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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE:

R. Gray Williams, Chairman of the Finance Committee presented the following report covering bonds
and stocks purchased for the Consolidated Endowment Funds of the University for the year 1943-44; received,
approved and ordered spread:

STOCKS

           
9/4/43  250  shs  Twentieth Century Fox Film $4.50 pfd: 100-3/8. 
10/14/43  80  shs  P. Lorillard Co. common @ $14.00 VS 400 rights. 
11/26/43  250  shs  Dow Chemical Co. $4 cumulative pfd. Series "A" $26,250 
4/5/44  400  shs  Oklahoma Natural Gas 4-3/4% pfd @ 52 
5/11/44  500  shs  Celanese Corp. of America 1st pfd $4.75 stock $48,970 
5/26/44  500  shs  Virginia Electric & Power Co. $5 pfd. @ 114 

BONDS

                 
9/16/43  $100,000  U. S. Treasury 2½%, due 12/15/69, @ par. 
10/8/43  100,000  P. Lorillard Co. 20yr 3% debentures,
due 10/1/1963 @ 101-3/4. 
11/27/43  96,375  N. Y. & Harlem Ry. Co. 4%, due 7/1/2043, bonds,
guaranteed by the N. Y. Central Ry. Co., in exchange
for 771 shares of the stock of the N. Y. & Harlem
Ry. Co. These bonds have a market value of approx 103. 
2/1/44  50,000  U. S. Treas. 2¼% of 1956/59 @ par. 
2/18/44  25,000  Phillips Petroleum Co. 2-3/4% S/F Debs., due 2/1/64
@ 101. 
3/27/44  20,000  Stokely Bros. & Co. 15 yr 3½% S/F Debs. @ 98½ 
20,000  Universal Pictures Co. 3-3/4% S/F debs. due 3/1/59, @ 99 
3/31/44  50,000  Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. 1st mtg. 3½%, due 3/1/69.
@ 106¼ 
6/9/44  30,000  Alleghany Corp. 3¼% secured Conv. notes, due 4/15/54,
@ 102.15.