Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1926 [PAGE 148]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Whereas, by the terms of such donation this Board is empowered to sell and transfer all or any part of said stock, and Whereas, it is deemed advisable to sell said stock and reinvest the proceeds in other safe securities to be held for the purposes of such donation; Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Comptroller and Treasurer of the University be and are hereby authorized to negotiate a sale of said stock of the Southern Pacific Company and that the President of the Board, William L. Noble, be authorized to assign to the purchaser thereof the certificates representing the stock so sold. O n motion of M r . Trimble, this resolution w a s adopted. O n motion of M r . Trimble, the above authorization w a s m a d e effective only w h e n the m a r k e t price of this stock should reach 112. A t this point, M r s . Grigsby took her place with the Board.

STATEMENT CONCERNING CERTAIN OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY

(4) Several weeks ago 1 was waited on by two members of the clinical faculty of the College of Medicine who presented me, in their own behalf and that of certain others, the following communication: To the President oj the University of Illinois: At a meeting of members of the executive faculty of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, after a full and free discussion, it unanimously agreed: That the members of the staff of the State Hospital of the University of Illinois who are paid a salary should be full time teachers. That in view of the fact that this hospital is to provide care for the sick and instruction to students, to this end the beds should be assigned to the clinical teachers of the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. That all present and future professorial appointments to the Clinical Faculty should be indefinite as to time; conforming in this respect to the practice in the first two years in College of Medicine and in the University at Urbana. That the administrative head of the teaching faculty of the clinical years (3rd and 4th) be a clinical medical man in practice, directly responsible to the President of the University. D r . H . E . Irish a n d D r . J. R . Harger, of the Medical faculty, were introduced o n request of President Kinley. O n request of D r . Irish, the Secretary read a paper presented b y him, covering in slightly expanded form the points in the above communication, red r a w n after a conference with the President of the University. D r . Irish a n d D r . Harger m a d e statements in answer to questions from m e m b e r s of the Board, and withdrew. President Kinley m a d e a statement concerning the c o m munication. O n motion of M r s . Blake, the following resolution w a s adopted: T h e B o a r d has heard a n d considered the statement m a d e b y m e m b e r s of the faculty concerning part-time appointments to the clinical staff o n pay, appointment of clinical professors o n indefinite tenure, the placing of complete control of the n e w research facilities in the hands of the present extramural clinical faculty, a n d the appointment of a dean for the clinical years. T h e suggestion of a change in the tenure of appointment seems reasonable and the B o a r d will consider the matter of m a k i n g such a change. O n the matter of the appointment to the clinical staff of m e n o n part-time with control of beds in the n e w hospitals, the B o a r d does not see good reason for