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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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APPROPRIATION FOR RESEARCH ON COAL UTILIZATION (3) At the meeting of the Board on October 25 a special committee was appointed to formulate a statement of policy relating to the purchase of coal by the University. The chairman of this committee has requested that research be conducted on sampling methods of coal deliveries and boiler tests on coal of varying sizes and quality. The Director of the Physical Plant Department has submitted a proposal prepared by the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering for a research project on coal utilization at the University Power Plant. The cost of this project will not exceed $1200, and the Director of the Physical Plant Department requests an appropriation of that amount from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose.

On motion of Mr. Barrett, this recommendation was approved, and the appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Barr, Mr. Horner, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR DOCTORS H. DOUGLAS SINGER, CHARLES PH1FER, AND WILLIAM F. PETERSEN (4) A recommendation that the following members of the faculty of the College of Medicine be given sick leave of absence with full pay for the periods indicated in each case: Dr. H. Douglas Singer, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Head of the Department; also Director of Psychiatric Institute—September 14 to November

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Dr. Charles Phifer, Professor of Surgery—October 25 to November 9, 1935. Dr. William F. Petersen, Professor of Pathology—October 1 to November 20, 1935. The work of all these gentlemen has been taken care of by their colleagues so that no expense to the University was involved.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this recommendation was approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR JOHN C. REED

(5) A report that John C. Reed, Associate in Mechanical Engineering, has been given sick leave of absence with pay from October 5 to November 9, 1935. His work during his illness was carried on by other members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering without any additional expense to the University.

On motion of Mr. Barrett, this leave was approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR E. B. LYTLE (6) A recommendation that Professor E. B. Lytle, of the Department of Mathematics, be given sick leave of absence with pay from February 1, 1935, until September I, 1936. He has been incapacitated since the beginning of the second semester last year and is at present in a sanitarium. His physician is of the opinion that he will not be able to assume his work during the next six months. Since February 1, 1935, Professor Lytle's colleagues in the Department of Mathematics have carried his work and are continuing to do so during the present semester without additional expense to the University. His absence during the second semester of the current year will involve certain adjustments of teaching loads which will require the employment of additional assistance at a cost of approximately $225 for the semester. This will be the only expense to the University as a result of Professor Lytle's absence, since the rest of his teaching has been distributed among the other members of the Department who have been willing to carry his work, as is the custom in such cases. Professor Lytle has been on the staff of the University since 1907. During this period, with the exception of two years spent in graduate work at Yale University, he has been an active and faithful member of the Department of Mathematics. In view of the length of his service I recommend that he be