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board of trustees

[December 9

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT CHASE The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM (1) A report that I have authorized the addition of two hundred dollars to the expense and equipment budget of the School of Journalism for wages of temporary employees, in accordance with the authority given the President to make such adjustments in the budget. O n motion of M r . Fisher, this action w a s confirmed a n d approved. APPROPRIATION FOR STUDY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (2) President Hoover's National Commission on L a w Observance and Enforcement has asked the University of Illinois to conduct an investigation of the cost of litigation in the administration of criminal justice in about ten cities of this State. The Commission is limiting its investigation to cities with a population in excess of twenty-five thousand inhabitants. Since the Commission has no fund available for this purpose it is asking the cooperation of the universities and certain civic and other organizations to assist in this study. It is estimated that the cost of conducting such an investigation in Illinois would be about one thousand dollars. Since this request comes from an agency of the Federal Government, it seems to m e that the University may properly cooperate with it. The work would be done under the direction of the College of L a w and the Department of Political Science. I request that this study be authorized and that the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as m a y be necessary, be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent fund for the expenses of this investigation. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , this study w a s authorized a n d the appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . A r m s t r o n g , M r . Barr, M r s . Blake, M r s . E v a n s , M r . Fisher, M r s . Grigsby, D r . Noble, M r . S i m p s o n , M r . Trees; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Emmerson. GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS (3) A recommendation that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be provided in the budget for 1931-32 for graduate scholarships and fellowships. O n motion of Dr. Noble, the President of the University w a s authorized to include this item in the budget for 1931-32. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR DEAN T. A. CLARK (4) A recommendation that Dean T. A. Clark be given leave of absence with pay on account of illness beginning December 1, 1930, and continuing for such length of time within the present academic year until he is able to resume his duties. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this leave w a s granted. RETIREMENT OF MISS DAISY BLAISDELL (5) A request from Miss Daisy Blaisdell, Assistant Professor of German, who will reach the age of sixty-five during the present academic year, that she be permitted to retire on September I, 1931, under the rules of the Board of Trustees which provide that in special cases and for substantial cause retirement m a y be permitted at any time after a member becomes sixty-five years of age. I recommend that Miss Blaisdell be retired September 1, 1931, with a retiring allowance of $1,330 a year, to which her length of service entitles her under the rules of the Board. O n motion of M r . Trees, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s adopted.

CURRICULUM IN THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

(6) A recommendation from the University Senate that, effective in September, 1932, the present three year curriculum in the School of Pharmacy be replaced by a four