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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 30

REGULATIONS GOVERNING WITHDRAWAL OF STUDENTS AT URBANA FOR SERVICES PERTAINING TO T H E NATIONAL DEFENSE

I. UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS

A. Credit in Courses 1. An undergraduate or professional student at Urbana who, after completing the seventh week and before completing the twelfth week of the semester, withdraws from the University and enters the military or naval service, or other service pertaining to the National defense which is approved by a committee to be appointed by the President of the University, shall be entitled to receive, without examination, credit for one-half of each course in which he has attained a standing of C or better at the time of his withdrawal. T h e grade reported shall be that attained in the course up to the time of withdrawal. 2. W h e r e such withdrawal occurs upon completion of the twelfth week of the semester, or later, such student shall be entitled to receive full credit upon like conditions. 3. A student, irrespective of his grade in any course in which he is then registered, who withdraws from the University at any time for any of the above-mentioned reasons shall be entitled at his discretion to take an examination for credit in the course or for credit for only the first half thereof. T h e grade shall be reported as A, B, C, D, or E. B. Graduation A student who has been in residence at the University for not less than two full semesters, who has met all requirements for graduation (including minimum scholarship requirements) except those which he would fulfill by completing the courses for which he is registered at the time he withdraws for military or naval service may be recommended for his degree provided he has completed the seventh week of that semester, and provided he has a standing in the courses for which he is registered which if maintained to the end of the semester would satisfy the requirements for his graduation. If the withdrawal occurs before the completion of the seventh week of such semester the student may be recommended for his degree upon passing examinations covering the first half of the subject matter of the courses in which he is then registered.

II. GRADUATE STUDENTS

A graduate student who withdraws from the University at any time and enters the military or naval service, or other service pertaining to the National defense as determined by a committee to be appointed by the President of the University, shall be entitled to receive such credit for work theretofore done by him as the Professor in charge of his major work and the Dean of the Graduate School deem proper, these officers being guided by policies comparable to those which apply to undergraduate students who withdraw from the University to enter the military, naval, or other service pertaining to the National defense. I recommend approval by the Board of Trustees of the regulation relating to graduation. T h e other actions of the Senate do not require approval by the Board but are reported as a matter of information and interest. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a d o p t e d a n d the r e p o r t w a s received for record. SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (5) At the meeting of the Board on December 16, 1041 (Minutes, page 723), the advisability of abandoning plans for the observance of the 75th anniversary of the University on March 2, 1943, was discussed briefly, but action was deferred. Because of the economic readjustments necessitated by the war and those which will follow its close, I strongly recommend that the University abandon any plans previously conceived (with the exception of the history of the University) for such a celebration because of the expense involved. I make an exception in the case of the history because that is something which we shall