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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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and all forms or documents relating to the classified civil service of the University which require execution by the Board of Trustees of the University or which may be necessary in order to effectuate the objects and purposes of the rules of the classified civil service of the University, and Be it further resolved that Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, or an agent duly deputized by him, be and he is hereby designated as Appointing Officer with full power to act as such, in the administration of Amendment 36a to the State Civil Service Law in its relation to the University, including the power to sign any and all civil service forms or documents which require execution by the Appointing Officer, and Be it further resolved that the authorization of the Board of Trustees of the University approved March 29, 1937 (Minutes, pages 216 and 217), designating Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, and C. A. Webber, Bursar, to serve jointly and severally as Appointing Officers with full power to act, is hereby rescinded.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, the standing committee to conduct hearings in cases involving discharge and demotion and to report the evidence to the Board was appointed as recommended.

ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (8) At its meeting on July 22 the Board of Trustees referred to the University Senate the following recommendation from the Committee on Athletic Activities of the Board: "That consideration be given to again placing the School of Physical Education under the Athletic Director to the end that there should be a close and understanding cooperation, that the Athletic Director and major coaches shall actively teach in the School of Physical Education, including summer school sessions, and that coaches as well as the Athletic Director shall spend the major portion of each year, among other duties at the University, in closer contact with alumni, high school and public bodies." On July 23 I referred the request of the Board to the University Senate Committee on Educational Policy for study and report to the Senate. At the meeting of the Senate on December I the Committee presented the following statement, summarizing the facts and opinions obtained by the Committee: "Agencies administering—executing—athletic policies at the University as distinguished from the policy-making bodies: "The administration of athletics at the University is primarily in the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association which administers intercollegiate athletics and intramural sports. T h e executive agent of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association is the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University on recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association and the President of the University. The Board of Directors has a Director of Intramural Sports as its executive agent in the execution of its powers in that particular field. In addition, and properly listed as a part of the administrative machinery, is the University representative on the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, who is appointed by the President of the University. "The School of Physical Education at the University of Illinois is organized with a Director and an Executive Committee. It appears that the University of Illinois is the only member of the Intercollegiate Conference which has a School of Physical Education. T h e other institutions have departments or divisions. Many members of the coaching staff of the University of Illinois are members of and teach in the School of Physical Education. "In evaluating this dual arrangement, your committee obtained information from the Director of the School of Physical Education and from the files in the offices of the Registrar and the Comptroller relative to the financial and administrative organization of athletics and physical education in all the universities which are members of the Intercollegiate Conference. "In addition to obtaining these factual and statistical data, the committee as a whole has interviewed at different times the Director of the School of