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...interests of the contractor are opposed to those of the State.- Report of the Illinois Labor Bureau...
...more points in regard to our future swimming-bath may be of interest to the college. Some time ago a friend of the university made a generous contribution toward the building of this bath. Thereupon the college authorities placed in the hands of a contractor the matter of investigating the water supply which could be obtained for the baths. The result of this investigation was the boring of the wells which we have been watching from day to day near the gymnasium. It was found that abundant water could be had from these wells for the purpose. That the bath...
Before the Christmas recess, the grounds on Holmes and Jarvis Field were inspected by a Contractor, and it was found that rolling, or in any way repairing the courts as they now stand, would be useless, as the soil is too loose and sandy, and that therefore each court would have to be made over entirely. The making of 50 Turf Courts, at their cost of about $150.00 apiece would be beyond our means, and therefore we have been obliged to resort to clay courts. Yet for players who are prejudiced towards grass courts, and also for tournaments, grass courts...
...attraction at present is the new dormitory, concerning which so much has been said in the papers that no description is here necessary. The work of preparing the grounds is being rapidly pushed, and work on the buildings will soon be begun and pushed to the uttermost, the contractor agreeing to have it completed by January...
...students' dining hall in Memorial, furnishing (under certain restrictions) board to those members of the university who desire it. Under this plan satisfactory board at varying rates, adjusted to the requirements of all classes, could and would undoubtedly be furnished, provided due care were exercised in selecting the contractor, and the requisite guarantees and pledges were exacted of him by the college. But if there is any general desire for the present experiment of a cooperative dining association to continue longer after all that has already happened, it will no doubt be a comparatively easy thing to devise some scheme...