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BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLYM FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

[May 17,

(8) The following revised regulations governing the Francis J. Plym Fellowship in Architecture are recommended by the Committee through Dean Ketchum for approval: 1. That the Fellowship be assigned annually, and that the stipend thereof be twelve hundred dollars to be provided from the income from funds provided by Mr. Plym. 2. That the Fellowship be assigned for the present to graduates of the Department of Architecture in the University of Illinois, provided suitable candidates can be found among such graduates who will accept such Fellowship. 3. That a committee consisting of five members, two of w h o m shall be ex-officio, shall be constituted, to be known as the Francis J. Plym Fellowship Committee. The ex-officio members shall be the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Illinois, and the President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; the remaining three members shall be appointed by the President of the University, each appointee to serve one year. The duties of the committee shall be to make rules and to administer the Fellowship and to nominate candidates for said Fellowship to the Board of Trustees. The following regulations governing the new Plym Foreign Scholarship in Architectural Engineering are recommended by the Committee (Alfred H. Granzer, Chicago; J. C. Llewellyn, Chicago; N . M a x Dunning, Chicago; W m . J. Smith, Chicago; L. H. Provine, Urbana) for approval by the Board. PLYM FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING 1. That the Scholarship be assigned annually, and that the stipend thereof be seven hundred dollars (#700.00), said amount to be provided from the income from funds provided by Mr. Plym. 2. That the Scholarship be assigned for the present to graduates of the Department of Architecture in the University of Illinois, provided suitable candidates can be found among such graduates who will accept such Scholarship. 3. That a committee consisting of three members, one of w h o m shall be ex-officio, shall be constituted, to be known as the Plym Scholarship Committee. The ex-officio member shall be the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Illinois; the remaining two members shall be a member of the Staff of Architecture and one practicing engineer who will be appointed by the President of the University, each appointee to serve one year. The duties of the Committee shall be to make rules and administer the Scholarship and to nominate a candidate for said Scholarship to the Board of Trustees. O n motion of M r s . Blake, these regulations w e r e adopted. APPOINTMENT OF JOHN DONALD TUTTLE AS PLYM FELLOW (9) The Plym Fellowship Committee r p r s through Dean Ketchum that i has eot t awarded first place to Mr. John Donald Tuttle, of the Class of 1923 (420 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California) in the competition for the Francis J. Plym Fellowship in Architecture, and nominates him as the eleventh Plym Fellow. I recommend the approval of this nomination. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s concurred in.

AGREEMENT WITH THE WEST SIDE HOSPITAL

(10) I submit an agreement similar in its provisions to agreements entered into with other hospitals, providing that the West Side Hospital will admit our students as internes, and that the University will furnish such internes by recommending students to go to this hospital. I recommend that it be approved, and that the Comptroller and the Secretary be authorized to execute it.