The foregoing record of purchases is respectfully submitted
       with the request that they be approved by the Board of Trustees,
       thereby ratifying the action of the Comptroller in making the purchases.

                                          Respectfully submitted,

                           (Signed)     Frank D. Peterson
                                          Comptroller


       The President recommended that state requisitions, emergency purchases,
University D orders and special orders, as outlined by the Comptroller, be approved.

       Members of the Executive Committee being sufficiently advised, upon mo-
tion duly made, seconded and carried,

                 State requisitions numbered   302 through 558
                 Emergencies                      82 through 153
                 University D Orders           16511 through 16544 and
                 Special Orders                  903 through 1970

were approved and the action of the Comptroller in making the purchases was
ratified.



       D. Budget Changes.

       President Donovan submitted list of changes in the University budget.
He read a list of increases and decreases aggregating a net decrease in the
University budget of $1,471. 27.  He recommended that the budget changes as
listed be approved, and the Comptroller be directed to make the necessary budget
adjustments.

       Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the Executive Committee
concurred in the recommendation of the President.



       E. Progress Report on Women' s Dormitor

       Mr. Peterson reported that he had just returned from a trip to the Housing
and Home Finance Agency in Chicago, Illinois.  The Agency is in the process of
giving the plans and specifications of the Women' s Dormitory a final check, and
the University has been promised action on them within the coming week.

       The Comptroller reported that the State Property and Building Commission
would be asked immediately to seek competitive bids for the construction of the
dormitory, according to plans and specifications, as soon as final approval from
the Housing and Home Finance Agency is received.

       He also reported that the Housing and Home Finance Agency had request-
ed evidence that funds were available to construct the dormitory according to
plans and specifications and that such evidence was being forwarded to the Chicago
Offic e.