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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

REPORT OF SPECIAL C O M M I T T E E ACCIDENT COMPENSATION

[ J a n u a r y 25

ON

Your Special Committee on Accident Compensation unanimously recommends: 1. That Section II of the action taken by this Board in 1925, relating to Retiring Allowances and Death Benefits, be amended by adding thereto the following paragraph : (/) When death occurs in circumstances making the same compensable under the State Workmen's Compensation Act. 2. Inasmuch as it appears that the Board has no legal authority to pay compensation in any form to employees who may be injured in its employ, that no compensation be paid hereafter to any such employee injured while employed by the University, and that such employees make their claims in accordance with the law.

J. \V. ARMSTRONG, Chairman GEORGE A. BARR WALTER W. WILLIAMS

On motion of M r . A r m s t r o n g , this r e p o r t was accepted. On motion of M r . Barr, t h e University S t a t u t e s as p r i n t e d in 1926 were a m e n d e d b y t h e addition of p a r a g r a p h (/) t o provision II of section 17 (page 11), as r e c o m m e n d e d a b o v e . On motion of M r . T r e e s , t h e U n i v e r s i t y S t a t u t e s as p r i n t e d in 1926 were a m e n d e d b y t h e omission of p a r a g r a p h (h) of section 16 (page 9). O n motion of M r . A r m s t r o n g , the policy r e c o m m e n d e d in parag r a p h 2 of t h e report of the special c o m m i t t e e w a s a d o p t e d . On motion of M r . T r e e s , t h e consideration of t h e m e t h o d of expediting t h e h a n d l i n g of claims for c o m p e n s a t i o n for minor injuries was referred to t h e special c o m m i t t e e for a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n .

MINUTES APPROVED

The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of December 21. 1932. On motion of Dr. Noble, the minutes were approved as printed on pages 153 to 164 above.

PRESIDENT CHASE'S RESIGNATION

President Chase at this point presented the following letter of resignation:

January' 25, 1933 To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: I herewith present to you my formal resignation as President of the University of Illinois, to take effect on July 1 of this year, or as soon thereafter as practicable. At that time I shall assume the duties of the chancellorship of New York University, to which position I was elected on January 23. It is with the greatest reluctance that I have come to feel that I should accept the work at New York University. Its unique task and opportunity, its promise of rapidly growing usefulness in the years that lie ahead, in short, the whole picture presented by its life and work, are such that I have not been able to decline the opportunity offered me. From your Board, as from the faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the University, I have always received the greatest measure of cooperation and understanding. I have valued your personal friendship and your unstinted loyalty to the University. I have felt that the end of this year, with internal affairs in good shape, and finances stabilized for a two-year period, would be a favorable time for a change in the presidency. It is an honor to have served the University of Illinois as its President. I shall always cherish the memory of my work here, and the many friendships I have formed.