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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 27

While the fee to be assessed each student is less than that charged last year, the cost of the program has been correspondingly reduced. More of the ground training will be given at the Air Port, and the applicants will pay the fee for the medical examination by the C.A.M. examiner directly, whereas last year this was paid by the University out of fees collected from the applicants. I recommend that the Board authorize: (1) The offering of these two programs of instruction; (2) The assessment of the prescribed fees ($19.00 per student for the Controlled Private Flying Course and such fees as are permissible and required for the Controlled Restricted Commercial Course) ; (3) The placing of the income from fees in the special fund set up last year; (4) T h e payment of the expenses of the program from that fund; (5) T h e payment of honoraria, for the extra service involved, to members of the staff offering instruction in these courses.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, these recommendations were adopted.

COOPERATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE (39) The Federal Government, working through state boards for vocational education and the public schools, has established programs of vocational education to offer shop and other forms of industrial training for national defense workers. During the past summer, July 15 to August 30, the University cooperated in this program by making its Machine Shop and Welding Laboratories and certain members of the staff available to the Champaign Public Schools, the Superintendent of which was in charge of the program locally. The University has been asked to continue this cooperation in a new program which will run from October I to November 30, 1940. Salaries, supplies, repairs, power, light, and additional janitor service required for carrying out the program will be paid for by the United States Government through the agency of the Superintendent of the Champaign High School, upon the submission of statements of expense. The members of the staff who were in charge of the shop courses during the summer are willing to carry on in the new program. They will receive additional compensation for their services from the Federal Government Instruction will be given in the evening outside of the time required of them under their University appointments and during hours when it will not interfere with the use of the laboratories for University instruction. The Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station recommends, and I concur, that the University continue to cooperate in this program under the same arrangements as were in effect during the summer.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, this recommendation was adopted.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO REMODELING OF PHARMACY BUILDING IN CHICAGO (40) At the request of Charles K. Morris and Company, Investment Bankers, who are financing the remodeling of the Pharmacy Building into a union building for the Chicago Colleges, the following resolution is offered directing and authorizing the proper officers of the Board of Trustees to execute the documents described therein: Whereas, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois did, on September 21, 1940, adopt the following Resolution: Whereas, the University of Illinois Foundation, a non-profit corporation, organized under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois, made a certain proposal to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the purchase of certain properties and for the construction, remodeling, and equipping of certain buildings on the Chicago campus to be thereafter used as a Student-Faculty Union Building for the use of the students and faculty in the