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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 15

fare for the operation of the research and educational hospitals by the approval of a resolution, adopted by the joint committee of the University and the Department on the management of the hospitals interpreting this agreement in such a way that the Department could qualify to receive Federal aid for the Surgical Institute for Crippled Children. This resolution has since been amended, at the request of Federal authorities, by the addition of the words "transfer and discharge" in the following sentence: ". . . that the admittance, transfer, and discharge of patients to the Surgical Institute for Crippled Children shall be controlled by the Department of Public Welfare." O n m o t i o n of M r s . P l u m b , t h i s c h a n g e w a s a p p r o v e d . REQUEST OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR SPACE IN THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL BUILDING (33) A report on this request was submitted at the last meeting (Minutes, page 122) for the information of the Board, and the President of the University was asked to send copies of it to all members of the Board with the understanding that the matter was to be made a special order of business at the next meeting of the Board.

On motion of Mr. Barrett, this matter was made a special order of business for the January meeting of the Board, and President Karraker, Mr. Pogue (with Mr. Mayer as alternate), and Mrs. Plumb were appointed a special committee to discuss the matter with Governor Horner and Dr. Jirka and to report at the January meeting of the Board.

ILLINOIS BANKERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP A N D FELLOWSHIP (34) The Illinois Bankers Association offers the University a scholarship of the value of $500 for the academic year 1037-1038 to be awarded to a senior student in one of the high schools of the State for the best essay or thesis on a subject relating to banking or finance, the award to be made by a joint committee of members of the faculty of the University and members of the executive committee of the Association who will act as judges in this essay contest. The Association has also established a $500 graduate fellowship for the current academic year, which was awarded directly by it to Mr. Kenneth L. Trefftzs, a graduate student at the University. T h e Association now wishes to offer this fellowship to the University, and to turn over to it the balance of the stipend due Mr. Trefftzs, on condition that he be permitted to hold this fellowship for the remainder of the academic year, but to receive the monthly stipend from the University.

On motion of Mr. Mayer, this scholarship and this fellowship were accepted.

CHARLES SPENCER WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (35) The faculty of the College of Medicine presents to the Board of Trustees of the University the sum of $2,544.55, which has been raised by a special committee of that faculty for the endowment of a scholarship in the College of Medicine as a memorial to the late Dr. Charles Spencer Williamson, Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine for many years. The committee recommends that the fund remain open so that subsequent contributions when received may be added to it. The fund is to be invested by the University according to its discretion and the income used as a scholarship, the awards to be made by the Dean of the College and the Head of the Department of Medicine to a capable and needy student in the College of Medicine with no restriction as to whether he is a graduate or undergraduate. I recommend acceptance of this gift with the stipulation that whenever a graduate student is recommended for the scholarship the award shall be made through the Graduate School in accordance with the established procedure governing appointments to graduate scholarships and fellowships.