Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938 [PAGE 487]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1937]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

485

2. Miss Severina E. Nelson, Instructor in English, leave of absence from September I to November 20, 1937, with part pay, to enable her to complete her work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, where she had been studying during the summer of 1937. T h e sum of $350 will be deducted from Miss Nelson's salary during the period of her absence, to be used by the Department for the employment of a substitute to teach her classes. 3. Miss Ruth Northcott, Junior Clerk in the Dispensary, College of Medicine, additional leave of absence without pay from August 24 to November 24, 1937. o n account of illness. 4. C. W . Veach, Research Assistant in Agricultural Engineering, sick leave with full pay from August 19 through September 16, 1937, and leave of absence without pay from September 17 until further notice. O n m o t i o n of M r s . P l u m b , t h e s e l e a v e s w e r e g r a n t e d a s r e c o m mended. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR JUDGE SVEINBJORN J O H N S O N DEFERRED (6) Judge Sveinbjorn Johnson, University Counsel, who has been granted sabbatical leave of absence with full pay for the second semester of 1937-1938 (Minutes, page 173), requests that this leave be deferred to such future time as may be mutually acceptable to the University and himself. Several months ago, at the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, he agreed to serve as counsel in certain litigation which was instituted to determine whether or not the salaries of members of the staffs of such institutions paid wholly or in part from Federal funds are taxable by the Federal Government. Since it is possible that his services may be needed at the time when he had originally planned to be abroad, he feels that he should forego his leave of absence until some future time. I recommend that this leave of absence be deferred as requested. O n m o t i o n of M r . M o s c h e l , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s c o n c u r r e d i n . T h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o a r r a n g e for J u d g e J o h n s o n ' s c o n t i n u a n c e a s D i r e c t o r for I l l i n o i s of t h e N a t i o n a l E m e r g e n c y Council until D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 1937. LETTER FROM DEAN M. T. McCLURE (7) A letter from Dean M. T. McClure expressing his appreciation of the leave of absence granted him is submitted for the information of the Board.

This letter was received for record, and the President was requested to express the thanks of the Board to Professor A. B. Coble for his services during Dean McClure's absence.

APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDING STUDIES (8) During the past two years the Physical Plant Department has been engaged in building studies including the remodeling of the old Union Building, repairing the Auditorium, the Library addition, the Chemistry addition, and a Biological Building, for which an appropriation of $5,000 was made by the Board subject to release by the President of the University. T h e required work has run over the amount of the appropriation by $100.88. I recommend that an assignment of this amount be made from the General Reserve Fund for this additional expense.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Geary, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mr. Wieland.

APPROPRIATION FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL (9) A recommendation that an assignment of $325 be made from the General Reserve Fund of the Graduate School for the purchase of office furniture. Provision for this was not made in the budget.