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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 1/

W i t h the approval of the Executive Vice-President and Provost, acting for the President, the seven departments have been functioning on an informal and unofficial trial basis, under the general administration of the Dean and the Executive Committee of the College. The Dean was requested to provide for elections of executive committees for the new departments, and these committees have been consulted regarding the nominations of chairmen. T h e executive officers of the other units have been serving in those capacities for a number of years, and their reappointments were included in the budget for the current academic year when it was approved by the Board of Trustees: David M. Jackson, Principal of University High School; William P . McLure, Director of the Bureau of Educational Research; Samuel A. Kirk, Director of the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children; and J. Marlowe Slater, Head of the Educational Placement Office. I recommend approval of the foregoing recommendations, including the appointments of the chairmen of the departments for one year from September 1, 1962. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . CHANGES IN NAMES OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS (6) T h e Vice-President for the Chicago Undergraduate Division has recommended that the name of its College of Fine and Applied Arts be changed to "College of Architecture and Art." The Dean of the College of Physical Education has recommended that the Student Rehabilitation Center and the Program of Intramural Activities be renamed the "Division of Rehabilitation — Education Services" and the "Division of Intramural Activities," and that the executive officer of each be designated as Director. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e c h a n g e s w e r e a p p r o v e d . JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL HALL (7) It is recommended that the new laboratories building south of Burrill Hall, construction of which was financed by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and matching state funds, be named Justin Smith Morrill Hall for Congressman and later Senator from Vermont, Justin Smith Morrill, sponsor of the Land-Grant Act. This name has been approved by the Executive Committee of the School of Life Sciences and the Executive Committee of the University Council. T h e University has named the Plant Sciences Building, now under construction, for Jonathan Baldwin Turner, early pioneer in the development of the concepts which underlay the initiation and growth of Land-Grant universities. T h e state of Illinois, which contributed greatly to the impetus for the LandGrant movement, should also honor the sponsor of the national legislation under which the University of Illinois was founded. It is especially appropriate to take such action this year, the Centennial of the Land-Grant Act. T h e new building will house the Department of Entomology and will also be used by other departments in biology. T h e building use thus reflects the University's broad interest in research and instruction, the early emphasis upon science, and the cooperative arrangements between the state and federal governments in the encouragement of the program of Land-Grant universities. O n m o t i o n of M r . D i l l i a r d , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (8) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends the following appropriations and assignments of funds from the University General Reserve: Statistical Service Unit, Urbana, equipment $ 4 885 Chicago Undergraduate Division, rental and option to purchase IBM 1620 computer system 18 866 Physical Plant Horticulture Field Laboratory, improvement of lighting S 100 Child Development Laboratory, air conditioning 5 500