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PROCEEDINGS OF ,THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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the Council of Administration or to a Council Committee of which the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences should be chairman and of which no member of the Department of Education should be a member. (4) The members of the Department of Education, the members of other departments assigned to specific duties in connection with the training school, the principal of the training school, and the supervisors of practise teaching should constitute a training school staff which should meet not less frequently than once in two weeks for the discussion of both administrative and teaching problems; administrative policies recommended by this staff should be referred to the Director and the Advisory Committee. (5) The specific duties of the principal of the training school and of the various supervisors should be determined by the Director after conference with the Advisory Committee, subject to the approval of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Dean of the Graduate School, if questions of graduate study are involved, and the President of the University. Respectfully yours, Director of the School of We concur in the above recommendations.

K. C W. C. BAGLEY,

Education.

L. D. COFFMAN.

H. A. HOLUSTER. I am in hearty accord with some of the above recommendations. however, believe in. the principle of university government expressed 2, nor that it is best under local conditions, nor do I think the second therein consistent with the terms of my employment as Professor of Education. I am, • however, willing to accept this new interpretation of and responsibilities and endeavor to cooperate in every way possible.

BABCOCK.

I do not, in section statement Secondary my duties

CHARLES HUGHES JOHNSTON.

On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, the plan proposed by Prof. Bagley was approved, subject to the authority of the President of the University and the Board of Trustees.

REPORTS OF G R A D E S OF STUDENTS. (5) A recommendation of the Council of Administration concerning the amendment of No. XII of the Statutes of the University: July 7, 1915. Dr. Edmund J. James, 840 Natural History Hall. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The Council of Administration at its meeting of July 2, 1915, voted to recommend to the Board of Trustees the amendment of Statute No. XII (pages 38 and 39 of the edition of December 29, 1908) by the addition to paragraph (d) of the words "except as provided in paragraph (e)," and the addition of a new paragraph (e), giving the following reading for these two paragraphs: "(d) Within three days after semester examinations any student may secure from his instructor an exact statement of his standing for the semester, except as provided in paragraph ( e ) . " "(e) Reports upon thesis or seminar courses may be made either at the end of each semester, or at the end of the year (and not at the end of the first semester) at the discretion of the instructor in charge of the course." Sincerely yours, C. M. MCCONN, Secretary pro tern.

On motion of Mr. Small, this recommendation was concurred in.

A P P O I N T M E N T OF DIRECTOR OF P H Y S I C A L T R A I N I N G FOR WOMEN.

(6) A request for authority to appoint Miss Louise Freer, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, Director of Physical Training for Women, for one year, beginning September 1, 1915, at a salary of $1,400 a year, in place of Miss Gertrude E. Moulton, resigned.

On motion of Mrs. Evans, authority to make this appointment was given.

L I A B I L I T Y FOR I N J U R I E S TO EMPLOYEES.

(7) The following statement: The question has arisen several times in the history of the University, whether the institution is liable for injuries to its employees received during their employment. It is said that two or three people obtained the passage of special laws from the last Legislature granting them damages for such injuries, in one case at any rate, in the opinion of the persons in immediate charge of the work, without any justice whatever. It was proposed by one member of the Legislature to attach a rider to the University appropriation bill insisting that the Trustees should pay all claims for damages made by students or employees. This was defeated both in the committee and again when it was offered on the floor of the House. The general sentiment of the Legislature seemed to be that the University should in some way provide for accident insurance, and should meet the expense out of the regular appropriation of the University. The University now has a case before the Appellate Court of the State to determine the liability of the University in this matter. I have asked the Counsel of the University to prepare a brief on the subject which follows:

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