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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR UNIVERSITY HISTORY (29) The Board on January 24, 1942 (Minutes, page 759), appropriated $9,000 for a University History (not to include actual publication cost) and appointed Carl Stephens as University Historian, effective February I, 1942. This budget was intended to cover the expenses through August 31, 1943, and included among other things the salary of Mr. Stephens to the extent of $1,800 a year. It was then intended that the remaining $3,000 of Mr. Stephens's annual salary would be charged to University funds appropriated for alumni activities, although Mr. Stephens was devoting his whole time to University History. This was done until September 1, 1942, at which time the budget for alumni activities was revised on such a basis that only $1,200 was available for Mr. Stephens's salary from that source. Beginning that date, an additional $150 a month or a total of $3,600 a year was charged to the History appropriation. As the work has gone forward, the following facts have developed: 1. A saving of $700 was made in expenses other than Mr. Stephens's salary, so that the additional appropriation needed to complete the work to August 31, 1943, amounts to $1,100. 2. An additional period of six months, to March 1, 1944, is needed to finish the work on the History. Expenses for this period, including the salary of research assistance and clerical assistance, total $1,250. 3. The total additional appropriation needed is $2,350. These figures do not include provision for the salary of Mr. Stephens after September I, 1943. This problem is under consideration, and a later recommendation will be presented providing for his services and salary.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Mr. Jensen.

CHAIRMANSHIP O F GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (30) A report on the matter of securing a chairman of the General Advisory Committee from the membership of the Committee.

The President was authorized to proceed to secure such chairman from a list suggested and in the order recommended.

ELIMINATION OF FEE IN RHETORIC (31) The Board on June 19, 1943 (Minutes, page 390), approved as a war measure a modification of the requirements previously set up to improve the standard of English used by undergraduate students. T h e original plan provided that a three-hour non-credit elective course shall be offered each semester in which students may register on payment of a $10 fee to prepare themselves to pass the placement test. T h e University Senate recommended that this fee be discontinued also as a war measure, but the Board deferred action on this pending a recommendation from the Committee on Fees and Scholarships. The Committee has recommended that the $10 fee be eliminated, and I concur.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this fee was discontinued as recommended.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR MINOR REMODELING AND IMPROVEMENTS (32) The Comptroller has recommended that an appropriation of $5,000 be made to the Physical Plant Department for minor building remodeling and improvement items. In most cases these improvements will cost considerably under $1,000. It will be helpful to have such an appropriation to avoid the necessity of making special appropriations for separate items. I recommend approval.

The Comptroller presented this item. On motion of Mr. Davis, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Mr. Jensen. The Comp-