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E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E M E E T I N G , J U N E 14, 1927 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

of the University of Illinois, attended by Mr. Merle J. Trees and Mrs. Mary E. Busey, was held at Urbana at nine o'clock a. m. June 14, 1927. The Committee considered the following matter presented by the President of the University: APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR A. W . A R O N On recommendation o Dean Babcock, I recommend that Dr. Albert W. Aron, f at present Professor of German at Oberlin College, be appointed Professor of German on indefinite tenure, and Head of the Department, beginning September I, 1927, at an annual salary of #5,500. It w a s voted that this appointment be m a d e .

Merle J. Trees Mary E. Busey BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 21, 1927

A meeting of members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was called by Mr. James W . Armstrong, President pro tempore, for Tuesday, June 21, 1927, at 2 p. m., at the University, in Urbana, for the purpose of considering a resolution of the House of Representatives passed June 8, 1927, andfiledwith the Secretary of State June 16, concerning giving preference for admission to the University, and especially to the professional schools of the University, to students holding scholarships. The members of the Executive Committee of the Board were present as follows: Mr. James W . Armstrong, President pro tempore, Mrs. Mary E. Busey, and Mrs. Laura B. Evans, appointed by the Board on June 10 to act for Dr. W . L. Noble. Mrs. Anna W . Ickes, a member of the Board, was present; also Dr. David Kinley, President of the University. RESOLUTION ON SCHOLARSHIPS The Secretary presented a certified copy of House Resolution 70. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 70 W H E R E A S , Scholarship appointments to the professional schools of the University of Illinois, by the members of the General Assembly, are provided for by statute; and W H E R E A S , The authorities of the University of Illinois have recently adopted a rule whereby such appointees are placed upon the waiting list of the University, upon the same status as other applicants for admission to the University; and W H E R E A S , The adoption of this rule abrogates the intention of the legislature, as evidenced by the statute, and makes the legislative appointments ineffective; therefore, be R E S O L V E D , By the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly, that it protests to the authorities of the University of Illinois against the adoption of this rule, and in particular against the application of the rule at the beginning of the fall semester, because appointments have been made, and the appointees have their plans in reliance thereon; and, be it further R E S O L V E D , That the House of Representatives does hereby request the authorties of" the University of Illinois to abrogate the rule which places legislative