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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946
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1946] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 965 ment which he thought would take a couple of days, but he has been ill now for about five weeks. H e is improving and his doctor reports that he may be able to return to his work in a month. During his absence the Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Gerald E. Moore, looked after the Division Office for a time and recently Lieutenant Colonel A r t h u r W . Clevenger has been looking after the work at my request. Colonel Clevenger is the High School Visitor, who has been on leave of absence for military service. H e is still in the Army but on terminal leave, and will go on inactive status at the end of this month. Colonel Clevenger was in the Operations and Training Branch of the Army Service Forces in Washington and his experience would be right in line with the work of the Division of Special Services for W a r Veterans. Colonel Clevenger is also a veteran of World W a r I, and served overseas as an artillery officer. I expect to review the whole situation soon and decide on the future of the directorship. If Director Glenn is not to continue, I would first consider Colonel C. R. Frederick, now in the Army Air Force, who would be an excellent selection if we can get him. Colonel Frederick is an R O T C graduate of the University, Class of 1930. H e has served for several years as Assistant Dean of Men, later as Director of Student Housing, and since 1940 has been in active service in the Army. [Four paragraphs on other subjects are omitted.] Sincerely, A. C. WILLARD President 4. LETTER VROM PRESIDENT A. C. WILLARD TO D R . GEORGE D. STODDARD, PRESIDENT-ELECT December 1, 1045 Dr. George D. Stoddard Commissioner of Education of the State of New York Albany, New York DEAR DOCTOR STODDARD: Two years ago the University of Illinois established a Division of Special Services for W a r Veterans whose functions, briefly summarized, a r e : 1. T o study the needs of the returning veteran. 2. T o inform him of all the various services of the University, and to advise him in matters of educational aims and adjustments. 3. T o help him to find among existing curricula the one which,will best satisfy his purpose, and t o assist in making such adjustments therein as may be desired by him and accepted by the college or department in question. 4. T o administer the educational programs of those veterans whose special needs are not satisfied by existing curricula. T h e Division has the status of a college or school in being authorized to set up special educational programs for veterans whose needs cannot be served by the conventional University curricula. In selecting the Director of the Division we needed a man experienced in educational counseling, preferably one familiar with the operations and procedures of this University. It was the judgment of the Board of Trustees that he should also be a war veteran. No such qualified veteran of World W a r I I was available when the Division was established, and the first Director appointed was Associate Professor Sidney E. Glenn of the Department of English, a veteran of World W a r I. In addition to other educational qualifications, Professor Glenn had had a great deal of experience with the Army Specialized Training Program. In fact, he did much of the work in •organizing the A S T P curricula in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and its services to the other colleges of the University in which Army trainees were enrolled. Professor Glenn suffered a serious illness last July and his health made it impossible for him to continue as Director of the Division. F o r a few weeks Professor A. W . Clevenger, H i g h School Visitor, who returned in August, 1945, from over two years of service ,in the Army, acted as Director, but his other duties made it impossible for him to function in a dual capacity. So in October
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