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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 9

1946

AFTERNOON SESSION, MARCH 9 ,

When the Board convened following the recess in the annual meeting, the same members (except Mr. Nickell, who had withdrawn) and officers were present as during the morning session.

HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS IN THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION A t this point, the following r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e A l u m n i Association w e r e i n t r o d u c e d : M r . Victor Cullin, President, M r . Charles E . Bowen, E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r , J u d g e J o h n A . A r m s t r o n g , m e m b e r of t h e B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s , M r . D e n e e n A . W a t s o n , p a s t P r e s i d e n t , a n d M r . J a m e s C. C o l v i n , E d i t o r of t h e Illinois Alumni News. M r . Cullin m a d e the following statement, a n d p r e s e n t e d the citat i o n s a n d t o k e n s of m e m b e r s h i p t o t h e m e m b e r s a n d officers o f t h e B o a r d a n d to President Willard. T h e Alumni Association of the University of Illinois is in the process of becoming a potent force in the welfare of the University. As an association it is now larger and more representative than it ever has been in its history. The Board of Directors and the various committees are thoroughly conscious that much of our success has been due to the fine cooperation and help we have received from others — some who are alumni and many who are not. T h e Association has therefore decided that it is most fitting and proper to publicly recognize those persons who have rendered extraordinary service to the University. A committee on honors and awards was created under the chairmanship of Deneen A. Watson, a past President of the Alumni Association. On the recommendation of this committee and by the direction of the Board of Directors it becomes my very pleasant duty to award the first honorary memberships in the Alumni Association to those who deserve it most — the members of the Board of Trustees and its officers, including the President of the University. H a d it not been for the support which has been given the Alumni Association by this group over the past several years it could never have continued to exist. Now that conditions have changed and the Association is showing signs of strength, we hope that it will not be long before we can reciprocate in a way that will show our gratitude to a far greater degree than these simple tokens of our esteem we are giving you today. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University.

ADJUSTMENTS IN BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 4 7 ( i ) A statement concerning the need for an additional appropriation for the biennium of 1945-1947: I. The Budget Situation T h e University of Illinois budgetary estimates for the biennium of 1945-1947 were prepared in the summer of 1944 on the assumption that if the war would not be over by the summer of 1945 there would be at least a major recession of hostilities in Europe by July 1, 1945, a n d a substantial change toward peacetime conditions shortly thereafter. These estimates were also based on a predicted enrollment of 10,000 students during 1945-1946 and of 13,300 students during 1046-1947 in the colleges and schools at Urbana-Champaign. T h e actual enrollment in the colleges and schools at Urbana-Champaign during the first semester of 1945-1946 was 9,500. During the second semester it will be at least 11,500 and may reach 13,500. In their estimates the Deans, Directors, and other educational administrative officers requested $2,102,904 for new staff. T h e Board of Trustees approved a provision of $1,282,339. Hearings on the biennial budget began before the Illinois Budgetary Commission on December 27, 1944. At that time military operations in the war in Europe were not encouraging and the Budgetary Commission disagreed with the assumptions on which the University's budgetary estimates were prepared. On the theory that the enrollment would not exceed 8,000 students during the bien-