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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 18

REVISED STATEMENT OF GENERAL POLICY UNIVERSITY RADIO STATION 1. T h e Radio Station of the University of Illinois is operated because the University has important material that it can offer to the people of the State not available through other channels. T h e function of the Radio Station is to distribute such material to the people of the State of Illinois in the interests of higher education and scientific research, to contribute to the better appreciation of the arts and a better understanding of the social, economic, and civic problems of the State and nation, to present the services of educational agencies, to foster and aid public education, to report developments in science, and to offer uncolored factual material on questions of general interest. 2. All material broadcast from the Station should be of such a character, so well prepared and so well presented, as to reflect credit upon the University as an institution of higher learning. 3. While features of an entertaining and informational nature of general interest may supplement the purely educational presentations, in no sense are offerings of the Station to be primarily for purposes of entertainment. 4. T h e Station shall not be used for partisan political purposes. 5. No statement shall be made over this Station for the purpose of fostering the use of commercial products or promoting commercial activities of any character, although acknowledgment of the source of material used may be made where necessary. 6. Material to be presented over the Station shall be subject to such examination and approval as the University may deem necessary. 7. Subjects of a controversial nature will be presented only after approval of speakers and program by the President of the University. Within a reasonable time after such controversial program, opportunity will be given for the presentation of other viewpoints, if requested by their proponents. 8. T h e University reserves the right to deny the use of the Station to any person or organization soliciting time when in the opinion of the University such an offering would not be of sufficient public and educational interest to justify its presentation. Submitted by:

T H E ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE UNIVERSITY RADIO STATION

On motion of Mr. Cleary, section 7 was amended to read as above, and the statement of policy, as amended, was approved.

RESOLUTION OF " I " M E N ' S ASSOCIATION (12) T h e University of Illinois Letter Men's Association (alumni who have won the " I " in various sports) at its annual dinner on November 11 adopted a resolution, requesting that consideration be given to various proposals with a view to strengthening intercollegiate athletics at the University of Illinois. Copies of this resolution have been sent to the members of the Board, and a copy is hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record. I submit the following comments on each point: 1. T h e Directors of the Athletic Association and of the Alumni Association are requested to work out a specific plan for alumni activity in securing athletic material for the University of Illinois consistent with the rules of the Western Intercollegiate Conference. So long as this condition is strictly observed there is no reason why the alumni should not engage in this sort of activity, individually or collectively. T h e danger is overdoing it. T h e r e have been examples at other institutions of the evils inherent in such practices. T h e University cannot, with propriety, officially promote this sort of a program, but I assume this section of the resolution was directed chiefly to the alumni. 2. T h e status of the present professional curriculum in physical education (formerly known as athletic coaching), and the coordination of the programs