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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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the University, as representatives of the people in the administration of the University, have done m e the honor to call me. 6. In view of the fact stated above that the real cause of the difficulty about which complaint is made, is lack of sufficient buildings, equipment, and staff; and in view of the evident wish of the Members of the House of Representatives that all qualified applicants for admission to the College of Medicine should be received, I will advise the Board of Trustees to include in its bill submitted to the next General Assembly, arequestfor additional appropriations sufficient to provide the buildings, equipment, and staff necessary to accomplish this purpose and to offset the loss of income due to these scholarships, amounting this year to $33,510. Very respectfully yours, David Kinley President After discussion of this w h o l e matter, it w a s voted, o n m o t i o n of M r s . E v a n s , that H o u s e Resolution N o . 7 0 of the H o u s e of R e p r e sentatives b e spread o n the minutes of the B o a r d a n d that the following response thereto b e m a d e b y the Executive C o m m i t t e e for the B o a r d , M r s . Ickes concurring, a n d sent to the Speaker of the H o u s e of Representatives. W H E R E A S , the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois has received from the Secretary of State a certified copy of House Resolution No. 70, as above recorded in the Minutes of the Board, and W H E R E A S , in this Resolution the House of Representatives protests to the authorities of the University against the rule whereby appointees to General Assembly scholarships 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 House of Representatives by this Resolution requests that this rule be abrogated, and preference given for admission to the professional schools of the University to holders of General Assembly scholarships; T H E R E F O R E , B E IT R E S O L F E D by those members of the Board of Trustees whose signatures are hereunder attached that the University is debarred from complying with the request set forth in House Resolution No. 70 by the opinion of the Legal Counsel of the University and of the Attorney General of the State, both of w h o m have advised the University authorities that they have under the law no right to make such discrimination; and B E IT F U R T H E R R E S O L F E D that aside from the legal obstacle such preference as is requested would, in the opinion of the members, be discrimination against students not appointed to General Assembly scholarships but who as citizens have equal right to admission to the University, and B E IT F U R T H E R R E S O L F E D that in the opinion of the signatory members such discrimination would be a denial of the constitutional rights of citizens of the State; and B E IT F U R T H E R R E S O L F E D that for these reasons the signatory members1 do not see their way clear to comply with the request of the House of Representatives set forth in House Resolution No. 70. Signed: J. W . Armstrong Mary E. Busey Laura B. Evans June 21, 1927 Anna W. Ickes MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Executive Committee considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. *Mr. George A. Barr, member of the Board, signed the resolution on June », 1917, with the following note: "I concur in the above resolution and ask that my name be entered in the minutes of the Board as concurring."