Street in the Indianapolis Campus area. After stating he would move on a weekday, Mr. Pope actually vacated the premises on a weekend knowing, according to the moving company, that the cost would be doubled by overtime charges. Mr. Pope claims that the cost would have been the same on any day he chose to move. His total bill came to $1,143.30. Mr. Pope has been paid $624.15 by the University which was determined to be the proper amount under the Real Estate Department formula for moving tenants of Indianapolis property.
It was recommended that Mr. Pope's claim be disallowed. The recommendation was unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(c) Land acquisition - Indianapolis Campus. Mr. Franklin and Mr. Charles Hardy, Director of Campus Development at Indianapolis, reported on the progress of land acquisition in the Indianapolis Campus area and the problems involved in financing the purchses. The Regional Campus site has now been completely assembled; approximately two-thirds of the area opposite University Hospital has been acquired, and cost for the remaining lots is estimated at $110,000; purchase of the remaining eighteen (18) lots adjacent to the Regional Campus-Law School area will need to be effected over the period of construction of these two buildings; and another $50,000 will be required to complete the Law School site.
The problem of long range expansion remains most difficult, partly because of the difficulty of negotiating for the purchase of churches, taverns, and multiply-owned lots, and partly by the social and economic problems encountered with the owners when the University is not able to purchase property as it becomes available but is forced to delay until the building projects are approved. All of the initially approved $800,000 for purchases in this area has been borrowed; it is anticipated that approximately $400,000 from the sale of the Downtown Campus building will be placed into this fund when received; about $45,000 is available in the Regional Campus construction fund for purchases; and some urban renewal funds are hopefully anticipated in the future.
After detailed discussion of the matter, the Board moved to approve purchases of necessary property to complete the Law project and to explore possibilities of developing funds for the acquisition of the remainder of the Indianapolis Campus project as economically as possible.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(e) Purchases $10,000 and under. The following properties have recently been purchased by the University in Indianapolis, under existing Board authority:
(f) Loving Mission Baptist Church, 224 North Blackford. One of the properties remaining to be purchased in the Law School site is the Loving Mission Biptist Church, Lot #3, located at 224 North Blackford. After much discussion between University representatives and the minister and board members of the church, the latter made their final proposal of $27,500 with the understanding that the premises would be vacated immediately after the closing. This amount is nearly twice the amount paid for other church properties in the neighborhood; however, in view of the immediate need for the property, the strong position the church is maintaining, and the difficulty in condemning a church, it is recommended that the option in the amount of $27,500.00 be approved.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(3) Miscellaneous Matters
(a) Report on regional campuses development. This matter was deferred.
(b) West Yellowstone lot. It has been determined that grant funds may not be used for the purchase of the West Yellowstone property for use in microbiological research as was previously reported to the Board (February 24, 1968, Item 2.A.(3)(b)). It was now requested that the previous action be rescinded and authority given to purchase the property from a source other than state funds.
(c) Patten Farm, Sullivan County. The Governor-appointed appraisers on the Sullivan County river bottom land reported a value of $5,040.00. It was requested that approval be given to offer this property to the highest bidder in an amount equal or greater than the appraisal.
The above matters were unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.B.(1) The administration concurred in the recommendations of the Student Health Insurance Committee as follows:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.B.(2) For a number of years recommendations have been presented to the Board annually for the transfer of small sums to pay the costs of class reunions from the Emergency Loan Fund, which had been created by placing accumulated class funds into one account. It is now proposed to transfer all remaining class funds from the Emergency Loan Fund to the Indiana University Associated Funds, where they will be available as called for by the classes, working under the supervision of the Alumni Office.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.B.(3) President Stahr announced the schedule of commencement exercises on the Regional Campuses as follows: Northwest, the morning of June 5; South Bend-Mishawaka, the afternoon of June 5; and Fort Wayne, jointly with Purdue, the morning of June 6. Vice President Franklin then presented detailed budgets for Commencement and Baccalaureate ceremonies at the Northwest, South Bend, and Fort Wayne Campuses, the latter representing Indiana University's share of the joint budget with Purdue. These expenditures will be paid from Concessions funds.
| Northwest Campus | $2,576.00 |
| Fort Wayne Campus | 2,026.27 |
| South Bend Campus | 1,576.67 |
In this connection, the total budget for use of Concessions funds for the South Bend Campus was presented for approval:
| Income | - | Concession Sales | $7,400.00 | ||
| Expenditures | |||||
| Honors Day | $ 450.00 | ||||
| Baccalaureate | 150.00 | ||||
| Commencement | 1,426.67 | ||||
| Support to Student Organizations | 2,725.00 | ||||
| Meals for Guests | 500.00 | ||||
| Receptions | 575.00 | ||||
| Student Lounge furniture - repairs and replacement |
700 | ||||
| Miscellaneous student lounge expenses | 200.00 | ||||
| Membership, Michiana Arts and Sciences Council, Inc. |
100 | ||||
| TOTAL | $6,826.67 |
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.B.(4) It was reported that budget transfers have been made for the specific projects listed below, each one having been approved by the Board:
From Capital Funds - North Jordan Street Lighting to:
| Parking Lot - Woodlawn and Atwater, Account #90-206-68 | $ 6,200.00 |
| For parking lot lighting | |
| Myers rehabilitation, Account #90-205-47 | $5,600.00 |
| Reinstatement of pump for Bullard | |
| Campus special improvements, Account #10-560-12 | $3,500.00 |
| Monroe Lake property survey | |
| Biological Field Station, Account #90-200-70 | $14,085.39 |
| Crooked Lake Trailer project | |
| PHS - Putnam, Account #50-246-03 | $1,500.00 |
| Matching funds for rehabilitation | |
| NSF - Putnam, Account #44-8-246-01 | $6,000.00 |
| Matching funds for rehabilitation |
2.B.(5) Mr. Marion E. Witmer, Purchasing Agent on the Bloomington Campus, wishes to retire December 31, 1968, under provisions of the University's policy concerning retirement after age 65 but prior to age 70. The policy permits early retirement provided employment has been for at least twenty (20) years, eighteen (l8) of which were covered by participation in the TIAA plan. Mr. Witmer will have been employeed twenty-two (22) years, but he will be short by about two (2) years of the TIAA participation requirement. He had been a member of TIAA, however, at Taylor University, his previous place of employment, but under rules in effect in 1947, he was not brought into the TIAA plan of Indiana University upon employment.
It was recommended that a waiver be made in the requirement of eighteen years' participation in Mr. Witmer's case, and that retirement become effective January 1, 1969.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.C (1) Executive Committee approval was received by telephone to correct the item awarding'contract for Myers Hall laboratory furniture which was presented at the March, 1968, Board meeting. The contract was awarded on the basis of the low base bid to Kewaunee Manufacturing Company in the amount of $37,409.00. Confirmation of the Executive Committee action was requested.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.C.(2) The recommendation was presented for the reinstatement of Alternate E-6 in the electrical contract of Sanborn Electric Company for Assembly Hall for lighting for color television in the amount of $52,700. This alternate, bid at the time of the initial general contract bidding, provides the intensity of lighting demanded by color television. Funds are anticipated to be available in the project contingency fund since anticipated problems in excavation and rock removal did not develop.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
2.C.(3) Vice President Franklin reported that University financial officers are proceeding with plans for financing for the University Library, Optometry Building, and Eigenmann Center construction. It is hoped that recommendations for bond issues for these projects can be presented soon so that the University can develop interim financing with banks for other projects now under development.
3.A. Recommendations were presented for the following appointments to the faculties of Indiana University:
Salaries for the above appointments are as provided in the budget.
In connection with the recommendations for appointment above, Dean Sutton presented the following statement:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.B. Recommendations were presented for the appointment of the following visiting faculty members:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.C. The following recommendations were presented for the change of status of faculty members:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.D. It was recommended that Joseph F. Trosper be reappointed as Chairman of the Division of Business Administration at the Fort Wayne Campus in the Division of Regional Campuses for the period July 1, 1968, to June 30, 1970.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.E. The following requests concerning leaves of absence were presented, with recommendation for their approval:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.F. The following resignations were reported, with recommendation for their acceptance:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.G. The following changes in the School of Dentistry were presented for approval upon the recommendation of Dean Maynard K. Hine:
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.H.(1) Approval was requested for the award of graduate degrees recommended by the Graduate School to be effective April 19, 1968. The list will appear in the June, 1968, Commencement program.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.H.(2) Because of special circumstances, the School of Education has recommended that Harry I. Monninger be awarded the Master of Science Degree in Education, effective April 19, 1968. He has completed all requirements for the degree.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
3.1. The list was presented of recommendations for promotions of faculty members, effective July 1, 1968.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Donald G. Bell | Fine Arts |
| Donald G. Sandstrom | Fine Arts |
| Budd D. Stalnaker | Fine Arts |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Charles D. Barnes | Anatomy and Physiology |
| Benjamin F. Peery | Astronomy |
| Gene R. Williams | Botany |
| Jack K. Crandall | Chemistry |
| George E. Ewing | Chemistry |
| Lawrence K. Montgomery | Chemistry |
| Charles S. Parmenter | Chemistry |
| Dennis G. Peters | Chemistry |
| Thomas W. Jacobsen | Classical Languages and Literatures |
| Herbert J. Kiesling | Economics |
| Ronald Gottesman | English |
| Robert E. Lewis | English |
| Lewis H. Miller | English |
| Paul H. Strohm | English |
| Paul N. Zietlow | English |
| Robert M. Barnes | Fine Arts |
| Ronald Markman | Fine Arts |
| Roy E. Leake | French and Italian |
| David G. Towell | Geology |
| Robert P. Bareikis | Germanic Languages |
| Dorrit C. Cohn | Germanic Languages |
| Manfred H. Durzak | Germanic Languages |
| Lawrence 0. Frye | Germanic Languages |
| Albrecht Holschuh | Germanic Languages |
| Ferdinand Piedmont | Germanic Languages |
| Illya F. Harik | Government |
| Charles H. McCall | Government |
| Dina A. Zinnes | Government |
| George E. Brooks, Jr. | History |
| Irving Katz | History |
| Maynard D. Thompson | Mathematics |
| Thomas M. Madden | Optometry |
| James Allison | Psychology |
| Keith W. Mielke | Radio and Television |
| James D. Perry | Radio and Television |
| Wayne A. Meeks | Study of Religion |
| Carl R. Proffer | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
| John H. Scanzoni | Sociology |
| Irving M. Zeitlin | Sociology |
| John P. Dyson | Spanish and Portuguese |
| Eugene K. Bristow | Speech and Theatre |
| George A. Hudock | Zoology |
| Charles J. Krebs | Zoology |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Eugene H. Cordes | Chemistry |
| W. Terry Jenkins | Chemistry |
| James W. Halporn | Classical Languages and Literatures |
| Edwin S. Ramage | Classical Languages and Literatures |
| James G. Witte, Jr. | Economics |
| Alfred David | English |
| Donald J. Gray | English |
| Robert E. Gross | English |
| Michael J. Wolff | English and History |
| William H. Bailey | Fine Arts |
| Linda V. Degh | Folklore |
| John B. Droste | Geology |
| Walter T. K. Nugent | History |
| Richard D. Yoakam | Journalism |
| Vincente Cantarino | Near Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Girdhari L. Tikku | Near Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Martin E. Rickey | Physics |
| James G. Greeno | Psychology |
| George A. Heise | Psychology |
| Herbert A. Seltz | Radio and Television |
| Ante Kadic | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Charles F. Bonser | Business Administration |
| John D. Donnell | Business Law |
| Danilo Orescanin | Business Administration |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Joseph M. Belth | Insurance |
| Edward J. Kuntz | Business Administration |
| John H. Porter | Business Administration |
| Jack R. Wentworth | Business Administration |
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Faye Arganbright | Education |
| Darine F. Brown | Education |
| Harvey R. Frye | Audio-Visual Center |
| Dale J. Hall | Education |
| Edward B. Jenkinson | Education |
| George J. Vuke | Audio-Visual Center |
| James D. Walden | Education |
| James E. Weigand | Education |
| Kenneth Gene Faris | Audio-Visual Center |
| Samuel L. Guskin | Education |
| James Q. Knowlton | Audio-Visual Center |
GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Ann F. Painter | Library Science |
SCHOOL OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Jacqueline A. Clifford | Physical Education for Women |
| Donald R. Luft | Physical Education for Men |
| William Perrin | Physical Education for Men |
| Robert P. Raus | Recreation |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Robert L. Stumpner | Physical Education for Men |
| Louis C. Watson | Physical Education for Men |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Mrs. Clara L. Hester | Physical Education (NCAGU) |
| John Pont | Physical Education for Men |
| Robert W. Tully | Recreation |
SCHOOL OF LAW
Associate Professor to Professor
| A. A. Fatouros |
INDIANAPOLIS LAW SCHOOL
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Robert Force |
| James R. B. Gillespie |
| Ronald W. Polston |
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Roger A. Havranek | Music |
| Robert E. Stoll | Music |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Arthur B. Corra | Music |
| Richard D. Johnson | Music |
| Eugene E. Rousseau | Music |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Virginia E. MacWatters | Voice |
| Alfonso Montecino Piano |
REGIONAL CAMPUSES AND UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Neil E. Matthew | Fine Arts - Indianapolis Campus |
| E. Carrie Craft | Nursing - Southeastern Campus |
| Mary Alice Garboden | Nursing - Southeastern Campus |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Terrence F. Connors | Education - Labor Education and Research Center |
| Mark Reshkin | Geology - Northwest Campus |
| Gerald O. Haffner | History - Southeastern Campus |
| Peter V. Hanford | Psychology - Indianapolis Campus |
| Gary P. Moran | Psychology - Northwest Campus |
| Walt P. Risler | Sociology - South Bend-Mishawaka Campus |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Alien C. Austin | English - Northwest Campus |
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Full-time Faculty
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Paul I. Lew | Crown and Bridge |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Robert Lee Bogan | Crown and Bridge |
| Stanley Braun | Orthodontics |
| Warren Bailey Davis | Pedodontics |
| Thomas B. Fast | Oral Diagnosis |
| Glen O. Sagraves | Oral Diagnosis |
| Joe Gordon White | Complete Denture |
Associate Professor to Professor
| James E. House | Complete Denture |
Part-time Faculty
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Donald E. Arens | Endodontics |
| Ralph Emerson Beatty | Oral Diagnosis |
| Thomas H. Beavers | Oral Diagnosis |
| Thomas J. Connell | Crown and Bridge |
| Lloyd A. Delman | Orthodontics |
| Floyd E. Hale | Complete Denture |
| Harry R. Kerr | Oral Surgery |
| Francis E. McCormick | Pedodontics |
| Drew F. Oldham | Crown and Bridge |
| Lloyd J. Phillips | Periodontics |
| George W. Simpson | Crown and Bridge |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Arthur I. Klein | Pedodontics |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Full-time Faculty Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Jean Allan Hamilton | Biochemistry |
| Evelyn J. Abel | Dietetics |
| James R. Meadows | Medicine |
| William K. Nasser | Medicine |
| Hans Emanuel Geisler | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Charles W. Perkins | Psychiatry |
| Richard T. Snider | Psychiatry |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Dorothy H. Ericson | Allied Health (Occupational Therapy) |
| Ralph Alvin Jersild, Jr. | Anatomy |
| James T. Higgins, Jr. | Medicine |
| Richard B. Schnute | Medicine |
| Paul R. Dyken | Neurology |
| Jans Muller | Pathology |
| Jack Warren Lukemeyer | Pediatrics |
| Doris Honig Merritt | Pediatrics |
| Gerald D. Alpern | Psychiatry |
| Don W. Churchill | Psychiatry |
| William P. Fisher | Psychiatry |
| Kiyoshi Kusano | Psychiatry |
| Toner M. Overley | Psychiatry |
| Pao-Lo Yu | Psychiatry and Medical Genetics |
| John P. Donohue | Urology |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Jerry R. Miller | Anesthesiology |
| Larry K. Steinrauf | Biochemistry |
| Walter J. Daly | Medicine |
| Dietrich C. Bauer | Microbiology |
| Donald J. Niederpruem | Microbiology |
| Merrill Grayson | Ophthalmology |
| T. F. Schlaegel, Jr. | Ophthalmology |
| Jesse Donald Hubbard | Pathology |
| Hanus Jiri Grosz | Psychiatry |
| James A. Norton, Jr. | Psychiatry |
Part-time Faculty
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Daniel Lee Boyd | Medicine |
| Frederick W. Coons | Psychiatry |
| Philip M. Morton | Psychiatry |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Arthur R. Schulz | Biochemistry |
| Elton Taft Ridley | Hospital Administration |
| C. M. Gruber | Medicine |
| A. S. Ridolfo | Medicine |
| S. 0. Waife | Medicine |
| John F. Williams, Jr. | Medicine |
| Joseph Edward Tether | Neurology |
| George Siskind | Psychiatry |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Leo Oliner | Medicine |
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Instructor to Assistant Professor
| Ina Marquis Bishop |
| Mary Josephine Franco |
| Marilyn Jean Nicholson |
| Shirley Ann Ross |
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
| Harriett R. Becker |
| Burdellis L. Carter |
| Dorothy Youtz |
Associate Professor to Professor
| Mildred Pauline Adams |
| Rita F. Stein |
The above recommendations were unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
4.A. The following recommendations were presented for awards of contracts:
| General Construction - F. A. Wilhelm Company | $5,565,196.00 |
| Mechanical Construction - Triangle Leahy | 1,197,671.00 |
| Electrical Equipment - Sanborn Electric | 1,251,857.00 |
| Stage Equipment - Webster Manufacturing Company | 747,130.00 |
| TOTAL CONSTRUCTION | $8,761,854.00 |
| Construction | $8,761,854.00 |
| Theta Chi purchase | 210,000.00 |
| Site clearance - East Hall | 2,950.00 |
| Surveys and testing | 15,000.00 |
| Architect fee (including landscape architect) | 426,399.00 |
| Resident inspection (l$) | 87,168.00 |
| Contingency (3%} | 261,415.00 |
| Administrative expense | 7,500.00 |
| Moveable equipment ($100,000 reduction) | 155,751.00 |
| Total | $9,928,037.00 |
| Plus estimated light control cost | 300,000.00 |
| TOTAL | $10,228,037.00 |
The above contracts were unanimously approved on motion duly made and seconded, subject to all legal requirements being satisfied.
In connection with the award of the above contracts, Mr. Franklin presented the following resolution:
RESOLUTION
Acknowledging and accepting the responsibility for the award of contracts above, The Trustees of Indiana University, wishing to meet all of the federal requirements in connection with this project, hereby resolve that Indiana University has commitments and assurances of funding, in addition to Title I and Title II federal funding, sufficient to meet the total estimated project cost of $10,300,000 and, further, resolve that Indiana University gives full assurance that within the project cost of $10,300,000 or from additional funds, if found necessary, adequate equipment will be provided for this project in order to make it fully and satisfactorily operable as intended in the plans and specifications.
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded.
(2) Demolition of Buildings 13, l4, and 15, Old Hoosier Courts. Approval was requested of the award of contract to the Don Grubb Excavating Company on the basis of his lowest and best bid in the amount of $1,875.00.
(3) Indiana Memorial Union electrical additions. Award of contract was recommended to the lowest and best bidder, Steele-Beard Electric Company of Bloomington, on the basis of their bid of $6,645.00.
(4) Central Food Stores Building construction. Award of contract was recommended to the lowest and best bidders on the basis of their bids as shown below:
| General Construction - Glenroy Construction Company | $1,204,200.00 |
| Mechanical Construction - William F. Freije | 428,800.00 |
| Electrical Work - Robbins Electric Company | 194,911.00 |
| Total Construction Cost | $1,817,911.00 |
(5) Repair of fire damage to south exterior wall - Briscoe Quadrangle. Award of contract was recommended to the lowest and best bidder, Ideal Tuckpointing and Waterproofing Company of Paoli, Indiana, on the basis of their bid of $2,759.10.
(6) Demolition of 28 houses at the Medical Center. Award of contract was recommended to the lowest and best bidder, Westside Wrecking Company, on the basis of their bid of $13,130.00.
(7) Scotch pine planting, Fourth Fraternity Subdivision. Award of contract was recommended to the lowest and best bidder, Ellis Floral Company of Bloomington, on the basis of their bid of $18,627.00.
The above contracts were unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded, subject to all legal requirements being satisfied.
(8) Seventeenth Street sanitary sewer. Bids were not received in time to report this item to the Board. Recommendations will be made at the next Board meeting.
(9) Remodeling in the Auditorium for the pipe organ replacement. This matter was deferred.
(10) Air-conditioning, Law School. Award of contract was recommended to Baker, McHenry and Welch of Indianapolis on the basis of their low base bid and best acceptable alternate as follows:
| Base Bid | $76,472.00 |
| Plus Alternate M-2 (high speed centrifugal chiller to | |
| replace existing AC equipment | 41,962.00 |
| TOTAL | $118,434.00 |
Unanimously approved, on motion duly made and seconded, subject to all legal requirements being satisfied.
4.B. The report appeared in the agenda for the meeting of special purchases which have been made by the University for which the normal bid procedures were not practicable. Details of each purchase are included with the Board papers for this meeting.
4.C. It was reported that an agreement has been completed with the Krannert Institute of Cardiology of Marion County General Hospital, Indianapolis, whereby they will conduct a feasibility study for the development of a network of intensive coronary care units. The period is for one year starting January 1, 1968, and funds in the amount of $8,550.00 will be provided for the study. This project is in connection with the Indiana Regional Medical Program which is supported by U. S. Public Health Service funds.
4.D. The report appeared in the agenda of addenda completed to the Master Contract between Indiana University and the Indiana University Foundation on research contracts and grants received during the month of March, 1968.
5.A.(1) Members of the Board discussed the safety report on temporary buildings on the Bloomington Campus, which had been distributed to them in the March meeting, as well as the reports from Physical Plant on the condition of electrical wiring and lighting in wooden buildings on the campus and on the existing fire alarm system. Mr. Franklin reported that action has been taken to correct some of these problems, and that continuing surveillance will be kept in buildings where the fire hazard is high. He reported further that a re-worked fire alarm system for most of the buildings on campus is presently under consideration. He urged the Board members to report any specific complaints they might receive from tenants of these several buildings.
5.A.(2) Information from the Indiana General Contractors Association indicates that members of the eleven divisions in the Association in Indiana are presently facing labor negotiations and labor agreement expirations with several building trades unions, which might result in increased costs of construction as well as scheduling problems on construction contracts. Mr. Franklin reported that agreement has been reached in the strike of the plumbers union, the only one which has affected some University construction projects this spring. Negotiated rates for the labor contracts for the coming year indicate approximately a 25% increase in building costs for buildings not now under construction.
5.A.(3) Information received from the Department of Natural Resources indicates that arrangements are being made to cover accumulated and current deficits in the Petroleum Tax Severance Fund, which provides major support for the Geological Survey. This should permit the Survey to operate at the level envisioned by the current budget and should relieve Indiana University of any responsibility, as charged by the Budget Office, for the deficit.
5.A.(4) Mr. Franklin reported on continued interim financing for various projects as follows:
5.A.(5) It was reported that as of March 25, 1968, the last man assigned to the Air Force Language Detachment left Indiana University, thereby concluding the language training program and leaving use of the Woodlawn Dormitories to the University.
5.A.(6) The firm of Beine, Hall, Curran and Kane has recently reorganized, changing their name for the new firm to Hall Kane Associates, Inc. Existing contracts are being assumed by the new firm.
5.A.(7) The suggestion has appeared in Lowell Nussbaum's column in the INDIANAPOLIS STAR that a campaign be started to preserve the Maennerchor Building in Indianapolis when it is vacated by the School of Law. It is anticipated that the property willbe sold when it is no longer needed by the University. A group wishing to preserve the building would have as much right as any other to purchase the property.
5.A.(8) A grant has been awarded to the University of California by the U. S. Office of Education in the amount of $300,000 to further the study of academic building systems for the next year, and a commitment has also been made to award an additional $300,000 for the following year. Indiana University is undertaking this study in cooperation with the University of California.
5.A. (9) Two thefts which recently occurred at the Medical Center involved the loss of $31.10 from the Dental Laboratory Revolving Fund in the Medical Science Building and the loss of $44.00 at the Coleman Hospital Admitting Office. The incidents have been investigated by the Internal Auditor at the Medical Center and the Medical Center Safety Department, and a report has been submitted to the Insurance Department with a recommendation that claim be filed to recoger the losses.
5.A.(10) Special LLB degrees have been awarded to the following persons:
5.B. The following estate matters were presented:
(1) Hazel Lynn Brown, Marion County. Cash in the amount of $4,692.93 and securities, with prices listed as of the time of distribution, have been received from the Hazel Lynn Brown estate, bringing the total bequest to $19,676.99. Although the University would not purchase securities at this time, since these have been received in kind it is recommended that they be retained, at least until there is a decision on the suit for Declaratory Judgment which has been filed in the matter of common stock holdings.
The Will required that the residue of the estate be invested with the income to be used for the assistance of worthy, needy students. This fund shall be known as the Hazel Lynn Brown Scholarship Fund.
(2) Cora Ensminger. See Item 1.F.(7) of these minutes.
(3) Alice Freese, Monroe County. The University is giving the executor of this estate a Hold Harmless to allow the Bloomington Library to proceed to obtain their funds from Miss Freese's bequest. The University will reimburse the executor, or the Estate as may be appropriate, for federal estate taxes and state inheritance and estate taxes which are paid by him, subject to certain limitations.
(4) Dorothy Manski-Bransen, Monroe County. Ths will of Madame Manski provides a specific bequest of $1,000 for scholarship purposes in the School of Music. The funds have now been received.
(5) Leota G. Smith, Palm Beach County, Florida. An affidavit has been approved showing the exemption of a bequest from this estate to Riley Hospital. The total appraised value of the estate is $88,504.24, against which there are specific bequests and costs of administration which will leave an estimated residue of approximately $50,000, which is to go to Riley Hospital without restriction as to use. A consent to sell the real estate in the amount of $27,000 has been executed.
(6) Nella Williams, Clinton County. $2,000.00 has been received representing the bequest of Nella Williams for the benefit of Riley Hospital. The funds have been deposited in the gifts for Riley Hospital Construction Fund at Merchants National Bank and Trust Company.
Exhibits
The following exhibits were included in the agenda for the information of the Trustees:
Adjournment
The Trustees adjourned at 4:10 p.m. to meet again on call of the Secretary on Friday, May 24, 1968.
C. E. Harrell, Secretary
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