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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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for same before the formal final report was submitted. I was advised definitely that this would be done. I had in mind the importance of having all the fundamental facts bearing on any given situation brought out, and the correct interpretation of significant data fully considered, both of which are essential to making sound conclusions. I was told that it would not be practicable from the point of view of the firm to do this until its report was more nearly in final form. Consequently, when I was asked to meet with representatives of the firm on August 17, I was told that the conference was for the purpose of discussing the findings before the final report was drafted. I also offered to go to Chicago for the conference, since I was told neither Mr. Booz nor Mr. Fry could be present for a conference at Urbana. I went to Chicago with Comptroller Morey and Director Havens to make it possible for either Mr. Booz or Mr. Fry to attend the conference and discuss the proposed findings in person. Neither of these two gentlemen appeared. Instead, Messrs. Olson and Morgan handed me the final report, stating that they had decided not to have a preliminary conference. I was naturally surprised at such a summary conclusion of the Survey, but since they indicated that they were through and since they had disregarded original instructions and failed to comply with requests for interim reports on our business methods, there was no other course to follow except to analyze the Survey Report and present my review and recommendations to the Board of Trustees. A copy of the Booz, Fry, Allen, and Hamilton Survey Report, with a detailed analysis thereof (the Administrative Review), including my recommendations for specific action by the Board of Trustees on all sections of the Survey Report, was sent to each member of the Board on November 12 for study in advance of this meeting. At this point, the President of the University introduced Professor Roger Adams, who addressed the Board and stated that the recommendations of the report of Booz, F r y , Allen, and Hamilton with respect to a vice-president in charge of education and research would result, if adopted, in great injury to the research program of the University. The President also introduced Provost A. J. H a r n o , who addressed the Board on the nature and functions of universities as educational institutions, and stated that the program proposed by the report of Booz, Fry, Allen, and Hamilton was unworkable as affecting the educational interests of the University. T h e President then presented the full report, with his comments, and suggested that it be taken up page by page by the Board in Committee of the Whole, in open session. A complete copy of the Report of Booz, Fry, Allen, and Hamilton on "Survey of Business Administration and Organization—University of Illinois," combined with the "Review and Analysis of this Survey together with Recommendations by the President of the University," was given to the Secretary of the Board for record. T h e two are integrated in one document of two volumes. Following is a summary of the recommendations of the President of the University. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY PRESIDENT WILLARD The Administrative Review has shown the extended character of the changes proposed in the top organization of the University by the addition of three new executives. The educational principles which ought to determine action on these proposals have been set forth in the Administration's Review of the Report. The Administration believes that education is not primarily a business, and that the University of Illinois, therefore, must be organized in such a manner that leadership in teaching and research shall remain where it