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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 20

tributed materially to the development of what your Committee views as a major improvement in the formal expression of standards and procedures in the fortunately rare situation where there may appear to be due cause for dismissal of a faculty member, or where a faculty member may have so far departed from the canons of accuracy, forthrightness, and dignity as to justify the taking of official cognizance thereof by the President. The Trustees are acutely aware of their position of public trust and their obligation to discharge faithfully their duty to maintain the University's position of leadership in the field of higher education. They have in the past and will continue in the future to support responsible exercise of academic freedom by the faculty, and duly recognize its importance as a factor in achieving and maintaining the status the University now enjoys. It does the public no service if responsible thought and inquiry are stultified or suppressed at a university by a possibility that expressions of an unpopular position may result in an arbitrary or capricious dismissal, and the proposed Statutes are further guarantees that such will not occur at the University of Illinois. At the same time, in the view of your Committee the Statutes as proposed will also afford the University adequate protection against unprofessional conduct. During your Committee's deliberations there were discussions of the fact that the University Statutes do not refer to any form of "institutional discipline" in relation to the academic staff other than dismissal for due cause as defined in Section 38 (d) [the official cognizance authorized in proposed Section 39 (b) is not considered to be a form of discipline]. It was observed that the omission of reference to lesser degrees of discipline might be misinterpreted as meaning that the Trustees were not concerned about negligence, inefficiency, or irresponsibility in lesser degrees than those deemed to be due cause for dismissal under Section 38 (d). Such is not the case, but since these matters were not dealt with in the Coordinating Council's proposals, and since complete involvement of the Senates in discussions on these points would be essential, your Committee concluded that any attempt to develop formal provisions concerning lesser offenses and sanctions short of dismissal would unduly delay final action on the statutory revisions already considered by the Senates. It is suggested, however, that at an appropriate time the Board or the Senates might well consider whether or not these matters should become the subject of further statutory revisions.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this report was adopted, without dissent.

AWARD O F CERTIFIED PUBLIC A C C O U N T A N T CERTIFICATES

(1) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to the following candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked Certified Public Accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law: State from Which They Name Address Obtained Certificates

ROBERT SEABORN HOLMES JAMES LOUIS KATZ WILLIAM WILFRED WERNER Milwaukee, Wisconsin Niles, Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan

I concur.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, these certificates were awarded.

A P P O I N T M E N T S T O T H E FACULTY

(2) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees.

1. ARNOLD M. BARBAN, Assistant Professor of Advertising, in the College of

Journalism and Communications, beginning September 1, 1964, at an annual salary of $9,000.

2. WILLIAM W. BARTLEY III, Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, for

the 1964 Summer Session, at a salary of $2,550.