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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

[December 20

Resolution Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Illinois Building Authority be, and it hereby is, requested to contract with McCarthy Brothers Construction Company, St. Louis, Missouri, and J. E. Hathman, Incorporated, Columbia, Missouri, doing business as McCarthy-Hathman Construction Company, a joint venture, for construction of the Civil Engineering Building, Phase Ha, also known as Civil Engineering Building and Addition, for the price of $3,604,145, being the base bid of $3,586,148 and additive alternate number 23 of $18,000 for installation of a sewage sampling system and alternate number 21 for substitution of a more efficient boiler than that specified at no change in price. Be It, and It Hereby Is, Further Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and in behalf of this corporation, such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary or appropriate in order to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority. O n motion of Mr. H a h n , the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor Kerner, Dr. Weatherly.

REPORT OF T H E LEGAL COUNSEL

At this point, an interim report from the Legal Counsel containing suggestions for possible changes in the By-Laws of the Board was presented. T h e document was directed to steps that might be taken to insure continuity of business and other operations during the period of a vacancy in the Presidency or Secretariat of the Board. T h e analysis of the Legal Counsel was considered a preliminary step and was received with action deferred until a subsequent meeting. The President of the Board asked if there was other business.

PAGE RESOLUTION

Mr. Page presented a resolution and moved that it be referred to the Committee on General Policy of the Board for study, with the request that the Committee consider the resolution and its relationship to the University's code of conduct for students. T h e text of the resolution follows: Resolution Since certain data are required on each student prior to admission to public tax-supported institutions of higher education, since this institution requires each student to maintain adequate standards of scholarship and citizenship for continued study, be it resolved that included, but not restricted to, as a part of the adequate standards of citizenship each student must meet and continue to meet all of the legal requirements of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. T h e motion passed without dissent. SECRETARY'S REPORT T h e Secretary presented for record appointments to the faculty made by the President, resignations, and terminations; leaves of absence; cancellation of leaves of absence, and the following cancellation of sabbatical leave of absence: GARVEY, JOHN, Professor of Music and Artist in Residence — sabbatical leave of