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section on "Residence" of these regulations be amended to read as follows, the proposed changes being underlined: "For the purposes of these regulations the residence of the parents, or of one parent if the other be deceased, or of the guardian of the person if both parents are deceased, will be deemed the residence of all students who have not attained their legal majority. Parental agreement that a son or a daughter reside with a named person as a guardian will not be accepted as conclusive by the University in the absence of satisfactory evidence of residence in fact with such alleged guardian. "A student who gives a false address, or who knowingly offers false or misleading information relative to his residence, for the purpose of obtaining a scholarship is liable to dismissal from the University, or other disciplinary action, and forfeits the scholarship thus obtained." O n m o t i o n of M r . K a r r a k e r , t h i s r e g u l a t i o n w a s a d o p t e d . STATUS OF GRANT FROM GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (12) It was reported to the Board on September 27, 1937 (Minutes, page 497), that the Geological Society of America was making a grant of $10,000 to Associate Professor F . P. Shepard, of the Department of Geology, now on sabbatical leave of absence, to aid in his oceanographic research work. This grant has been made and the funds are being paid directly to Professor Shepard, who is on the Pacific Coast, instead of through the University. T h e matter is being reported to the Board to clear the record and to relieve the Business Office of accountability for the funds. This report w a s received for record. G I F T S TO THE UNIVERSITY (13) A report of the following gifts received by the University since the last report was made to the Board on February n , 1938: 1. The Rockefeller Foundation in New York, $75,000 ($15,000 a year for a five-year period beginning September 1, 1938) in support of the research work of Professor W. C. Rose, of the Department of Chemistry, on amino acids. 2. The John and Mary Markle Foundation, a grant of $10,000 covering a period of three years to the College of Medicine in support of investigations of the effects of anoxia and hypoglycemia on the central nervous system. 3. T h e Carnegie Corporation of New York, $5,000, for the support of the research program of Professor Isaac Schour, of the College of Dentistry. A n initial grant of this amount was made last year for the same purpose. 4. Mrs. George E. Frazer, daughter of the late President Edmund Janes James, $2,000 to supplement the endowment of the Edmund James Lectures on Government which she established in June, 1935. 5. A contribution of $1,200 toward the investigation of "Pressures in Granular Materials" by the Engineering Experiment Station, from an anonymous donor. This is a continuation of a gift started by him in 1934. 6. Mr. Robert Allerton, of Monticello, $800 to provide stipends for the Allerton American Traveling Scholarships during 1938. This is a continuation of a scholarship established by Mr. Allerton several years ago. 7. Nutrition Research Laboratories, $708.35 for the continuation of research work on "Vitamin D." 8. American Pharmaceutical Association, an additional $600 for a special research assistantship. 9. Standard Brands, Incorporated, $600 for the continuation of research work on "Yeast Effect on the Digestive Tract." 10. T h e Flint-Eaton Company, of Decatur, $500 for the appointment of an assistant to do research work in Pharmacy and Pharmacology. This gift has come through the University of Illinois Foundation. 11. American Otological Society, $500 for additional research work on u Animal H e a r i n g " by the Department of Psychology. 12. Aluminum Company of America, $461.90 for additional research on the effects of "Alorco" synthetic cryolite on various insect pests of fruit trees and the like and on the health of trees and other plants.