Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920 [PAGE 165]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(e) Will cooperate closely with the War Department and its authorized representatives in all matters above referred to; (0 Will receive from its students who are eligible for the Students' Army Training Corps and indicate their intention of applying for induction therein, only such proportion of the usual tuition and other fees as will cover the period from the opening of the college year to October 1, 1918, or, if more has already been received, will make individual adjustment with the students accordingly. 3. The War Department will: (a) Provide for the military instruction of the soldiers; (b) Provide uniforms and the necessary personal equipment of the soldiers to the extent practicable; (c) Furnish necessary cots, blankets, and bed-sacks or mattresses to the extent practicable; (d) Pay to the institution as soon as practicable after submission of duly executed vouchers the sum of $1.00 per day for each soldier assigned to the institution on active duty, plus the following amounts for tuition: For soldiers assigned to all departments at Urbana the sum of .1766 cents per day. For soldiers assigned to the College of Medicine in Chicago the sum of .6666 cents per day. For soldiers assigned to the College of Dentistry in Chicago the sum of .5879 cents per day. For soldiers assigned to the School of Pharmacy in Chicago the sum of .41 cents per day. The first voucher submitted will cover the period of two weeks following the induction ot the soldiers and their assignment to active duty, and vouchers will be submitted monthly thereafter. 4. It is understood that the arrangement evidenced hereby shall be temporary and that as soon as practicable a permanent contract shall be made between the institution and the War Department, covering the period to July 1, 1919. The basis of that contract with respect to payment shall be reimbursement for the actual and necessary costs of providing the instruction, subsistence and housing required during the entire period of the contractual relation with the War Department, the necessary adjustments to be made accordingly, provided that the per diem allowance to be made for cost of academic instruction shall not exceed the regular per diem tuition charge of the institution. 5. The institution and the War Department will co-operate to the fullest extent to obtain the best results, and will endeavor as soon as practicable to arrive at the said permanent contract on an equitable financial basis, in accordance with the principle of reimbursement for actual costs as above stated. University of Illinois (Name of Institution) Witness: LLOYD MOREY By EDMUND J. JAMES Comptroller Witness: President Accepted Grenville Clark, Lt. Col. U. S. A. Secretary of War Department Committee on Education and Special Training