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UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS

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for the purpose of enabling him or her to pursue advanced study in his or her line of work at home or abroad if the income is sufficient for the latter purpose and the student so prefers: Provided, that I reserve theright,on giving the Board of Trustees notice of m y desire to that effect not later than March first of any year, to require that the income for the succeeding academic year, beginning Septemberfirst,shall be paid to myself. "9. Said Fellowship shall be awarded annually, except as herein otherwise provided, on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Dean or Director of said College, the Head of the department or school of Art and the Head of the department or school of Music. Said Committee shall consider for this Fellowship only such applicants as show unusual promise in Music or in otherfinearts while satisfying the other requirements, and shall not award said Fellowship alternately to said departments merely for the sake of recognizing both departments. The best applicant must be selected even though for a series of years the best applicant happens to appear in the same department. The recommendation of said Committee must be approved by the Dean of the Graduate School but in no case shall faculty approval of the recommendation of the Committee be required. The applicant must be certified by the Committee to be of good moral character and unless in a very exceptional case not over twenty-four years of age. Members of the staff below the rank of assistant professor may be applicants. If in any year in the judgment of a majority of the Committee no sufficiently worthy candidate appears, the Fellowship shall not be awarded in that year. This Fellowship shall be open to candidates of both sexes, irrespective of race, color, or religion; but no one shall be appointed who aggressively antagonizes religion. "10. If in any year no candidate shall be appointed, the income for that year shall be added to the principal until from these additions or other sources, the principal shall aggregate Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00). Thereafter, if in any year no candidate shall be appointed the income for that year shall be set aside to accumulate interest, and said year's income with its interest shall be added to the next year's income and made available for study abroad by the applicant then approved. If no applicant is approved for that year, the income of the two years may be used to provide lectures on music or thefinearts, as herein limited, or on both; or to purchase objects of art for the picture gallery or hall of casts. If such use is made of the income, the programs must show that the lectures or concerts are given on the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship Fund, and objects of art purchased must be similarly marked. The choice of these purposes of expenditure of said income shall rest with the Committee charged with making the Fellowship Awards. But the income shall be available for these last mentioned purposes only if and when no worthy candidate for the Fellowship has been found and appointed for two successive years. If such use of the income of the two years is not made within six months after it has accrued it shall be added to the principal. "11. The provisions for appointment of holders of this Fellowship, as set forth in paragraphs 9 and 10, are adapted to existing conditions of organization, curriculum, and administration. If in the future these conditions change, the Board of Trustees shall be free to modify these provisions provided that the general purposes of this Endowment are carried out, namely, the promotion of study of thefinearts by aiding graduate study in the same or increasing the provisions therefor as indicated. "12. The following statement or its equivalent shall be printed in the annual Catalogue or Register of the University and in any other official publications of the University in which similar announcements are printed: The Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship was established in 1931 to promote advanced study in the Fine Arts, in memory of the wife of a former President of the University and in recognition of her influence in promoting these and similar interests." David Kinley Doctor Noble moved that on the recommendation of President Chase the endowthe motion, and in accordance with the terms ment be acceptedit was unanimously adopted. of the gift. Mrs. Grigsby seconded