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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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there is no question that the saving is a very substantial one, and the convenience and satisfaction of having our own press is universal. The appropriation now recommended is to be expended for the following equipment: 1 Miehle cylinder press, capacity 25 x 38, $2500; 1 folder, $900; I wire stitcher, $220; motors, $500; 1 Monotype composing outfit complete, $5000; 1 imposing stone, $400; chases and miscellaneous, $180; building alterations, including wiring and installation of the equipment, $300. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this recommendation was approved by the following v o t e : Ayes, M r . Abbott, M r . Carr, M r s . Evans, M r . Taggart, M r . Trimble, M r . W a r d , Miss W a t s o n ; noes, n o n e ; absent, M r . Blair, M r s . Busey, M r . Hoit, M r . Lowden, M r . T r e vett.

WORK AND SALARY OF MR. W. E. EKBLAW

(13) A recommendation from Dr. David Kinley, Dean of the Graduate School, that $2500 be assigned from the funds of the Graduate School to cover the salary ($1800) of Mr. Ekblaw as Staff Fellow and the expenses incidental to the preparation of his report on the Arctic expedition and its scientific results. O n motion of M r . W a r d , this recommendation was approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR E. R. DEWSNUP

(14) A request for leave of absence from February 1, 1918, for war service by Professor E. R. Dewsnup, who has been asked to report in England as soon after February 1 as possible. Professor Dewsnup raises the question whether he should not be paid the full half of his salary for the year on February 1, instead of salary for the five months under which he will have drawn his salary under the rules and practise of the Board. I cannot consent to the view that a professor's work is half done when only five months of the year have elapsed. Professor Dewsnup is employed in the University on full time and receives his pay in twelve monthly installments. I cannot concede as a matter of fact or of principle either, that his work is done at the University in less than that time. In conformity with our practise in similar cases growing out of the war, however, I am in favor of continuing Professor Dewsnup on the pay roll for one month after February 1, 1918, as during this time he will not be on the pay roll of the English Government.

On motion of Mr. Carr, the President of the University was authorized to instruct the Comptroller to pay Professor Dewsnup for February, 1918. EXEMPTION OF DR. M. J RUDWIN FROM DRAFT .

(15) The following statement concerning the exemption of Dr. Maximilian J. Rudwin from military service: Dr. Rudwin registered under a wrong impression and at the advice of the head of his department when the registration for the first draft wa& called. He subsequently applied for ex-