Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938
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146 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 29 MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT W1LLARD The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. COURSES I N PUBLIC HEALTH (1) At the meeting of the Board on December 15, 1936, a report was made of two requests for new work in the College of Medicine, viz.: 1. A proposal from the students in the College of Medicine that certain new courses in Public Health be established to be open to students who are interested. 2. A proposal from the Illinois Conference of Public Health Officers and Nurses that post-graduate courses in Public Health be offered. Information secured from Federal and State authorities concerning the requirements for various public health positions indicates that any expansion of the undergraduate curriculum in the College of Medicine to include sufficient work in Public Health to qualify graduates for positions as public health officers could not be accomplished within the limitations of either the present budget or that proposed for the next biennium. The University now offers an optional course in Public Health, limited to twenty students. It is possible that this option can be made available to a larger number. The second proposal would require the University practically to create a School of Public Health, with a budget of considerable magnitude. Another consideration is that present training centers for public health workers will soon meet the demand for such personnel. A well-defined program of training has not yet been established and the Surgeon General of the United States is having a meeting in Washington in April to discuss this matter. In view of these considerations it would be advisable to defer further consideration of the proposal to give post-graduate work in Public Health. On motion of Dr. Meyer, action on this matter was deferred. APPOINTMENTS TO THE STAFF (2) A report of the following appointments of professorial rank: 1. Professor Thomas N. Carver, of Harvard University, as Visiting Professor of Economics, for the second semester of 1936-1937 (6 months from February 1, 1937), at an annual salary rate of $5,000. 2. Dr. Frank H. Beach, Assistant Professor of Business Organization and Operation, for the second semester of 1936-1937 (6 months from February I, 1937), at an annual salary rate of $2,400. This report was received for record. STUDY OF COAL PREPARATION PLANT (3) A request from the Physical Plant Department for authority to employ Assistant Professor D. R. Mitchell, of the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, on studies to be made of the advisability of constructing a coal preparation plant preliminary to the studies of a new power plant, during the months of July and August, 1937, at a salary of $300 a month in addition to the compensation he will have received for his teaching services during the year 1936-1937. The terms of Professor Mitchell's regular appointment cover the two semesters of the regular academic year beginning in September and ending in June. Consequently, his work as a member of the teaching faculty will have been completed by July 1, I937. O n motion of M r . Mayer, the employment of Professor Mitchell was authorized as requested. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR LOUISE FREER (4) Professor Louise Freer, Head of the Department of Physical Education for Women, has been on sabbatical leave of absence with full pay during the first half of the year 1936-1937. She has requested that the terms of her leave be changed to a full year on one-half pay so that she may continue her studies at Columbia University for a full year, which she believes will be very helpful to her professionally. The amount of salary involved will be the same in either
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