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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 15

(p. 81) T h e Information Office should not be divided between the Business Manager and the Director of Public Relations but should be placed in one office. Placing the Military Bands under the Director of the School of Music would seem to be a proper move. (p. 82) It is doubtful if, at this stage of its development, the summer session should be placed under the Director of Extension. That arrangement may have served a purpose in the early days of summer sessions, but in an institution like the University of Illinois this work should be handled by the administrative organization that is responsible for the instruction of the regular academic year. A somewhat different administrative organization is recommended in the first section of my memorandum, in which the divisional organization is included. It may well be that a better grouping of departments could be made than the one suggested in the Report. (pp. 86-94) T h e proposed administrative organization of the College of Agriculture would be a less effective organization than that provided in the Review (pp. 94-97). It is interesting to note that neither the Report nor the Review suggests the creation of a College of H o m e Economics. H o m e Economics has developed beyond the stage where it should be kept as a department in the College of Agriculture. T h e adjustment of the extension relations would be but little if any more difficult if a College of H o m e Economics were organized than it is at present. (p. 106) T h e suggestions of the first paragraph are sound, but the title of Comptroller might well be changed to that of Chief Accountant. In the second paragraph, it would be desirable to have cashier functions separated from accounting functions. (p. i n ) T h e Business Office should handle the business details of loans, but loans should be made only after approval by the proper person in the student personnel service. (p. 120) T h e first paragraph needs clarification. T h e controlling accounts should be kept by the Chief Accountant. (p. 121) T h e Residence Hall Supervisors should be under the Dean of Students. (p. 126, first paragraph) T h e allocation of space should not be in the hands of the business manager. Are telephones on departmental budgets? This is one means of curtailing telephone expense. (p. 127) W h y should the legal adviser be in the Business Office? His responsibility should be directly to the President. (p. 126 of the Review) This objection is unsound. T h e Report makes adequate provision for the protection of the University's finances. (p. 143) W h y are exceptions made in the case of agriculture and athletics in view of the stress laid on centralization throughout the Report? (p. 144) T h e Campus Information service should be placed either in the Registrar's or the Business Manager's office. (pp. 147-155) There seems to be considerable question of the propriety of this discussion appearing in this report. T h e alumni organizations should not be under the control of the University authorities. (p. 156) The most important reason for placing athletics in the School of Physical Education is that these activities are justified only by their contribution to the educational objectives of the University. (PP- 157-158) No evidence is presented in support of statement No. 2. No. 3 is a negative statement and is not an argument. No. 4 is imaginary; the head of the school should be an educator. No. 5: This point should be cared for by legislation; it is perhaps one of the best arguments for a change in athletic control, if state policy requires that unused funds lapse to the state treasury. No. 6: This statement overlooks the fact that athletics should be subject to budget action the same as any other unit in the University. Point No. 7 is negative. The proposed plan is not based on educational grounds and it has the further weakness of not making provision for any coordination between physical education and athletics. (p. 159) Isn't the skating rink properly under the Department of Physical Education, or is it a supplementary business enterprise?