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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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versity of Illinois; (2) those who have received an academic degree in engineering from other institutions of equal standing and who have been members of the teaching or research staff of the College of Engineering or Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois for at least three years prior to the conferring of the professional degree. A candidate declares his candidacy byfilingwith the Dean of the College of Engineering, as chairman of the Graduate School committee in charge, a detailed statement covering his professional engineering experience. This statement must be made upon a standard form supplied by the Dean of the College of Engineering and must be filed not later than the first Monday in November preceding the commencement at which the candidate expects to receive the degree. N o statement of experience will be considered by the committee which does not show that the candidate has had a minimum of four years of acceptable engineering experience after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science, and that for at least three years he has been in responsible charge of engineering worlc. Responsible charge in engineering teaching may be considered as responsible charge of woflc. In determining the acceptability of the engineering experience of the candidate the committee will be guided by the character of his professional work and the degree of responsibility involved, and will take into consideration such evidences of professional ability and growth as may be shown by his investigation of engineering problems, his contributions to technical literature, and his membership and activity in engineering societies. If the professional experience of the candidate is accepted he must submit for approval, prior to December 31, an outline of his proposed thesis. The completed thesis, in the form prescribed in the "instructions for the preparation of masters' and doctors' theses," must be deposited with the Chairman of the Committee (Dean of the College of Engineering) not later than M a y 1. The candidate must present himself at commencement in order to receive the degree. A candidate for a professional engineering degree must pay the incidental fee of fifty dollars on being notified that his professional study and experience are accepted as qualifying htm to enter as a candidate for the degree. N o one will be enrolled as a candidate for the degree at the following commencement who does not pay this fee at this time. When a candidate for a professional engineering degree has once been accepted and paid his fee, he is eligible to receive the degree at any time within five years, without additional fee, on completion of the requirements; provided, however, that unless he completes the requirements within two years his name will be dropped from the list of candidates and in order to receive the degree within the five-year period he must register once more. O n motion of D r . Noble, these regulations were adopted as printed above. ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN CERAMIC ENGINEERING (16) The Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society requests that the present Advisory Committee for the Department of Ceramic Engineering be increased to seven members. After consulting Dean Ketchum and Professor Parmelee, I recommend that this request be approved, and that the Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association, representing the heavy clay products industries, be requested to nominate one representative, and the Chicago branch of the American Ceramic Society six representatives on the Advisory Committee. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this recommendation w a s adopted. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION IN

THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

(17) The University Senate has approved a recommendation from the Faculty of the School of Pharmacy that a total of fifty clock hours of work in the dispensary of the Illinois Research and Educational Hospital be required of students of the