Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 512]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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"Because of a housing shortage for women, it is recommended that nonstate women who have never previously attended the University shall not be admitted as undergraduates at Urbana for the first semester of the academic year 1945-1946, unless permits to enter have been issued for them by the Registrar's Office prior to July 1, 1945, or unless at least one of their parents is an alumnus of the University." Unless such a policy is adopted, it will be impossible for many women students who are residents of Illinois to find housing accommodations in Champaign-Urbana. Nonresidents usually make arrangements for admission to the University and secure housing accommodations well in advance of the opening of an academic y e a r ; this is especially true this year when they find other institutions are closing their doors to them. I concur in this recommendation but would add a further provision: "or unless such applicants have been awarded scholarships or fellowships by recognized agencies to aid them in securing a higher education."

On motion of Mr. Davis, this matter was referred to the Executive Committee in conference with President Willard with power to act. It was the opinion of the Board that the way should be open for the admission of superior students from other states and countries.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR HAROLD A. LARRABEE AS PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY (21) T h e Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Dr. Harold A. Larrabee, now Professor of Philosophy at Union College, as Professor and H e a d of the Department of Philosophy at a salary of $6,500 a year. I request authority to make this appointment, if Doctor Larrabee indicates a willingness to accept, effective September 1, 1945, or at a later date if he can not come to the University at the beginning of the next academic year.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this appointment was authorized.

SALARY OF DEAN R. B. ALLEN (22) Dr. R. B. Allen, Executive Dean of the Chicago Colleges, has received an attractive offer from another institution. I think it is important to keep Dean Allen on our staff, and I recommend that his salary be made $15,000 a year, and that he be allowed an expense fund of $1,500 a year, effective September I, 1945.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, these recommendations were adopted.

PURCHASE OF GALLIVAN TRACT (23) On June 22, 1044 (Minutes, page 1005), the Board of Trustees authorized University officers to endeavor to acquire the so-called Gallivan tract located within the south campus of the University at a total cost not to exceed $50,000. It also authorized the purchase of outstanding special assessment bonds offered on behalf of a group of bondholders. These and other similar bonds to the extent of $36,637 par were purchased at 80 per cent of face value at a total cost of $29,309. On June 22, 1945, the property, consisting of 12 lots, was offered at public sale by the County Collector. Comptroller Morey, acting with the advice of J. G. Thomas, Champaign, special counsel for the University on this transaction, and C. S. Havens, Director of the Physical Plant, made bids amounting to a total of $46,800. T h e property will be subject to four years' taxes before it can be placed on the exempt list: two years which are now a lien and two additional years as a redemption period. These taxes will amount to approximately $3,000. Costs assessable to the sale under the law are estimated at $2,436. The University will receive for the bonds which it has purchased the sum of $30,709, so that the net cost of the property is estimated at $48,400. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h e a c t i o n of t h e C o m p t r o l l e r in t h i s matter w a s approved and confirmed.