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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPECIAL. CIRCULARS

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A recommendation from the Senate as to the preparation of special circulars. April 8, 1919

Mr. Edmund J, James, President

M Y DEAR M R . PRESIDENT:

The University Senate, at its meeting of April 7, 1919, approved the following report from the Committee on Educational Policy on the proposed issue of a circular containing suggested courses and other matter of an advisory nature for high-school students who are planning to enter the University. In view of the lack of information on the part of high-school students concerning the wide range of opportunity for professional training in the University, the Committee on Educational Policy recommends that attractive bulletins prepared by expert advertisers who are acquainted with the point of view of high-school students and their parents be issued from time to time. These bulletins should have the following characteristics: 1. They should indicate the professions and careers open to graduates from the various curricula, and should describe and illustrate the special advantages offered by the University in its instructional force, libraries, laboratories, and other equipiment. 2. They should contain statements of the courses which should be pursued in the high schools by students who desire to make the most adequate preparation for their courses in the University. 3. They should contain such descriptions as can be given of the mental abilities and interests best adapted to the various professions and careers. 4. They should contain carefully computed statements of the annual expenses of students and should indicate the opportunities for self-help. Sincerely yours>

C. M. MCCONN

Clerk of the Senate

The above recommendation was approved and the President of the University was authorized to secure the preparation and publication of such circulars.

PLYM FELLOWSHIP IN A R C H I T E C T U R E (9) A statement that owing to the war it has not been possible to approve the requests of young men who had received the Plym scholarships in architecture to undertake actual residence in Europe in compliance with the terms of the gift. It may be necessary now either to increase the allowance for the scholarship or to shorten the time of residence. I recommend that the President of the University be given authority to make such adjustments in this matter as may seem wise after consultation with Mr. Plym and the Plym scholarship committee.

This recommendation was approved.