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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 9

A P P O I N T M E N T O F O . L. M c C A S K I L L A S P R O F E S S O R O F L A W (20) O n recommendation of Dean Harno of the College of Law, I recommend that O. L. McCaskill be appointed Professor of Law at a salary of $7500 beginning September I, 1926, under the regulations of the University. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this appointment was m a d e . APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR R O B E R T CHILDERS ASHBY (21) Dean Mumford recommends the appointment of Mr. Robert Childers Ashby, now District Supervisor, Packers and Stockyards Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Stockyards Station, Cincinnati, Ohio, to the position of Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in the College of Agriculture and Assistant Chief in Live Stock Marketing in the Agricultural Experiment Station at a yearly salary of $3600 to begin April l, 1926, and to continue to August 31, 1927. O n motion of M r s . Ickes, this appointment was m a d e .

RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR CHARLES HENRY WOOLBERT

(22) I have accepted the resignation of Professor Charles Henry Woolbert, Professor of Speech, to take effect August 31, 1926. This report w a s received for record. RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR ELLIOTT CHEATHAM (23) Professor Elliott Cheatham of the College of Law has submitted his resignation to take effect September 1, 1926. I recommend that it be accepted. This resignation was accepted. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MISS JOSIE B. HOUCHENS (24) Librarian Windsor recommends that Miss Josie B. Houchens, Binding Librarian in the University Library, be given leave of absence from June 25 to October 4, 1926, with pay. This includes her regular vacation of one month. Miss Houchens wishes to spend the time in travelling abroad. She has been with us eighteen years. I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this leave was granted.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR C. A. BERDAHL

(25) I ask authority to permit Professor Berdahl to leave the University June lo and extend his vacation to September 22 in order to take advantage of an invitation from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to join a group of professors of international law as the guests of the Endowment. O n motion of M r s . Ickes, this authority was granted. SALE OF OLD DAIRY BUILDINGS (26) The Supervising Architect reports that on February 13 he opened bids for the purchase of the dairy barns on the South Campus which are to be removed. The highest bidder on all of the buildings except the silos was Mr. R. D. Grafmyer of Champaign. The only bidder on the silos was Mr. C. T. Henson of Champaign. The successful bidders were notified that they might start removing the buildings as soon as they can and the removal is now in progress. N o bids were received on the brick building and so the Supervising Architect notified Mr. Grafmyer he might have what material he could salvage from it if he would remove that building. This report was received for record.