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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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9. Mrs. Bessie Wilson, Coles County Home Adviser, leave of absence for two weeks, with pay, in addition to her month's vacation allowance, in order that she may attend the summer school a t Iowa State College. 10. Miss Constance Kyle, Psychiatric Social Worker in the College of Medicine, from September I to 16, 1937, without pay, in addition to her regular vacation allowance with pay.

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

SCHOLARSHIP I N GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR LOWELL NEWMYER (15) The National Council of Sigma T a u (national engineering honorary society) has awarded a fellowship to Lowell Newmyer, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, for graduate work in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois. A number of such awards are made each year by scientific and professional societies, and it is customary for the institutions selected by the fellows to grant them exemption from the payment of fees. Accordingly, I recommend t h a t Mr. Newmyer be granted exemption from the tuition and other fees on the same basis as scholars and fellows in the Graduate School. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , M r . N e w m y e r w a s g r a n t e d a s c h o l a r s h i p in t h e G r a d u a t e S c h o o l for 1 9 3 7 - 1 9 3 8 . KATE NEAL K1NLEY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP (16) A report t h a t Mr. Robert Bush Little, Champaign, Illinois, has been awarded the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship for 1937-1938, and t h a t Mr. Norman Stuart Voelcker, Louisville, Kentucky, has been appointed alternate.

This report was received for record.

VACATIONS FOR HOSPITAL RESIDENTS AND INTERNES (17) The Joint Committee of the University and the Department of Public Welfare on the Management of the Research and Educational Hospitals recommends t h a t residents in the hospitals shall be entitled to two weeks' vacation each year as junior residents and three weeks as senior residents, and that this provision be included in their contracts.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this recommendation was approved.

EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL BUILDING (18) At a meeting of the Chicago Departments Committee held on June 15 a t 3:00 p.m., attended by Mrs. Marie C. Plumb, Mr. J. M. Cleary, and representatives of the Kewaunee Manufacturing Company and the General Fireproofing Company, together with the sub-contractors on the equipment for the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building, the following action was taken, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the Board: In order to centralize complete responsibility for the fixed laboratory equipment in the low bidders, it was voted to include the mechanical service in their contracts with the understanding t h a t the present mechanical contractors on the building would be continued for this work. With the approval of Mr. Karraker, the above was submitted to the Executive Committee. Mr. Oscar G. Mayer and Dr. Karl Meyer were consulted by phone and approved the action of the Chicago Departments Committee.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, the actions of the Committee on the Chicago Departments and of the Executive Committee were confirmed.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL A N D DENTAL BUILDING (19) In rechecking the equipment needed for the new Medical and Dental Building, an adjustment is found necessary with respect to the number of the special dentai cabinet units and dental chairs. T o provide the minimum number of these items necessary to take care of next year's enrollment, it is essential to have (1) 82 special cabinet units instead of 80 as authorized, and (2) 38 dental chairs instead of 36 as