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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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1919] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 339 emy of Sciences. The executive committee appointed at the meeting was empowered to select the delegates for the Brussels meeting in July. Among the men whom they chose as worthy of participating in that conference was Professor Joel Stebbins. Dr. Stebbins raises the question whether the University of Illinois will appoint him to attend this meeting as its representative, as well as a member of the American Astronomical Union, paying his expenses. The request is without precedent in this University. The purpose of the meeting of these scientists is of great international scientific importance. The appointment of Dr. Stebbins is a recognition of the reputation of the University in scientific lines, and his presence would undoubtedly give us great prestige. There are also some matters of University importance to which he could attend on this trip. Therefore I recommend that authority be given the President of the University to appoint Dr. Stebbins to attend this meeting and to do such other University business as may be assigned him, and that his necessary expenses on the trip be paid by the University to an amount not exceeding $800. I further recommend that the sum of $800 be transferred from the unassigned balance of the Graduate School Fellowship appropriation for the present fiscal year to meet the expense of Professor Stebbins on this trip. On motion of Mr. Hoit, these recommendations were approved, by the following vote: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Trimble; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Lowden, Mr. Ward. SPECIAL. GRADUATE SCHOOL, SCHOLARSHIPS (26) A request for authority to assign special scholarships in the Graduate School to two French students, Miss Annette Baron and Miss Jeane Seigneur, with a stipendium of $500 a year for each, to be paid from the funds of the Graduate School for scholarships and fellowships. I recommend also that the President of the University be authorized, in view of the exceptional amount of these stipendia, to assign to the holders certain instructional duties in small classes in conversational French. On motion of Mrs. Evans, this request was granted. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY Mr. Trimble presented a recommendation from the special committee on publicity (page 241) that a policy of greater publicity be inaugurated as soon as possible and that a committee of the Board be appointed to that end. On motion of Mr. Trimble, the President of the University was requested to submit recommendations concerning this matter at the next meeting of the Board.
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