Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938 [PAGE 575]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1937]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

573

LEAVE O F ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR OLIVE C. HAZLETT (1) Dr. Olive C. Hazlett, Associate Professor of Mathematics, was granted leave of absence on account of illness with full pay from December I, 1936, to September I, 1937. On her own request she was granted additional leave of absence, without pay, for the University year 1937-1938. Doctor Hazlett now requests that her status be changed and that she be given leave of absence on one-half salary. This could not be done within the present budget of the Department of Mathematics. H e r salary is $3,500 and the Department has appointed a substitute to do her work at a salary of $2,000 a year, so that there is a balance of $1,500 available if the Board desires to grant Doctor Hazlett leave of absence on part pay. The H e a d of the Department and the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommend that instead of leave of absence without pay, her status be changed to leave of absence on part pay, effective December I, 1937, and continuing until September 1, 1938, at a salary of $125 a month.

On motion of Mr. Mayer, the status of Dr. Hazlett was changed as recommended.

CHANGE OF STATUS O F PROFESSOR CHARLES ZELENY (2) Professor Charles Zeleny has asked to be relieved of his duties as Head of the Department of Zoology, and the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends a change in his status from Professor and H e a d of the Department to Professor of Zoology beginning November 1, 1937, at an annual salary of $5,560.

On motion of Mr. Mayer, Professor Zeleny was relieved of his duties as Head of the Department of Zoology, as recommended, and continued as Professor of Zoology, on indefinite tenure, at a salary of $5,560 a year, subject to the deduction of $25 a month as at present.

RETIREMENT O F BEN S C H O L F I E L D (3) A recommendation from the Director of the Physical Plant Department that Ben Scholfield, an employee in the Power Plant, be given sick leave of absence with full pay from November 10, 1937, to January 23, 1938, on which date he will have been in service for 15 years, and that he be retired at that time with an allowance of $474 a year. Mr. Scholfield is 71 years old and is suffering from an ailment which makes it impossible for him to continue in service. H e will be due for automatic retirement, under the University Statutes, effective September 1, 1938.

On motion of Mrs. Freeman, this recommendation was adopted.

ADJUSTMENTS IN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BUDGET (4) A report that the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made the following assignments from its reserve fund: r. Repairs of Ice Skating Rink $30 000 2. University Bands 550 3. Purchase of medals for fall handicap track meet 60 4. Illuminated scroll awarded to Coach Robert C. Zuppke 125 5. Moving pictures of football games 600 Total $31 335

On motion of Mr. Moschel, these adjustments were approved.

RELEASE OF APPROPRIATION FOR SKATING RINK REPAIRS (5) T h e Director of Athletics reports that it will not be necessary for the Athletic Association to take advantage of the offer of the Board of Trustees of advancing as a loan from University funds one-half of the estimated cost of the Skating Rink repairs. T h e actual income of the Athletic Association for the present fiscal year exceeds budget estimates by a considerable margin. I therefore recommend that the Board reconsider its action of October 15, 1937 (Minutes, page 540), appropriating $15,000 for this purpose and that this amount be restored to the General Reserve Fund.