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board OF trustees

[December 4

President Armstrong stated that this was a special meeting called primarily for the purpose of taking action on the resignation of the Treasurer, and presented the resignation of M r . A. M . Burke from the office of Treasurer of the University. After discussion, action on this resignation was deferred. At this point, M r . Fisher withdrew for a time; he returned later in the day. MINUTES PRESENTED The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of November 15, 1929. Action on the minutes was deferred. EXECUTIVE C O M M I T T E E ACTION The Executive Committee reported its action appropriating ?6oo, or so much thereof as m a y be necessary, for the inspection of rooming houses as authorized by the Board on March 12, 1929 (page 151). This report was received for record. IN M E M O R Y O F MRS. CARRIE A L E X A N D E R - B A H R E N B U R G O n motion of Mrs. Busey, the following resolution was adopted. W H E R E A S the late Mrs. Carrie Thomas Alexander-Bahrenburg was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois from 1901 to 1913, and W H E R E A S in her death on November 25, 1929, the Board of Trustees lost an honored, beloved former colleague, and the University a loyal friend, T H E R E F O R E B E I T R E S O L V E D that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby desires to express to the members of her family its heartfelt sympathy with them in their loss and that this testimony of its appreciation and sorrow be spread upon the Minutes and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the members of her family. M A T T E R S P R E S E N T E D B Y PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. A P P O I N T M E N T O F PROFESSOR JULIO JIMJNEZ R U E D A (1) A recommendation from Professor Carnahan, concurred i by Dean Babcock, n that Professor Julio Jimfnez Rueda of the faculty of the University of Mexico be appointed Visiting Professor of Spanish for the second semester, or from February 1 to June 30, 1930, at a salary of ?3,ooo and his traveling expenses from the City of Mexico to Champaign-Urbana and return. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . Trees, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS FOR 1 930-3 1

(a) A request for authority to appoint a professor of Physics in place of Professor Libman, resigned, at a salary not to exceed ?6,ooo, beginning September i, next. O n m o t i o n of M r s . E v a n s , this authority w a s granted.

RESIGNATION OF DR. ETHEL E. LITTUE

(3) A request from Dr. Ethel E. Little, Associate in Hygiene and Medical Adviser for W o m e n , concurred in by Doctor Beard and Director Huff, that she be released from her contract not later than February 1, 1930, and earlier i a successor can be secured f before that date, in order that she m a y accept another position. I have authorized her release. This report w a s received for record.