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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES APPROVED

[ J a n u a r y 20

The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 29, 1958, press proof copies of which have previously been sent to the Board. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 1 to 76, inclusive.

B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Board took up consideration of the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

APPOINTMENTS T O T H E FACULTY (1) T h e following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. 1. FRANKLIN S. ALCORN, Assistant Professor of Radiology, beginning January i, 1959, without salary ( D Y ) . 2. JOHN L. CHILDS, Visiting Professor of Education, for four and one-half months from February 1, 1959, at a salary of $5,000 ( E ) . 3. RUDOLF HAAG, Professor of Physics, for four and one-half months from F e b r u a r y I, 1900, at a salary of $6,250 ( E ) . 4. JOSEPH M. HEIKOFF, Associate Professor of Regional Planning, in the Bureau of Community Planning, beginning J a n u a r y 1, 1959, at an annual salary of $12,000 ( A Y ) . O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d . LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR DR. HUBERT R. CATCHPOLE (2) Dr. H u b e r t R. Catchpole, Research Associate Professor of Pathology in the College of Medicine, has requested a leave of absence, on full pay, for six months beginning March 1, 1959, so that he may take advantage of an opportunity to do research with Dr. N . Eeg-Larson in his laboratory at the State Dental School in Oslo, Norway. T h e opportunity for this research did not develop until recently, so that Dr. Catchpole was unable to submit his application for leave last year at the time sabbatical leaves for the academic year 1958-59 were under consideration. T o postpone this program until next year would impose a personal hardship and would be unadvisable professionally. Dr. Catchpole has been a member of the faculty since 1946 and has had no previous sabbatical leave. Because of the unusual circumstances, all recommending officers concerned support the application on its merits and recommend that the technical question of lateness be waived and that the leave be approved. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s l e a v e w a s g r a n t e d . CHANGES IN BASIC KNOWLEDGE A N D ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS A N D SCIENCES (3) T h e Urbana Senate recommends the following changes in the basic knowledge required for admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, effective September 1, 1961: 1. Dropping of the requirement that students who enter the general curriculum in liberal arts and sciences as freshmen (or who enter other schools and subsequently transfer to the College) and who lack one unit of American history in high school must take History 151, History of the United States to 1865, and History 152, History of the United States from 1865 to the Present. 2. Altering of the provision that now requires entering students who lack two units of high school credit in mathematics (one unit in algebra and one unit in plane geometry) to take Mathematics 101 and 102, Basic Mathematics, to a non-waiver requirement for admission to the College of two years of college preparatory mathematics consisting of one unit in algebra and one unit in plane geometry, or at least their equivalent, as determined by the Department of Mathematics.