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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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of Business Administration (M.B.A.), be authorized, to be conferred on candidates who have satisfactorily completed the required amount of seminar work and study, normally one year of residence, and passed a comprehensive examination in the various aspects of business administration. The requirements for admission to the program of study leading to the degree are: (1) a bachelor's degree from a recognized college of commerce, school of business, or the equivalent; and (2) a scholastic average in academic subjects substantially above the minimum requirements for the bachelor's degree. This proposal has been approved by the Executive Faculty of the Graduate School and endorsed by the Dean of the Graduate School.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this work and degree were authorized as recommended.

FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES IN MEDICINE A N D DENTISTRY

(22) The Faculty Committee on Fees and Scholarships recommends that the following fees proposed by the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry be authorized: The fee for physicians' training courses in the College of Medicine and for Operative Dentistry, No. 62, in the College of Dentistry shall be $75 a semester plus laboratory and clinic fees. Where registrations are accepted for one-half a course or less, the tuition fee will be $50 a semester. Laboratory and clinic fees will be determined for each individual registration jointly by the department concerned, the Registrar's Office, and the Business Office, on the basis of the cost of the materials involved. Fees will be assessed and collected at the time of registration.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, these fees were authorized as recommended.

PATENTABLE DISCOVERIES BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF

(23) The Faculty Committee on Patents submits the following report of its consideration of various patentable discoveries: 1. On June 9, 1937 (Minutes, page 282), the Board of Trustees authorized an agreement with the Associated Milk Dealers, Inc., of Chicago, providing for a study to be financed by that organization of present sanitary standards of milk bottle caps in general use in Chicago, with the view to developing specifications for an "ideal sanitary milk cap." This work has been carried on by the University through the Department of Pathology of the College of Medicine, and in cooperation with the Department of Dairy Husbandry of the College of Agriculture, under the direction of Professor Lloyd Arnold. In the course of his investigations, he has developed a type of bottle, which is superior to any now is use, and the Committee on Patents recommends that he be authorized to file an application for a patent, on condition that the same be assigned to the University. 2. Professor L. F. Audrieth, of the Department of Chemistry, and Mr. Michael Sveda, his assistant, have found during the course of their researches on alkyl and aryl sulfamic acids that certain derivatives of this series of compounds possess properties and characteristics which may be of practical value. They have found that salts of aryl and alkyl sulfamic acids can be prepared readily by the interaction of chlorosulfonic acid and the corresponding amines. Professor Audrieth and his assistant have found that other sulfamic acids possess a sweet taste. These may be possible substitutes for saccharine, but further work must be done on them to determine their physiological effects and whether they can be produced at a cost which would make them marketable. It is the judgment of Professor Roger Adams, Head of the Department of Chemistry, in which the Committee on Patents concurs, that this discovery, if patentable, which is doubtful, has virtually no possibility of commercial value, and that the University would not be justified in spending money in applying for a patent. The Committee therefore recommends that the discovery be released to Professor Audrieth and his assistant, Mr. Sveda.