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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 24

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

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

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION (1) A Bachelor's degree is conferred on a student who satisfactorily completes a curriculum in one of t h e colleges or schools at Urbana, doing either the first three years or the last year of work in residence, but students whose progress h a s been interrupted by call to armed services, and w h o have subsequently ( a s members of t h e armed services) taken work which is acceptable by transfer as satisfying the requirements of their curricula, may be considered to have fulfilled the residence requirement if they have had either the junior year or the second semester of the junior year and the first semester of the senior year at the University of Illinois. T h e Board of Trustees on recommendation of the University. Senate has established a Division of Special Services for W a r Veterans which, in addition to its other services, is authorized to set up special curricula a n d other programs of instruction to meet special needs of veterans. I n order that the Director of t h e Division may deal effectively with the problem of graduating veterans who can not meet the regular residence requirements without undue hardship, I recommend that he be authorized to waive the residence requirements whenever necessary, in any curriculum' leading to a baccalaureate degree. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , this a u t h o r i t y w a s g r a n t e d a s recommended. AWARD OF CERTIFICATES O F CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (2) T h e following persons are recommended for the Illinois C.P.A. certificate on the basis of having satisfactorily passed an examination given by the Special Board of Examiners:

ARTHUR C. A T L A S BURTON T . COOKE SAMUEL J. DAMOND FRED W I L L I A M ECKERT L Y N N W . FRAYN ADAM A. J A H N S LOYD C. LARSON HENRY MELIN CONDON H . RONAN LOYD C. THURSTON PHILIP H. WAIN AUGUST H . W E R T H WILLARD R. W H I T N E Y ROY M. W I L K E S JAMES L. ZIEGLER

T h e Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded the following who have made applications therefor under the Accountancy Act of 1943 and who have presented evidence to the Committee that they a r e properly qualified: 1. Candidates who hold the certificate of Public Accountant in Illinois and who also hold unrevoked C.P.A. certificates issued by other states or territories of the United States (Section 4, a - i ) :

CHARLES ARMOUR BINDER ( I n d . ) RUSSELL D E A N COMFORT ( I n d . ) DAVID K E N N Y HARBINSON ( W i s . ) J O H N SELBY ODEN ( I o w a ) J A M E S C. THOMPSON ( M O . )

2. Candidates holding unrevoked C.P.A. certificates issued by other states or territories of the United States as a result of passing a written examination (Section 5 ) :

CHARLES W A R R E N BARTLETT ( I n d . ) JOSEPH ALCIDOS BOULAY ( W i s . ) ROBERT A L L E N BOWEN ( N . Y . ) J O H N FRASER ( N . Y . ) FRANK JOHN FRECH ( O h i o ) CAROL FAIRBANKS H A L L ( N . Y . ) SAMUEL KANARVOGEL ( N . Y . ) RAYMOND ALBERT K U N T Z ( W i s . ) SAMUEL DAVID LEIDESDORF ( N . Y . ) DAVID JACK LONDON ( N . Y . ) CHARLES D E M O T T E M C D A N I E L ( I n d . ) GEORGE ALEXANDER P A Y N E (Mich.) J A M E S SCHWARTZ SCHINDLER ( W a s h . ) OLIVER W I L L I A M SEIFERT ( O h i o ) RAYMOND E. O. SLATER ( M O . ) J A M E S ERNEST STEAD ( K a n s . ) HAROLD LEO VANDENBERG ( W i s . ) W A L T E R E R N S T VATER ( T e x . )