Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 188]

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(b) T h e use of an outside architectural firm is recommended (Report, p. 225). Action: Because of the expense, the loss of contact between the architectural staff and the operating staff, the resulting variety of architectural styles, and the special features of educational buildings, the Administration cannot concur in this recommendation (Review, p. 203). (c) The Report recommends that the budget carry an adequate item for architectural studies (Report, p. 225). Action: This recommendation is already in effect (Review, p. 203). 10. Hospitalisation The Report proposes that the plan of hospitalization be made compulsory (Report, p. 227). Action: Continue to develop and act on similar plans already proposed by the Committee on McKinley Hospital (Review, p. 204). 11. Printing and Mailing (a) It is recommended that the Print Shop of the University Press be moved to the South Garage (Report, p. 232). The proposed change does not offer the kind of possibilities for the development of the University Press comprehended by the faculty committee report and by the special report of Mr. Fornof. Action: Continue studies already inaugurated covering an expansion of the University Press and its location in other quarters (or the erection of a new building), and proceed along these lines as fast as the situation warrants (Review, p. 205). (b) It is recommended that the printing facilities of the Mini Publishing Company be merged with the Print Shop (Report, p. 232). Action: Initiate further studies of this recommendation in terms of the educational values involved (Review, p. 207). (c) It is recommended that the desirable printing facilities now used by the College of Engineering and the School of Journalism be transferred to the Press (Report, p. 233). If the Press were to take over this equipment, and continue the instructional work, it would be necessary to house it in a separate room and to provide for the instruction. It is not practicable to admit students to any shop under the conditions of regular production without disturbing and hindering the conduct of the shop. Action: Do not concur in this recommendation because the educational requirements cannot be met (Review, p. 208). (d) It is proposed to centralize the addressograph facilities (Report, P- 234).. Action: Concur in this recommendation (Review, p. 209). (e) In the Report, the functions of the Information Office and Stenographic Bureau, now under the Director of the University Press, are split between the proposed Business Manager and the proposed Vice-President of Public Relations (Report, p. 81). Action: In view of the earlier recommendation not to approve these new officers now, the Information Office and Stenographic Bureau should remain as at present (Review, p. 210).

D. T H E NEXT STEP

The final recommendation of the Report is to the effect that its "concise, comprehensive, integrated program of action" as outlined by the investigators "be adopted in its entirety" and that the Board and the President "get under way at once" (Report, pp. 243-244). It should be obvious from the foregoing recommendations that this recommendation cannot be approved. The reasons are: 1. A large section of the Report deals with extremely complex matters of educational policy which, aside from lying outside the confines of the announced purpose of the Survey, must be studied in terms of the essential character of the University.