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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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I918] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 659 December 20, 1917 Dr. Edmund J. James, President DEAR MR. PRESIDENT : The University Senate at its meeting of December 17, 1917, voted, on the recommendation of the Committee on Standards of Scholarship, to make the following recommendations to the Board of Trustees: That the present scholarship regulations be so revised as to make the continuance of a scholarship after the freshman year conditional upon the student's attainment of a standing distinctly above the average, represented roughly by grades of B or higher on our present scale of marking. That the method of selection in the first instance be revised so as to afford a better guarantee of ability and preparation. That the Trustees be requested to make an annual appropriation of $5000 for the establishment of twenty undergraduate scholarships of $100 each, and sixty of $50 each, making a total of eighty; provided (a) that such scholarships be awarded annually to the best students in the several colleges on the basis of work done during the preceding year, (b) that nominations be made by the several faculties in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Council of Administration, and (c) that such nominations be approved by the Council. Sincerely yours, C. M. MCCONN Clerk of the Senate No action was taken on this subject. ADMISSION OF HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS W H O ENLIST (12) A recommendation from the University Senate as to high-school students who have entered the military or naval service of the United States, with certain concessions as to requirements of admission. January 8, 1918 Dr. Edmund J. James, President DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The University Senate at a special meeting held on January 7, 1918, voted to recommend to the Board of Trustees that the University grant admission to a high school student who has completed seven semesters, i. e., fourteen units, including our prescribed subjects, with grades in the upper half of his class, and has entered the military or naval service of the United States. The action of the Senate was an endorsement of a recommendation to the same effect adopted by the Council of Administration on December 31, 1917, in response to a query from the Principal of the Decatur High School, who submitted the case of a senior boy who desires to stop school and join the army and asked what provision the University would make for the admission of such students after their return. Sincerely yours, C. M. MCCONN Clerk of the Senate On motion of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was approved.
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