Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936
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1936] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 657 On motion of Mrs. Freeman, this appointment was made as recommended. APPOINTMENT OF W. MAXFIELD PARRISH AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (28) A recommendation that Dr. W. Maxfield Parrish, of the University of Pittsburgh, be appointed Associate Professor of English in charge of the courses in Speech for one year beginning September I, 1936, at a salary of $3.5oo. On motion of Dr. Meyer, this appointment was made. APPOINTMENT OF DR. S. CHARLES KENDEIGH AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY (29) A recommendation that Dr. S. Charles Kendeigh, Instructor in Biology at Western Reserve University and Director of the Baldwin Bird Research Laboratory, be appointed Assistant Professor of Zoology for one year beginning September I, 1936, at a salary of $2,650. On motion of Mr. Mayer, this appointment was made. INVESTMENT OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION RESERVE F U N D Mr. Mayer, for the Finance Committee, presented a recommendation that the Athletic Association be permitted to invest any surplus funds not needed for current operation in United States Government bonds. On motion of Mr. Mayer, this recommendation was adopted. INVESTMENT OF STUDENT LOAN FUNDS Mr. Mayer, for the Finance Committee, presented a recommendation that approximately twenty thousand dollars of student loan funds, for which there is no call at present, be invested in United States Government bonds. On motion of Mr. Barr, this recommendation was adopted. INVESTMENT OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS Mr. Mayer, for the Finance Committee, presented a recommendation that fifteen thousand dollars of uninvested endowment funds be invested in the following securities: Inland Steel Company bonds of 1961 $5 000 Southwestern Gas and Electric bonds of i 9 6 0 . . . 5 000 Ohio Edison Company bonds 5 000 On motion of M r . Mayer, these investments were authorized. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GENERAL POLICY Mr. Barr presented the following report. A meeting of the Committee on General Policy was held at the Union League Club in Chicago at twelve-thirty o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 1936, to consider proposals for changes in the fees in the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry referred to it by the Board of Trustees and the President of the University. Those present at the meeting were Mr. George A. Barr, Chairman, Dr. Karl A. Meyer and Mr. Oscar G. Mayer, members of the Committee; President A. C. Willard, Dean D. J. Davis, and Dean F. B. Noyes. The Committee submits the following report to the Board of Trustees on the various items of business which were discussed and considered at the meeting: 1. College of Medicine Tuition Fee The Committee concurs in the recommendation of the Faculty Committee on Fees and Scholarships, presented to the Board on April 18, 1936, that the
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