Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1916
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.
EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:
918 UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS. [Mar. 14, AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE SIGNING OF VOUCHERS AND WARRANTS. On motion of Mr. Blair, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That Mr. W. L. Abbott, President of the Board of Trustees, and Mr. H. E. Cunningham, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, are authorized to delegate the signing of their names as President and Secretary, respectively, on vouchers drawn on the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, to Mr. W. B. Castenholz, Comptroller, and Mr. L. E. Knorr, Assistant Comptroller. WARRANTS ON UNIVERSITY TREASURER. On motion of Mr. Hoit, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That Mr. W. L. Abbott, President of the Board of Trustees, is authorized to delegate the signing of his name as President on warrants drawn on the Treasurer of the- Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to Mr. L. E. Knorr, Assistant Comptroller. MATTERS SUBMITTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY. The board proceeded to the consideration of the following matters submitted by President James: A P P O I N T M E N T OF PROF. B L A C K W E L D E R . (1) Announcement of the appointment and acceptance of Dr. Elliot Blackwelder, as Professor of Geology, at a salary of $4,000 a year, beginning September 1, 1916. This appointment was authorized December 14, 1915 (see page 866). This statement was received for record. MR. C. M. D E L A N Y A P P O I N T E D E X A M I N E R IN A C C O U N T A N C Y . (2) A recommendation from the University Committee on Accountancy that Mr. C. M. DeLany, of the firm of Anderson, DeLany, and Company, Certified Public Accountants, of Chicago, be appointed a member of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy for a term of three years beginning July 1, 1916. On motion of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was approved. A P P O I N T M E N T OF MISS L O R I N D A P E R R Y . (3) A recommendation from Prof. Isabel Bevier, endorsed by the Dean of the College of Agriculture, that Miss Lorinda Perry, of Rockford, 111., be appointed Associate in Household Science for a term of two years at a salary of eighteen hundred-dollars a year, beginning September 1, 1916. On motion of Mr. Hoit, this appointment was made. „ R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S OF T H E U N I V E R S I T Y S E N A T E . (4) Two recommendations made by the University Senate at a meeting held February 14, 1916: FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN PUBLIC-SCHOOL MUSIC. (a) That the present two-year curriculum in public-school music leading .to a certificate be abolished, and that' instead the students in public-school music take a four-year curriculum, of which the first three years shall be identical with the present curriculum leading to the bachelor's degree, while, in the fourth year, Music 25 (Public-School Music) shall be substituted for the practical major; also that voice be required throughout the four years of this curriculum as either a major or a minor; this curriculum to lead to the degree of Bachelor of Music. THREE UNITS IN AGRICULTURE FOR ADMISSION. (b) That the statement of entrance requirements be amended by changing the first item in List C as printed on page 72 of the Annual Register for 1914-15 to read: Agriculture, 36 to 10S weeks, 1 to 3 units, in place of Agriculture, 36 to 72 weeks, 1 to 2 units. On motion of Mr. Blair, these recommendations of the Senate were approved. C I V I L SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. (5) A letter from the State Civil Service Commission expressing its appreciation of the assistance which various members of the Faculty of the University have rendered to the commission in its work: Mr. E. J. James, President, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : During the past few months the commission has called upon the University for assistance an unusual number of times. I wish to take this opportunity to express to you the appreciation of the commission for the prompt action taken on all these requests and the very valuable assistance which has been given by numerous members of the University Faculty. The University has cooperated in a most valuable way in the work of this commission. Very truly, STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, By W. R. ROBINSON,, Secretary. SPRINGFIELD,, I I I . , , March 1, 1916. This letter was received for record.
| 
