Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938
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204 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 9 ROOM RATES A N D ASSIGNMENTS IN W O M E N ' S RESIDENCE HALLS (24) A report t h a t the committee in charge of assigning rooms and fixing rates in the residence halls has been authorized to adopt the following procedure: 1. Rooms will be assigned to applicants without reference to their choice of location. Room changes within a hall will be permitted when feasible but not changes from one hall to another. 2. Two uniform rates for each hall will be established—one for single rooms and the other for rooms accommodating two or more occupants, the actual rates to be determined later on the basis of the cost of operation. This will replace the present schedule of a variety of rates for both single and double rooms, but the gross income will not be affected by these rate changes. I request confirmation of this authorization. On motion of Mrs. Freeman, this action was confirmed. MEMBERSHIP IN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (25) For many years the University has operated through the Dean of Men as Trustee a Mutual Benefit Hospital Fund, or Hospital Association, membership in which is entirely voluntary and open to students and members of the faculty. The fee is $3 a semester and entitles a member t o hospital care a t the rate of $3.50 a day for a maximum of twenty-eight days in any one semester. There are approximately 6,000 members of the Association this semester; during the first semester there were about 7,500 members. T h e Student Senate of the University, which is the student governing body, representative of all student interests, has recommended t h a t membership in the Hospital Association be required of all students as soon as the McKinley Hospital has been enlarged and t h a t the Hospital be furnished with a staff physician or physicians to treat light cases of illness without charge. For this additional service the Student Senate recommends a compulsory membership fee of $5 a semester, $3 for hospitalization and $2 for medical treatment. A similar proposal was before the Board of Trustees in 1933-1934, and a special committee of the Board made a report on it a t the meeting of January 26, 1934. I recommend t h a t this matter be referred to the Committee on General Policy of the Board and t o a special committee of the faculty t o be appointed by the President of the University, for consideration. On motion of Dr. Meyer, this matter was referred to the Committee on General Policy and to the faculty committee as recommended. DORMITORIES FOR MEN (26) The Men's Independent District Association, an organization of undergraduate men students who do not belong to fraternities, has submitted a report of housing conditions for men students based on a study which it has made. The organization requests t h a t the Board of Trustees give consideration to the construction of men's dormitories in view of present conditions and the prospective continued increase in enrollment. The problem of student housing deserves serious consideration, including lowcost housing for students of limited financial resources as well as dormitories for students of means. I recommend t h a t this be referred to the Committee on Student Welfare of the Board and to a special committee of the faculty to be appointed by the President of the University, for consideration. On motion of Mr. Pogue, this matter was referred to the Committee on Student Welfare and to the faculty committee as recommended. HISTORICAL MATERIAL ON UNIVERSITY LEGISLATION IN T H E GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ILLINOIS (27) T h e Honorable H . M. Dunlap, an alumnus of the University, has offered to prepare a history of University of Illinois legislation from the time the University
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