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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AND HISTORY M r . F o r n o f , for the Committee on A l u m n i , presented the following report: T h e Alumni Committee to whom was referred the subject of the 75th Anniversary Celebration recommends approval of the suggestion of President Willard that the observance of the anniversary be limited to a strictly local program with a minimum of expense, such to be charged against the President's Office funds. T h e committee further recommends to the Board that it authorize a history of the University as an anniversary feature, and that Mr. Carl Stephens be appointed University Historian, effective February 1, 1942, to prepare such a history in collaboration with others, the cost not to exceed $9,000, not including actual publication costs. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h i s r e p o r t w a s a d o p t e d , a n d t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $ 9 , 0 0 0 w a s m a d e b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , P r e s i d e n t Cleary, M r . A d a m s , M r . Davis, M r . Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Jensen, M r . K a r r a k e r , M r . Livingston, D r . M e y e r ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Green, Mr. Wieland.

PURCHASE OF RECREATIONAL AREA

Mr. Adams, for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, presented the following report:

This Committee has carefully considered the recommendation from the Senate Committee on Athletics to acquire a tract of land for use as an outdoor recreational area and has reached the following conclusions: 1. The Committee agrees that such a program is highly desirable and should be started as soon as conditions permit and it is practical to do so. W e were all tremendously impressed with the possibilities of developing this tract as a recreational park for student activity and as a field for scientific research. 2. Due to the financial limitations on the University during this biennium, the Committee does not recommend the acquisition of the property unless, at a later date, we are able to obtain funds for its acquisition and development. 3. T h e land, however, is so desirable for such a program that the University should not let it be sold to any other buyer for other uses if it can be avoided. T h e Committee suggests, therefore, that no action be taken at this time, and that the Committee be advised of any proposal to acquire the property for other uses in order that the future program may be protected.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this report was adopted.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATENTS

Mr.Davis, for the Committee on Patents,presented the following report:

Your committee some time ago was asked to examine the patent policies of the Board of Trustees and make recommendations. T h e present policies have been in force, without substantial alteration, for about twenty years. Your committee has had two meetings at which the various problems were discussed. W e have had conferences with members of the University administration, including the Faculty Committee on Patents. W e recommend: I T h a t sponsors of special or specific researches to be carried on under the. direction and supervision of the University, in general, be grouped as follows for the purpose of determining rights in patentable discoveries and the extent of contributions to be required for workmen's compensation, retirement benefits, overhead, and the like: (1) Individuals, natural persons and corporations interested in patentable discoveries which may grow out of the sponsored research; (2) Associations of individuals, manufacturers, utilities and similar groups, interested in any patentable discoveries which may result from the prosecution of the sponsored research;