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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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3. The Occidental Life Insurance Company has been very cooperative and has indicated that if they have a good experience for the first year, they stand ready either to decrease the cost or provide broader coverage in the future. Furthermore, as best we can determine, this is a completely reliable company. 4. No other insurance company is known to be interested in reinsuring the present plan at this time. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, this reinsurance was authorized as recommended.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR C. B. HAGAN

(30) A request from Assistant Professor C. B. Hagan, of the Department of Political Science, for a leave of absence without pay for one year from September 1, 1942, to accept a position as Visiting Lecturer in Political Science at Harvard University. In view of decreasing enrollments the Department can release Professor Hagan, and I recommend that he be granted a leave without pay for the academic year, 1942-1943. On motion of Mr. Cleary, this leave was granted as recommended.

BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR MILITARY EXPENSE

(31) A report of action by the President of the University, under authority given by the Board in approving the Internal Budget for 1941-1942, approving the permanent addition of an item of $300 for military expense, and a recommendation that an appropriation be made from the General Reserve Fund to cover this allotment. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this action was approved and confirmed, and the appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, Mr. Jensen, Mr. K a r r a k e r , Mr. Livingston, Dr. Meyer, Mr. W i e l a n d ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Davis, M r . Green.

MEDICAL CENTER DISTRICT

At this point, Mr. Cleary presented the following report:

The Chicago Departments Committee met at the Chicago Mini Union Building, June 20, 1942, at the request of Dean Raymond B. Allen, to consider various studies of the possible development of the Medical Center District from the standpoint of the University. Various phases of the problem were presented by Dean Allen, Mr. Stauffer, Mr. Wheeler, Professor Jones, and Mr. Pierce. Present at the meeting were President Willard, President of the Board Meyer, Trustee Davis, and Mrs. Glenn E. Plumb, representing the Medical Center Commission. The Committee recommends that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois forward to the Medical Center Commission the attached suggested plan for the development of that part of the district immediately adjacent to the buildings of the University of Illinois and of the Research Hospitals for consideration by the Medical Center Commission in developing plans for the whole district.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, this recommendation was adopted.

S T U D E N T HOUSING STANDARDS

Mrs. Grigsby presented the following report:

The Committee on Student Welfare and Activities recommends that the Board of Trustees reaffirm the principle that living conditions in student houses of all types must be maintained on a basis that insures the health and safety of the students. It further recommends to the Board that those houses that have made the necessary changes to conform to the standards prescribed and adopted in February, 1040, be highly commended. The Board believes that the program should go forward in every way that does not impose hardships on houses that