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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 16

sentatives of the Department of Chemistry, the Registrar, and the Bureau of Institutional Research. Since it will not be possible to have a meeting of the University Senate until after the opening of the University in September, which will be too late to adopt such measures for the first semester, the report of the Committee is being presented directly to the Board. T h e Committee recommends that any action taken a t this time be considered an emergency measure, applicable only during the first semester of 1937-1938, and t h a t the Department be asked to study the situation and submit recommendations in time for adequate consideration of a permanent policy before the beginning of the second semester. This will doubtless involve consultation with other departments which will be affected. The Committee recommends that, with the exception of the students in the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture, the registration of sophomores in Chemistry courses, other than the elementary courses open to freshmen, be restricted to students having a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher, and the registration of juniors in Chemistry courses, other than the elementary courses open to freshmen, be restricted to students having a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher, with the provision that the Department be authorized to admit students in each group with lower averages in case these restrictions reduce the registrations below the number t h a t can be accommodated in the laboratories. The Committee further recommends t h a t the Registrar be authorized to approve deferred registration for such students without assessment of the late registration fee. The Committee recommends that these restrictions do not apply to seniors because it will be difficult, if not impossible, for such students to readjust their programs to meet the requirements for graduation in other curricula or with other majors. These restrictions will not apply to freshman students (since it is impossible to determine their scholastic average until they have been in the University for a t least one semester), and will apply only to the first semester of 1937-1938 pending further study. 1 concur in the recommendations of the Committee.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, this recommendation was adopted.

REGISTRATION IN COURSES IN JOURNALISM (3) The Committee on Educational Policy recommends t h a t the Director of the School of Journalism be authorized to regulate the enrollment of students in the courses in Journalism by closing sections in laboratory courses when the registrations have reached the number that can be satisfactorily accommodated with the facilities and staff available, and to discourage the registration of students with scholastic averages of less than 3.0 (or C) from entering the School of Journalism. While this does not involve a change in the requirements for admission to the School of Journalism, authorization of this procedure is requested to enable the School to deal with the problem of increased enrollment should the enrollment tend to exceed the number of students that can be taught satisfactorily within the available budget.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this administrative procedure was authorized.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO STUDENT UNION BUILDING (4) At its Sixty-sixth Annual Reunion, held on Saturday, June 12, 1937, the Alumni Association of the University of Illinois adopted two resolutions relating to the proposed student union building, copies of which were transmitted to each member of the Board of Trustees. Copies of these resolutions are hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, these resolutions were received for record but no action was taken.

REAPPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED BALANCE (5) A recommendation that the unexpended balance of $3,800 remaining in the appropriation for Power Plant improvements at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1937, be reappropriated to the Physical Plant Department for improvements in the electrical distribution system.

On motion of Mr. Moschel, this reappropriation was authorized,