Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 148]

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6. Nutrition Research Laboratories, $930 for additional Vitamin D research by the Department of Physiology of the College of Medicine. 7. Aeration Processes, Inc., $750 for the renewal of a fellowship in Chemistry for the academic year 1940-1941. Correction of Report of Gifts The following duplications have occurred in reports of gifts as recorded in the minutes of the Board: 1. The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association, $400 for an investigation of response of soybeans to soil treatment and fertilizer practices, reported as a cooperative investigation on May 28, 1940 (Minutes, page 946), and as a gift on July 17, 1940 (Minutes, page 13). 2. National Research Council, funds for an investigation by Dr. T. W. Harrell, of the Department of Psychology, for the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The total received for this purpose was $200, but a grant of J175 was reported on July 17, 1940 (Minutes, page 13), and a grant of $150 was included in the Comptroller's Report of Trust Funds Received made a t the same meeting (Minutes, page 14). Thus the record shows t h a t $325 was received, whereas the actual grant was $200.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, these gifts were accepted and the record was corrected as recommended.

FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS (21) On September 27, 1940 (Minutes, page 44), the Board approved certain changes in fees and scholarships on recommendation of a special committee, appointed on July 17, to which had been referred the report and recommendations of the Faculty Committee on Fees and Scholarships. The Faculty Committee was informed of the changes made by the Board of Trustees and was asked if it desired to submit any further comments and statement in the light of these changes, with the view to presenting such additional statement to the Board for further consideration. The Faculty Committee has studied these changes and has submitted a supplementary report relating to the reduced fees for teachers and librarians attending the Summer Session. The Committee respectfully requests that the Board of Trustees reconsider its action eliminating the provision for reduced fees for students in those professions. The Committee's statement is submitted herewith. The Director of the Summer Session and the Dean of the College of Education have asked for a hearing on the proposal to increase the Summer Session fees and to eliminate all Summer Session scholarships, and I respectfully request t h a t this be granted. The Director of the Summer Session will represent both parties a t this meeting and I have suggested t h a t he appear a t three o'clock.

Professor Robert B. Browne, Director of the Summer Session, was introduced. Director Browne asked that the privileges of the Summer Session be extended to Illinois teachers for one-half the regular fees, or that the assessment of full fees for such teachers be not applicable until 1944 for those who have already begun work in the University for their degrees.

FEES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (22) Professor Roger Adams, Head of the Department of Chemistry, has called attention to the effect which the recent action of the Board of Trustees increasing tuition fees will have on the Graduate School of the University with particular reference to his Department. It seems to me the Board should receive his views at first hand, and I have therefore asked him to come to this meeting and present them for consideration.

Professor Adams was introduced. He made a statement to show the extent and the value of contributions of graduate students to the research program of the University, and questioned the wisdom of discrimination against out-of-state graduate students in the matter of fees.