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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Operating Adjustment Clause Schedule "A" The steam charges are based upon the cost to the University of Illinois as of June 1949. Steam generated from fuel costing 36.62 cents per million B.T.U. at the steam plant. When the average cost for twelve months of fuel per million B.T.U.'s shall be more than 37.36 cents or less than 35.88 cents, the steam rate shall be increased or decreased. Labor cost shall be increased or decreased based on the June 1949 wage rate paid by the University. T h e cost of producing steam as of June 1949 is $1,115 per thousand pounds based on twelve consecutive months. Labor Cost 33.96^ per m. lbs. Fuel Cost 49-26jt per m. lbs. REPORT ON STAFF AND PROGRAMS FOR 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 5 0 In accordance with the educational plans set forth in the "Analysis of Appropriation Requests for Operation for the Biennium Beginning July 1, 1949," important additions have been made to the staff of the University in order to provide the personnel for a more mature student body and further to strengthen research and instruction in recently initiated activities. The appointments of Professor H. O. Halvorson as Head of the Department of Bacteriology and of Professor Sol Spiegelman as a research specialist in genetics and cell respiration, together with other changes and additions, will bring about a first-rate department during the present year. A notable research program in physiology has been moved from the Army Quartermaster Corps in Chicago to the University through the appointment of Dr. R. E. Johnson, as Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology. We may now say that the life sciences are in an extremely favorable position. Professor John L. Heller, the new Head of the Department of Classics, will continue the substantial traditions of the Department and be a strong representative of the humanities at the University of Illinois. The area of clinical psychology is strengthened by the appointment of Professor L. E. O'Kelly, the field of map construction and reading by Professor F. W. Foster, the field of linguistics by Professor D. W. Schumann, and the field of geography by Professor C. C. Colby, formerly Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Chicago. In the field of physics, the appointments of Professor Frederick Seitz and Professor R. J. Maurer round out the work of the Department and add more distinction to the University. These men are famous for their work in the physics of the solid state, a field which has recently become basic to ceramics and to engineering. The elevation of Professor William L. Everitt to the Deanship of the College of Engineering, and the appointment of Professor J. D. Ryder to the Headship of the Department of Electrical Engineering, will consolidate great advances already made in these areas. A further step ahead in the whole area of journalism and communications has been taken by the appointments of Professor R. B. Hudson, whose specialty is educational broadcasting, and Professor C. E. Osgood, whose specialty is the psychology of communications. During the year the social, psychological, and dramatic foundations of communications will be brought under severe review and the whole field developed in accordance with its importance. Professor Hudson will serve as Director of University Broadcasting. The brilliant achievements of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, especially in the areas of architecture, art, and music, will be continued throughout the year. As an interim measure, while enrollments are being stabilized, a part of the advanced teaching load in Architecture will he carried by eight top-ranking architects of national reputation, serving on a part-time basis. Professors W. S. Kinne, specialist in materials and methods of construction, and Gabriel Guevrekian, internationally known in architectural design and planning, have been added to the staff. Musical composition and theory will develop rapidly under Professor Burrill Phillips, and Professor Paul Young will bring new leadership to the choral groups. During the second semester, Georges Enesco will be, on the campus as a Visiting Artist. The health and recreational programs of the School of Physical Education will move forward rapidly because of the addition of new curricula and the ap-