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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 14

1. Mrs. Margaret Milliken, Assistant in the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology, and Public Health, December I, 1937, to July 1, 1938, without pay, for the purpose of study abroad. 2. Miss Dorothy Iwig, Associate in Home Economics, one month during the summer without pay, in addition to the month's vacation to which she is entitled, for the purpose of study at Columbia University. 3. Professor E. E. DeTurk, of the Department of Agronomy, sick leave with full pay from March 8 to April 3, 1937. Doctor DeTurk's illness was such that he was able to carry on his work at his home. 4. Professor H. H. Mitchell, of the Department of Animal Husbandry, two months from September 1, 1937, with pay, to enable him to attend a meeting and deliver a scientific paper before the Royal Academy of Italy in Rome. 5. Miss Edna May Goggin, one-half time Assistant in Romance Languages, sick leave with pay from March 30 and continuing through the remainder of the semester. Her work will be taken care of by other members of the Department during her absence without additional expense to the University. 6. Miss Josie B. Houchens, Binding Librarian, the month of August, 1937, without pay, in addition to the month's vacation to which she is entitled, for the purpose of teaching in the summer Library School of Columbia University. 7. Dr. Max Lyon Folk, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, sick leave from March 25 to June I, 1937, with pay. 8. George Jennings, Educational Program Producer on the staff of the Radio Station, six months' leave without pay beginning May I, 1937, for the purpose of working with the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System in various departments under a fellowship from the General Education Board.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, these leaves were granted as recommended.

APPOINTMENT TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AGRICULTURE

(18) A recommendation from the Dean of the College of Agriculture that Mr. W. W. McLaughlin, Decatur, Illinois, be appointed a member of the Agricultural Experiment Station Crops Advisory Committee vice Mr. William Webb, of Plainfield, who died recently.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this appointment was made as recommended.

PRE-MEDICAL C U R R I C U L U M

(19) The University Senate recommends adoption of the following three-year pre-medical curriculum effective September 1, 1937, and the regulations pertaining thereto. The proposed curriculum is in line with the new three-year requirement for admission to the College of Medicine already adopted by the Board of Trustees: THREE-YEAR PRE-MEDICAL CURRICULUM I A combined curriculum preparatory to medicine and leading to a Bachelor's degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the end of the first year in the College of Medicine is available to such students in this College as are able to take advantage of it. The combined curriculum, by permitting the use of one year of credit earned in the College of Medicine, saves a year's time for the student who spends three years in this College, and then enters the College of Medicine. This curriculum is available to students registered in this College under the following conditions: 1. Admission to the Pre-Medical curriculum shall be available to any entering freshman who is able to matriculate in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and whose scholarship rank is in the upper half of his high school graduating class. 2. Students transferring to this College with advanced standing must have maintained at least a 3.5 scholastic average in terms of our grading system, in order to be admitted to the Pre-Medical curriculum.