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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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A copy of this communication is submitted herewith and a copy has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, this request was referred to the President of the University.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OF S T U D E N T S (31) At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 12, 1957, there was presented a recommendation from the Health Services Advisory Committee for a change in the regulations governing the physical examinations given by the University's Health Service to students prior to their admission to the University. The Board deferred action on this change. It will be recalled that in January, 1956, the Board authorized the Director of Health Services to delegate the performance of the pre-entrance examinations to other physicians so that these examinations may be performed either by the staff of the University Health Service or elsewhere, at the option of the student. This was put into effect in September, 1956. The change recently recommended by the Health Services Advisory Committee is to introduce a "cutoff" period of two weeks prior to registration week during which time incoming students would be required to have their physical examinations elsewhere than at the Health Service. At all other times they could have the examination at the Health Service. T h e purpose of this "cut-off" period is to eliminate the mass physical examinations set up during Freshman Week, thus freeing the incoming student to devote his time to other Freshman Week activities such as taking various entrance tests, securing counseling, finding housing, and otherwise establishing himself for the beginning of the semester. This would also relieve a portion of the Health Services staff for pre-employment examinations of new faculty and nonacademic personnel, and would result in a financial saving in the money previously expended on the employment of extra, outside physicians and clerical staff to process the mass physical examinations.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Board reaffirmed its action of January, 1956, without the introduction of the "cut-off" period prior to registration week as recently recommended, and without any other change except to extend the trial period to two years from September

1, 1956.

LOAN AGREEMENT ON MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS

The Comptroller presented a copy of the loan agreement with the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Project 111. u - C H - 4 4 ( D ) , Contract H(402)-9i, in which the federal government will loan $3,000,000 to finance the construction of men's residence halls in the northwest parade grounds area. This loan agreement has been executed by the Comptroller and the Secretary in accordance with the authorization by the Board on January 16, 1957. On motion of Mr. Swain, this action was confirmed by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Williamson.

FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Mrs. Watkins requested that the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be instructed to send to the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts a letter congratulating him and his staff on the success of the 1957 Festival of Contemporary Arts, and expressing the appreciation of the Board.