Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 596]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Summer Session

[May ii

All courses for which credit towards a degree is given in the Summer Session shall be maintained at the same grade and standards as other work in the University. The scope and character of the courses offered therein shall be outlined by the respective departments and the director of the Summer Session, and shall be approved in the same manner as other courses. The director shall be appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the President of the University. H e shall be the chief executive of the Summer Session, and shall have therein the same duties as the dean of a college. There shall be an Executive Committee, appointed by the President, which shall assist the director in the administration of his office, including the formulation of plans and the preparation of a budget. Appointments to the academic staff of the Summer Session shall be made by the President, on the joint nomination of the department and the director. Exchange Professors On the recommendation of the head or chairman of a department and with the approval of the dean, the President, and the Board of Trustees, a professor, associate professor, or assistant professor may be permitted to exchange for a period of one year or one semester his position with a professor of approximately equal rank in another university, provided the arrangement does not involve substantial increase in the cost of instruction. The professor with w h o m the exchange is made shall during his period of service in this University be subject to the rules governing appointments and conditions of service applicable to regular members of the faculty. Visiting Lecturers In accordance with the existing practice, scholars of eminence from other universities and men of affairs who have achieved distinction in their professions may be invited from time to time to give one or more public lectures at this University. The fund for this purpose shall be administered by a committee consisting of the Dean of the Graduate School, the Provost, and one member of the Senate to be appointed by the President. O n motion of M r . Barr, these Statutes were adopted, a n d all conflicting Statutes were repealed as r e c o m m e n d e d .

REPEAL OF STATUTE GOVERNING APPOINTMENTS

(13) Provision having been made by the University Senate concerning appointments in its recommendations for the adoption of the revised statutes, the Senate recommends that the following sections in the present statutes (adopted by the Board December 28, 1908) of the Board be repealed: A part of Section 16 (e) (as published in the booklet of "Extracts from the Laws of the Board of Trustees," 1926), beginning "It is the desire," and ending with the word "and" in the last line on page 7. All of Section 18 (a), (page 14 of the "Extracts"). O n motion of M r . Barr, these sections of the Statutes were repealed.

PURCHASE OF S O U N D FILM PROJECTOR

(14) A recommendation that an appropriation of ¥1408.50 be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the purchase of the following equipment: One Simplex Acme projector and amplifier $1 400 One R C A loud speaker 90 One collapsible steel table 75 Total $1 565 The Company allows a ten per cent reduction to the University, which will make the net cost $1,408.50. O n motion of M r . Barr, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Barrett, M r s . Grigsby, . E m Noble,nM rM rTrees, M r . Williams; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r Dr. m e r s o , . s . Hopkins.