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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

(January 14

T h e revision does not change the total number of hours or the distribution of the required courses of the curriculum. Revision of the Major in the History o f Architecture and Art, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the addition of a new area of concentration to the major in the history of architecture and art for the Bachelor of Arts in History of Architecture and Art. Several other minor revisions were also made in the major. T h e new area of concentration, which is added to the seven existing areas of concentration, is photography/film/video. There is great interest in all of the light-generated media in the visual arts, with the School of Art and Design having a particularly strong program in that area. Consequently, there is a desire on the part of the School of Art and Design and Department of History of Architecture and Art to present a program of study, rather than an assortment of courses, in the history of those media. The History of Architecture and Art Department has recently hired new faculty and added new courses to meet the demand in the area. T h e new area of concentration would give slightly more structure to the existing courses and offerings in the light-generated media which the department now offers. The new area of concentration would require a student to take 16 quarter hours in photography, film, and video courses, 4 of which must be at the 300 level and 4 of which must be in twentieth-century art. Essentially, the new area formalizes existing offerings. The number of hours required in the architectual history requirement has been reduced from 8 to 4 quarter hours. Revision of the Minor in Native American Studies, Chicago Circle T h e Chicago Circle Senate has approved the reduction in the number of required hours from 32 to 24 for students minoring in Native American studies. Students minoring in this program are limited in the number of course offerings which they may choose each quarter primarily because the courses in the program are either controlled by other departments or taught by visiting lecturers. T h e student minoring in Native American studies will be required to take one course in each of the following areas: Native American history, philosophy and religion, and literature. Courses in contemporary issues and more standard offerings will serve as electives. This change will bring the program's minor more in line with the minors of other departments and programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, more than half of which require 19 to 24 quarter hours of credit for their minors.

This report was received for record.

Allocation of Receipts of Harry H. Ferguson Trust (6) Harry H. Ferguson 1 died in 1943, leaving a will that created a trust to provide income distributions to his wife and daughter during their respective lifetimes and the payment of certain annuities. At the death of the survivor of the income beneficiaries, the trust was to terminate, $30,000 was to be distributed to designated institutions, and the University was to receive "the entire balance or remainder of the corpus of said Trust Estate, including any accumulated income thereon." T h e will expresses no restrictions concerning the uses to which the bequest may be put. In April of this year, the survivor of the income beneficiaries died, and approximately $2,325,000 has been distributed to the University; it is currently being held as a quasi-endowment fund. As a part of the Campaign for Illinois, the University of Illinois Foundation has received a $5,000,000 challenge grant from Arnold O. Beckman and Mabel M. Beckman through the establishment of the Arnold O. Beckman Research Fund.

1 Mr. Ferguson was active in organizing and operating the Illinois Terminal Railroad and was a cattle breeder near Grafton, Illinois. He was not an alumnus of the University.