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Regular Meeting
January 10, 1959

RETIREMENT

Joe Carrales, Farm Laborer at Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, at $304.64 per year, single life, effective December 1, 1958.

Grace Durkee, Secretary in Intercollegiate Athletics, at $709.45 per year, single life, effective January 1, 1959.

Deaths Reported

From the Chancellor's office comes a report of the death of four retired staff members. It was moved by Regent Foote, seconded by Regent Welsh, motion put to vote and carried, that these deaths be made a matter of record in these minutes and the University payrolls adjusted accordingly. The names of the deceased and dates of death are as follows:

Arthur T. Iler, retired from Buildings and Grounds August 8, 1958
E. P. Hodapp, Instructor Emeritus at Curtis School of Agriculture, December 5, 1958
Mrs. Adelloyd W. Williams, Assistant in Registrar's Office, retired, December 12, 1958.

Elsie Ford Piper, Assistant Dean of Women Emeritus, December 20, 1958.

Summer Session Budget Approved

From the Director of Summer Session, Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, comes a proposed Summer Session budget for 1959. This budget having been submitted to the Board of Regents one week in advance, it is now considered by the Regents in regular session.

It was moved by Regent Greenberg, seconded by Regent Elliott, motion put to vote and carried, directing that the proposed Summer Session budget for 1959 be approved in the gross amount of $319, 726.72.

Bids for Steam Boiler in Power Plant

From the Business Manager, Mr. Carl A. Donaldson, comes itemization of bids received for the installation of the proposed additional steam boiler, superheater, waterwalls, setting and all necessary accessories, to be installed in the central power plant on the Lincoln city campus. The itemization is as follows:

Bidders Amount

Murray Iron Works, Burlington, Iowa $ 66,052.00
Nebraska Boiler Company, Inc., Lincoln 68,861.00
Industrial Service & Engineering Company, Denver 85,912.00
Wickes Boiler Company, Saginaw, Michigan 87,400.00
E. Keeler Company, Kansas City, Mo. 88,836.00
Natkin & Company, Lincoln (Titusville Boiler) 89,747.00
Bros. Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. 92,776.00
McTighe, Inc., Mitchell, So. Dakota 97,138.00
Erie City Iron Works, Erie, Pennsylvania 99,690.00
Springfield Boiler, Springfield, Illinois 100,409.00
Babcock & Wilcox, Chicago, Ill. 104,338.00
McTighe, Inc., Mitchell, So. Dakota ( Alternate) 103,963.00
Natkin & Company, Lincoln (Vogt Boiler) (Alternate) 89,747.00

Low Bid Accepted

It was moved by Regent Elliott, seconded by Regemt Welsh, motion put to vote and carried, directing the low bid from the Murray Iron Works, Burlington, Iowa, in the sum of $66,052.00 be accepted and that the Business Manager be authorized to negotiate for the purchase of this equipment and work to be done.

From the Dean of the College of Agriculture, W. V. Lambert, comes recommendation that the milking Shorthorn and Holstein cattle at the School of Agriculture at Curtis be disposed of. It is understood that such animals as may be kept to advantage by other departments of the College of Agriculture or Agriculture Experiment Station will be transferred to such places as desired and that the balance of the animals at Curtis be offered for public sale. It was stated

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