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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 1 (4) A meeting of the University Council was held on February 4 to begin consideration of the biennial budget for 1939-1941, and to discuss general policies and the considerations which should enter into the detailed studies of the budgetary needs. The Council considered the importance of more adequate provisions for capital items in view of the long period of time in which there has been no new building construction in the departments a t Urbana, especially due to the closing of University Hall. It was the judgment of the Council that the studies of the budget should begin with a survey of the educational and scientific needs of the University with respect to both the operating budget and building items, t h a t two committees should be appointed, one to study the operating budget, the other the building program, which should work separately at first but later together with the view to making a joint report. The present Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Institutional Research has been designated to make studies of the operating budget, and the Building Committee will be appointed later. .

This report was received for record. The Board was of the opinion that the budget should contain a contingent fund, controlled by the Board, sufficient to meet emergencies encountered in operating the University.

JOURNALISM BUILDING (5) The President of the Illinois Press Association has inquired what provision would be made by the University in its next biennial budget for a Journalism Building. He has been informed t h a t the recent closing of University Hall is likely to change the entire character of the University building program, but t h a t his inquiry will be brought to the attention of the Board of Trustees.

This report was received for record.

SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE DURING 1 9 3 8 - 1 9 3 9 (6) A recommendation that the following members of the faculty be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1938-1939 in accordance with the provisions of the University Statutes, and on the terms and for the period indicated in each case: A. Leave of Absence for One Semester with Full Pay J. G. Randall, Professor of History, first semester A. F . Deam, Professor of Architecture, second semester John Van Home, Professor of Romance Languages, second semester F . W. Loomis, Professor of Physics, first semester G. W. Goble, Professor of Law, second semester W. C. Huntington, Professor of Civil Engineering, first semester E. T . Hiller, Professor of Sociology, second semester R. H. Miles, Associate Professor of Music, second semester B. Leave of Absence for One Year on One-half Pay T. W. Baldwin, Professor of English (with privilege of changing to leave during second semester on full pay) R. H. Baker, Professor of Astronomy J. A. Nicholson, Associate Professor of Philosophy Edna E. Walls, Assistant Professor of Home Economics 1 H . R. Wanless, Associate Professor of Geology Mary C. Whitlock, Assistant Professor of Home Economics Mary Louise Chase, Assistant State Leader and Associate in Home Economics Extension 2

'This involves only £278.50 of University funds; the balance of the salary will be paid from Federal funds. s Since Miss Chase is not of professorial rank, this case does not come under the University Statutes. but regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture provide for leaves of absence on one-half pay for people in the Home Economics and Agricultural Extension Services. Consequently her case is being included in this list. Her entire salary is paid from Federal funds.