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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 15,

EXTENSION OF BONDS FOR THESES (52) A recommendation from the Dean of the Graduate School: March 7, 1919 President E. J. James

DEAR M R . PRESIDENT

Certain students who received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1918 deposited bonds to insure the printing of their theses. Under the rule of the University, these bonds must be replaced with cash deposits at the end of one year. These students, are therefore obliged to make cash deposits this spring. In the meantime some of these students have gone into the military or naval service of the country, and find themselves unable on their soldiers' pay to make the necessary deposit. Therefore, after consulting the faculty of the Graduate School, I hereby request that authority be given by the Board of Trustees to the Comptroller and myself, by whom such bonds are approved, to extend them in cases recommended by the faculty of the Graduate School for one year from the date of their maturity. Of course, if this authority is given us, we will make the extension with due regard to legal requirements, such as the consent of the endorser or endorsers of the bond. Very truly yours,

DAVID K I N LEY

This recommendation was approved.

ADMINISTRATION OF SUMMER SESSION A recommendation fron the University Senate as to the Summer Session. March 7, 1919 Dr. Edmund J. James, President

DEAR M R . PRESIDENT:

(53)

The University Senate, at its meeting of March 3, 1919, approved the following recommendations from the Committee on Educational Policy with reference to the Summer Session: That, after the current academic year, the Summer Session be administered, so far as feasible, in the same manner as are the other sessions of the University; that to this end it be placed in charge of the Council of Administration, with the understanding that in the absence of any dean, his place may be supplied, for the time being, by an assistant dean or an acting dean; and that an executive officer, to be known as the director of the Summer Session, be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Council of Administration, by whom his duties and powers shall be prescribed. That each summer-session instructor be given the option of receiving compensation for teaching in the Summer Session, or of counting such teaching during one session as the equivalent of a half-semester's work, and that after teaching without pay in two Summer Sessions he be entitled to leave of absence for a half year with full pay. Sincerely yours,

C. M. MCCONN

Clerk of the Senate

No action was taken on this subject.