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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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LEAVES OF ABSENCE (31) A report that the following members of the staff have been given leaves of absence for the purpose and period indicated in each case: 1. Mr. B. B. Miller, laborer in the Dispensary of the College of Medicine, extension of leave of absence, without pay, from June 27 to September 1, 1938. 2. Mrs. Grace M. Latimer, Assistant in H o m e Economics, leave of absence, with pay, from June 12 to August 31, 1938, in addition to the regular leave and vacation allowance, on account of the injuries she suffered in an automobile accident while on official duty for the Agricultural Extension Service. T h e s e leaves w e r e a p p r o v e d . BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 1 (32) As previously reported to the Board, preliminary studies of the budget for 1939-1941 have been under way for several months. Since February two faculty committees have been making detailed studies, the Advisory Committee to the Bureau of Institutional Research working on the operating budget, and another committee studying the building needs and other physical plant needs. Reports of these committees are being submitted to the University Council for its consideration and recommendation to the Board early in the fall, probably at the September meeting. In the meantime, this report of progress is being made to advise the Board that the budgetary needs of the University are being studied in detail and in keeping with the practice of previous years. I am also presenting, informally, summaries of the reports of these two budget committees. Since these reports have not yet been considered by the University Council, they are subject to modification, but I am bringing them to the attention of the Board at this time to indicate the extent of the University's needs, both with respect to the operating budget and the building program, and the problem which will face the Board as well as the administrative officers in reaching decisions. T h i s report w a s received for record. HALL OF ITALIAN CULTURE (33) On July 13 a committee representing the Italian-American League of Illinois, whose headquarters are in Springfield, called on me to discuss a proposal from the organization to establish a Hall of Italian Culture at the University of Illinois. This is a preliminary report, and I have advised the organization that before the Board of Trustees can act on its proposal it will need to have a formal offer embodying the essential features of the project, including the purposes, the general character of the building, program of activities, estimated original cost of building and how it is to be operated, serviced, and maintained. I have appointed a committee of the faculty to represent the University in the preliminary considerations of this proposal and to advise the Italian-American League on the questions of policy involved. T h i s r e p o r t w a s received for record. BEQUEST OF ANNETTA AYERS SAUNDERS (34) T h e University has been advised by the attorney for the estate of Dr. Annetta Ayers Saunders, deceased, of Chicago, an alumna of the Class of 1884, that her last will and testament included the following bequests: "Second: I bequeath my medical books to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the use of the College of Medicine and I bequeath to the University of Illinois Art Gallery at Urbana, Illinois, the large oil painting in a shadowbox of St. Jerome by Jusepe Ribera, also the painting by myself of Pharaoh's Horses."