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On motion of Mr. Cleary, this retirement was authorized as recommended.

RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR BURRUS DICKINSON (8) Assistant Professor Burrus Dickinson of the School of Journalism has submitted his resignation from the faculty to accept the presidency of Eureka College. Professor Dickinson was granted a leave of absence without pay by the Board on June 8, 1939, for one year from September, 1939, to enable him to serve as Acting President of Eureka College during that period. H e now wishes to accept the presidency permanently.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, this resignation was accepted.

THE BOARD O F DIRECTORS O F THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (9) Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Athletic Association I submit the following nominations for its Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, or until their successors shall have been appointed: Faculty CHARLES M. THOMPSON, Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and President of the Alumni Association. F. E. RICHART, Research Professor of Engineering Materials, faculty representative of the University in Western Intercollegiate Athletics Conference, and Chairman of the Committee on Athletics.

WENDELL S. W I L S O N , Director of Athletics.

GEORGE W . GOBLE, Professor of L a w (Professor Goble is a member of the Athletic Council and has served as a member and Chairman of the Committee on Student Affairs). Alumni MILTON M. OLANDER, Class of 1922, Personnel Director of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio. W. E. C. CLIFFORD, Class of 1901, Champaign, present member of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association. HARRY A. HALL, Class of 1926, Attorney at Law, Waukegan (played on freshman football team and varsity football teams in sophomore, junior. and senior years; President of the University of Illinois Lettermen's Association). In line with the policy decided upon by the Board of Trustees more than a year ago to make periodical changes in the personnel of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association, I am nominating two new members to replace the two who have been on the Board the longest: Professor Goble and Mr. Hall, vice Professor F . A. Russell, who was first appointed in 1928, and Mr. J. P . Kratz, who was appointed in 1929. In recommending only two replacements, I am mindful that the Board indicated last summer three changes should be made, but I recommend this be reconsidered. Dean Thompson and Mr. Olander are relatively new members of the Board, having been appointed on September 30, 1939. This leaves Mr. Clifford, Professor Richart, and Director Wilson as the only members with a background of experience, which should be retained to a certain extent in the interests of sound administrative policy. T o make three changes would replace one of these men, leaving a minority of only two members with any appreciable past experience. In keeping with my policy to recommend changes according to years of service, the third replacement would be that of Mr. Clifford, who has been on the Board since 1930, as Director Wilson is an ex-officio member of the Board, and Professor Richart should be reappointed because he is Chairman of t h e Senate (faculty) Committee on Athletics and also the University's faculty representative in the Western Intercollegiate Conference.

It was the unanimous judgment of the Executive Committee and the other members of the Board present that three changes should be made in the personnel of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Asso-