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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

789

LAND FOR AIRPORT President Willard made a statement concerning the proposal to secure an appropriation of $200,000 for the purchase of land, and other funds for the construction of an airport for educational training and research, and recommended that every effort be made to accomplish this result. This matter was referred to the President of the University with power to act.

COMMITTEE ON PATENTS LESPEDEZA HULLER

Mr. Davis, for the Committee on Patents, reported a recommendation of the faculty committee on patents that a preliminary search be made in the Patent Office, with a view to a patent application, if the prior act justifies that course, on a discovery of Mr. C. W. Veach of a machine called the lespedeza huller. Professor E. W. Lehmann, Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, explained the uses of this machine. On motion of Mr. Davis, this recommendation was adopted.

DISCHARGE OF MISS AGNES McEACHERON

Mr. H. E. Cunningham, Secretary of the University Civil Service Hearing Committee, presented the following report and recommendation of the Committee, with the statement that copies of the charges, transcript of hearing, and motion of the attorney for the defendant to quash the indictment, had been filed with him as Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and the matter was now before the Board for its consideration.

January 12, 1942 T h e undersigned Hearing Committee, appointed by the Board of Trustees at the December meeting, heard the evidence in the case of Agnes McEacheron at the Illini Union Building in Chicago on January 2, 1942, at 10 a.m. A copy of the transcript is appended hereto. T h e Committee finds that the evidence amply supports the charge with respect to the date of September 21, 1941, and therefore recommends that the employee be discharged. Respectfully submitted,

RUSSELL N. SULLIVAN W. C. ROBB H . W. BAILEY

University

Hearing

Committee

On motion of Mr. Jensen, after consideration of the testimony and proceedings had before the committee, the findings and recommendation of the Committee were approved and adopted, and Mr. Lloyd Morey, Appointing Officer for the University Civil Service, was authorized and instructed to make the discharge of this employee effective as of September 22, 1941, the date of suspension from work.

C O N T R A C T S I G N E D BY P R E S I D E N T AND S E C R E T A R Y

The Secretary presented for record the receipt of an agreement, signed by the President and the Secretary of the Board, dated January 20, 1942, with the University of Illinois Foundation, to reconvey properties held in trust for the University of Illinois on discharge of indebtedness.