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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SURVEY OF GREEN STREET Mr. Armstrong, for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, reported a recommendation that a survey be made of that portion of the campus near Green Street and M a t h e w s Avenue, to determine the exact bounds of that part of the University grounds. O n motion of Mr. Armstrong, this recommendation was adopted.

PROFESSOR ARTHUR CUTTS W1LLARD ELECTED PRESIDENT

On motion of Mr. Armstrong, the Board resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider the presidency in executive session. After full discussion, the Committee rose and announced that it recommended unanimously that Professor A r t h u r Cutts Willard be elected President of the University. O n motion of Mr. Blair, Professor Willard was unanimously elected President of the University. O n motion of Mr. Barrett, the salary of President Willard was fixed at $15,000 a year, his term of office to begin July 1, 1934, and to continue on indefinite tenure, at the pleasure of the Board, according to the laws of the State and the regulations of the University.

TIME OF APRIL MEETING

On motion of Mr. Armstrong, it was voted to hold the April meeting at Urbana, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 1934.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT

T h e Secretary presented for record a list of appointments made by the Acting President of the University. Bernell, Edward Charles, Assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the College of Medicine, beginning March 15, 1934, and continuing until September 1, 1934, without salary. (March 10, 1934)1 Collins, Eunice, Assistant in Journalism, on one-half time, for four months beginning March I, 1934, at a cash compensation at the rate of sixty-two dollars fifty cents ($62.50) a month (this is in addition to her appointment as University Library Assistant in the School of Journalism). (March 1, 1934) King, Ameda Ruth, to give instruction in History in the Summer Session of 1934, beginning June 18, and ending August 11, 1934, at a cash compensation of three hundred sixty-two dollars ($362) for the session (this supersedes her previous appointment). (March 14, 1934) Kuhle, Lenore V., Senior Stenographer in Agricultural College Extension, in the College of Agriculture, beginning March 15, 1934, and continuing until August 31, 1934, subject to the rules of the Civil Service Commission, at a cash compensation at the rate of eighty-four dollars eighty-three cents ($84.83) a month. (March 6, 1934) Leland, Benn Joseph, Research Assistant in Civil Engineering, in the Engineering Experiment Station, for four months beginning March 1, 1934, at a cash compensation at the rate of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) a month. (March 3, 1934) Mizelle, John D., Assistant in Zoology, on one-fourth time, beginning March 9, 1934, and continuing until June 30, 1934 at a cash compensation at the rate of twenty-eight dollars fifty cents ($28.50) a month. (March 10, 1934)

'The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the Acting President of the University.