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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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RETIREMENT OF (2) A report that the following September I, 1938, on the retiring for these retiring allowances have ments concerned. Name and Present Position

MEMBERS O F T H E S T A F F members of the staff will retire effective allowance indicated in each case. Provisions been included in the budgets of the departDepartment

Retiring Allowance C. F . Hottes, Professor and Head of Department. . B o t a n y . . .\ » Consulting Plant Physiologist Agronomy/ ' ' E . C. Baldwin, Professor English 1 970 E. L. Bogart, Professor and Head of D e p a r t m e n t . . Economics 3 000 B. R. Hall, Associate Mechanical Engineering. . 1 020 1 S. W. Kilton, Laborer Animal Husbandry 820 E . H. Soughers, Laborer Dairy Husbandry 465 E . J. Lake, Professor and Head of D e p a r t m e n t . . . .Art 2 015 G. F . Schwartz, Professor 1 Music 1 842 E . S. Sperling, Laborer Physical Plant 544 Total .$14 383

This report was received for record.

M E M B E R S O F T H E S T A F F T O BE C O N T I N U E D IN S E R V I C E (3) T h e following members of the staff who have reached the retiring age have asked to be continued in service for one year from September I, 1938: F r a n k C. Baker, Curator of Museum of Natural History John H . Huffer, Toolroom Attendant, Pattern Laboratory

On motion of Mr. Karraker, these requests were granted.

D I R E C T O R S O F THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (4) A recommendation that the following be appointed members of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association to serve from April 27, 1938, until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, or until their successors have been appointed: F . A. Russell, U r b a n a ; F . E. Richart, U r b a n a ; W . E. C. Clifford, Champaign; J. P . Kratz, Monticello; W . S. Wilson, Champaign.

On motion of Mr. Karraker, these appointments were made as recommended.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR T. W . BALDWIN

(5) At its meeting on February 11, 1938, the Board authorized a sabbatical leave of absence for Professor T. W . Baldwin, of the Department of English, for the year 1938-1939 on one-half pay with the privilege of changing to leave during the second semester on full pay. T h e Dean and the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommend that he be given a special leave of absence during the entire academic year of 1938-1939 with full pay in order that he may spend a full year abroad completing two major scholarly projects on which he has been working, this leave to supersede the one previously granted. This is being presented to the Board as a special case on the initiative of the Dean and Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the President of the University and not on the application of the individual. Professor Baldwin is one of the distinguished scholars on the faculty and one of the six leading Shakespeare scholars of the world. H e has about exhausted the resources for his research available in this country and has reached the point where he cannot further proceed without a prolonged period of study in England. It is impossible for him to do this in one semester nor to finance a full year's sabbatical leave of absence on one-half pay. In view of these 'Retirement, effective September 1, 1938, authorized by the Board, January 20, 1938.