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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM ( n ) T h e Board of Trustees on September 30, 1939 (Minutes, page 567), authorized the offering of a program of Civilian Pilot Training in cooperation with and under the auspices of the Civil Aeronautics Authority during the academic year 1939-1940. T h e Authority has announced plans for Civilian Pilot Training during the year 1940-1941 and has invited the University to apply for participation therein. Accordingly, I have authorized the filing of an application that the University of Illinois be one of the institutions designated to offer this program.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this action was confirmed.

STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN THE MIDDLE WEST (12) A group of presidents of thirteen universities in the Middle West have organized an informal conference on "Cooperation, Coordination, and Regionalization in Higher Education," the purpose being to eliminate so far as possible duplication of work and expenditures in educational and research programs, including physical facilities for the same. One of the problems which has been facing universities is the question of library space. T h e conference has been considering the question of a centrally located storage and distribution center for housing the little-used books of the cooperating institutions where they will be available for distribution as required. It is proposed to ask the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a grant of funds to defray the expenses of a preliminary survey of the possibilities of such a project. Accordingly I submit the following resolution for consideration by the Board of Trustees if they desire that the University of Illinois participate in this: Whereas it has been proposed that there be established under the auspices of and for the benefit of thirteen Midwestern universities (namely, University of Indiana, Iowa State College, Michigan State College, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, State University of Iowa, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Kentucky, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin) a storage and distribution center for little-used library books, and Whereas the location, participation, basis of financing, and type of organization of the proposed storage center are to be determined, and Whereas funds must be sought to study this project from persons or corporations who may wish to know the attitude of the governing boards concerning it Now therefore be it resolved that this Board endorse in principle the proposal to establish such a storage center, and that it hereby indicate its willingness to participate in such an enterprise insofar as it is legally permitted so to do, on the understanding that no financial commitments are incurred by this action.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this resolution was adopted.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS (13) T h e International Student Service, which assists student refugees from foreign countries who come to America, has asked the University of Illinois to offer a tuition scholarship to a young woman for whom one of the sororities at the University has agreed to provide room and board. N o action w a s taken on this request. THE PHYLLIS PIERCE RUETTINGER SCHOLARSHIP (14) Mrs. Kittie B. Pierce, 420 South Waiola Avenue, La Grange, Illinois, has submitted the following offer: To the Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois I hereby offer to establish a scholarship at the University of Illinois to be known as the "Phyllis Pierce Ruettinger Scholarship" under the terms and conditions set forth below: 1. T h e stipend of this scholarship shall be $500 per year.