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1908]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OE TRUSTEES.

R E G U L A T I O N S BY T H E S E N A T E ADMINISTRATION.

ORGANIZATION OF THE

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MISCELLANEOUS

AND T H E C O U N C I L O F

SENATE.

I. The University Senate shall hold its regular meetings at 4:00 o'clock p. m. on the first Monday of October, December, February, April and June, and at other times on the call of the president. II. The order of business at each meeting shall be: 1. Calling the roll of members. 2. Reading the minutes of the preceding meeting. 3. Receiving reports of the Council of Administration. 4. Receiving reports of colleges and schools as follows: (a) Graduate School. (b) College of Literature and Arts. (c) College of Engineering. (d) College of Science. (e) College of Agriculture. (f) College of Law. (g) State Library School, (h) School of Music. (i) College of Medicine, (j) School of Pharmacy, (k) College of Dentistry. 5. Reports of standing committees. 6. Reports of special committees. 7. Unfinished business. 8. New business. 9. Notices and suggestions by the president. III. The president of the University, or, in his absence, the vice president, shall preside at the meetings of the Senate. A secretary shall be elected from among the members of the Senate at the first regular meeting of the University year. The election shall be upon nomination from the floor of the Senate, and shall be by ballot in case there is more than one nomination for the office. IV. The following standing committees of the Senate shall be elected annually, at the first meeting of the year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, upon nominations to be presented by the Council of Administration, each committee to consist of five and to hold office until its successor is elected: 1. A Committee on Educational Policy. 2. A Library Committee. 3. A Committee on the Order of the Day. V. The duties and powers of the standing committees shall be in general: 1. To originate, consider and recommend to the Senate lines of policy and particular measures in their several provinces. 2. To act upon all matters referred to them by the Senate. More specifically, the duties of the several committees shall be as follows: (a) The Committee on Educational Policy shall consider and propose measures concerning such matters as the character of the various courses of study leading to the degrees conferred in the University colleges and schools, their general content, correlation of subjects, standard of work required for various degrees, relation of the University * as an educational institution to the public, the establishing of new lines of educational work, etc. (c) The Committee on the Order of the Day shall prepare for each session of the Senate a topic or a program of topics for discussion, and to this end should have knowledge in advance of reports or recommendations of other committees likely to lead to, or require, debate. It shall not be limited, however, by the work of the committees created for specific . purposes, but shall have full power to suggest for discussion any