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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 27

CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF MEMBERS OF FACULTY (22) On June 28, 1940 (Minutes, page 978), the Board adopted a policy concerning future appointments to the staff and the employment of individuals who are not citizens of the United States. T h e Board also authorized the sending of a questionnaire to all members of the staff on whose citizenship status the University did not have complete information in its records. With the passage of the Alien Registration Act of Congress the Federal Government has asked that other governmental agencies refrain from any supplemental program by setting up local systems of alien registration. In view of this request I am bringing the matter again to the attention of the Board for further instructions.

O n motion of Mr. Williamson, the President of the University was instructed to proceed in this matter as originally planned.

STUDENT SUPPLY STORE IN THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENTS (23) On July 26, 193S (Minutes, page 378), the Board of Trustees authorized the establishment of the Dental Supply Store for the purpose of supplying to students in the College of Dentistry materials required by them in their courses and not furnished by the University as laboratory materials. The Comptroller reports that this project has been quite satisfactory and successful. During the past year there has been considerable demand for the extension of this service to medical students. With the moving of the College of Pharmacy into the Medical and Dental Building there will be opportunity for service to these students as well. This has also had consideration by the council of deans of the Chicago Colleges which recommends such expansion. The Comptroller recommends that to meet the enlarged responsibilities of the store its name be changed from "Dental Supply Store" to "Student Supply Store, Chicago Colleges," and that the present plan of management be continued with the modification that the advice of all the Chicago colleges will be secured as to the materials required for their respective students instead of only the College of Dentistry.

On motion of M r s . Plumb, this change was approved.

VETERINARY COLLEGE (24) On November 10, 1937 (Minutes, page 567), the Board of Trustees was informed that the Executive Board of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association requested the establishment by the University of Illinois of a Veterinary College in connection with the College of Medicine in Chicago. Action on this matter was deferred. Subsequently the Deans of Medicine and Agriculture were consulted, and on their advice a special committee representative of the sciences in veterinary medicine was appointed to make a thorough study of the proposal, including a survey of existing facilities for training for this profession. T h e full report of the committee is submitted herewith, and it recommends: 1. That a college of Veterinary Medicine in connection with the College of Medicine in Chicago not be established at the present time. 2. T h e initiation, as soon as feasible, of studies in cooperation with the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities or other suitable agency or agencies, looking toward a rational regionalization of veterinary education in the United States. 3. That, in view of the responsibilities of the University to the livestock industry of the state, consideration be given to expanding undergraduate and graduate teaching and research programs of the Division of Animal Pathology and Hygiene. Consideration should also be given to the needs for change in administrative status of this field of work in the University. 4. The Committee urges recognition of the growing importance of the relation of veterinary science to public health and the desirability of correlating overlapping phases of research in these two fields. T o this end the committee recommends exchange between the Animal Pathology Laboratory and the College of Medicine, of outlines of proposed experimental projects.