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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 22

I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a n d the C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e the same. OWENS-ILLINOIS SCHOLARSHIPS ( n ) The Owens-Illinois Glass Company has offered to establish Owens-Illinois scholarships at the University of Illinois beginning with the academic year 1956-57. Under this plan, Owens-Illinois will provide four scholarships to nonresidents of Illinois (one each year for four years) or eight scholarships to residents of Illinois (two each year for four years). The first Owens-Illinois scholarship (or scholarships) will be allocated to the College of Engineering. Because changing circumstances may make it desirable from year to year to shift emphasis on the type of courses in which Owens-Illinois scholars are enrolled, Owens-Illinois may allocate future Owens-Illinois scholarships to other colleges within the University. Each scholarship grant will cover the cost of tuition, other basic Universityfees, and will provide a stipend to cover the cost of textbooks and other classroom and laboratory supplies. As a part of this scholarship plan, Owens-Illinois will make an unrestricted grant to the University to match the amount paid in tuition in behalf of each Owens-Illinois scholar. This is in partial payment of the cost to the University of his education. Eligibility for the scholarships, selection of recipients, and renewals of scholarships will be subject to the University's established procedure and requirements governing awards of all other undergraduate scholarships under its control. I have accepted this offer and request confirmation of my action. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e a c t i o n o f t h e P r e s i d e n t w a s confirmed. GRANTS FROM FORD FOUNDATION (12) T h e Ford Foundation has made the following grants to the University of Illinois. 1. T o support released time of members of the faculty whose' services will be used for educational television programs, $37,500. T h e conditions of the grant are: a. The University of Illinois agrees to release the time of faculty for educational television programing to a total, in terms of salaries involved, of at least $20,000 a year for the three-year period of this grant. The television programs for which talent is thus supported may be formal or informal, but must be programs for which the University is not otherwise reimbursed through fees, the sale of course guides, and so forth. They shall not include television programs given over commercial television stations. b. All programs thus supported are to be produced under such conditions as to ensure clearances for other educational television stations, if such clearances are potentially to be requested. I have accepted this offer and request confirmation of my action. 2. For a study of regularities of socio-economic change in economically developing societies, $225,000. The Board of Trustees on July 20, 1955, authorized an application for and acceptance of a grant for a "Project for Research on CrossCultural Regularities of Change Among Native Population." This study will be for a three-year period, and its objective is to determine the comparative effects of "westernization" on different groups of people in underdeveloped areas. The study will involve field trips to Mexico, Peru, West Africa, British East Africa, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Java or Sumatra. T h e personnel for the field research will be recruited from outside the University. This is reported for record. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e a c t i o n o f t h e P r e s i d e n t w a s confirmed.