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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 17

It is understood that the Peace Corps is contracting directly with Mr, Mistry for the production of some seven additional lesson-units for further training in India of the Peace Corps volunteers trained in Gujrati on this campus. Furthermore, Professor Page, the project director under the Peace Corps contract, indicates that the materials prepared last summer need substantial revision before they can be considered to be in satisfactory final form. Both he and Dean Dangerfield, Director of International Progams, state that the materials in their present form have little or no commercial value. Mr. Mistry has requested that the University of Illinois release to him the materials developed under the Peace Corps contract in order that he might improve and extend the instructional program in Gujrati, with the right to copyright and publish the materials if this seems desirable. Both Professor Page and Dean Dangerfield recommend approval of this request, with the stipulation that both the University and the Peace Corps and other agencies of the federal government would have the right to use the materials developed under the University's contract in their present form without payment of royalties or license fees. T h e Executive Vice-President and Provost, the Vice-President and Comptroller, and the Legal Counsel endorse this recommendation. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , 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 . GIFT OF ELECTRONIC CARILLON (20) Mr. A. R. Staley, a member of the Class of 1931, has agreed to give the University of Illinois Foundation for the University at Urbana-Champaign a "Carillon Americana" having 305 bells, the largest carillon made by Schulmerich Carillons, Inc. of Sellersville, Pennsylvania. T h e playing console will be installed on the second floor of the University Auditorium and the stentors will be located on the northeast tower of Memorial Stadium. Mr. Staley has made this gift as a contribution to the program of the School of Music and to the cultural life of the campus. T h e Carillon will be played from time to time by mechanical means and by members of the staff of the School of Music. T h e gift has been accepted by the Foundation and the President and is reported for record. I have already expressed appreciation on behalf of the University but the Board will also wish to record its appreciation. The Carillon is being installed and it is anticipated that the work will be completed so that the first concert can be played on Saturday, November 24, on which day a brief dedicatory ceremony will also be held in the forenoon.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, acceptance of this gift by the University of Illinois Foundation and the President of the University was confirmed. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Board recorded its appreciation of this gift, and the Secretary was instructed to send Mr. Staley an appropriate message on behalf of the Trustees.

REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF ILLINOIS (21) The University of Illinois has submitted to the State Board of Higher Education reports on new public service activities undertaken, new courses added, and new research and public service contracts negotiated, during the period August 22, 1961, through June 30, 1962. The Board of Higher Education has requested such reports periodically, the first of these being for the period indicated which began when the Act creating that Board became effective and continuing through the end of the fiscal year 1961-62. T h e University has also submitted to the State Board of Higher Education a statement of the procedures it follows in the initiation, review, and approval of new units of instruction, research, and public service. Copies of these reports and statement are submitted herewith for the information of the Board and copies are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

These reports were received for record.