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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 27

For Distinction in Teacher Training, the notation on the diploma will read: Honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences with Distinction ( H i g h Distinction or Highest Distinction) in the curriculum. Such citations are recommended by the Chairman of the Area of Specialization Committee and are subject to the approval of the Dean of the College. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, this recommendation was approved.

HONORS IN T H E SCHOOL OF NURSING (12) The University Senate recommends adoption of the following plan for awarding honors in the School of Nursing. A student who complies with the requirements for graduation, and who attains in all work for the degree the average grade specified below, may be recommended by the University Senate for the honors stated: (1) for an average grade of not less than 4.35, graduation with honors, and (2) for an average grade of not less than 4.75, graduation with high honors. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mrs. Herrick, this recommendation was approved.

HYGIENE REQUIREMENT (13) T h e University Senate recommends that the present University requirement that all undergraduate students be required to take hygiene be terminated for incoming students as of September 1, 1957, and that any requirement of hygiene courses be established by the undergraduate colleges and schools. T h e Senate Committee on Educational Policy, in recommending this change, calls attention to the fact that most comparable universities do not have such a general university requirement. The Committee is not advocating conformity for the sake of conformity, but this does show a national trend. The Committee further observed that while the subject matter of hygiene is important there is no reason to believe that this basic knowledge can be obtained only through a college course. The home, the grade and high schools, the personal physician, etc. all offer help in this regard. It is significant that only those students entering the University with less than thirty semester hours of credit need take the present course. Moreover, there are encouraging signs that better teaching materials are being made available for use in the primary and secondary schools and that the student will have an enhanced opportunity for good hygiene instruction at these levels. A statement from the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy giving further information in support of this recommendation is hereby filed with the Secretary of the Board. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r s . H o l t , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . OIL AND GAS LEASE ON HACKETT FARM (14) The late Mrs. Jessie Ellars Hackett of Tuscola bequeathed to the University 416 acres of farm land in Douglas and Moultrie Counties to endow the "Jessie Ellars Hackett Scholarship Fund," the income from which is to be used for scientific research in the College of Agriculture, or in any other college in the University of Illinois at Urbana where such research will especially benefit agriculture, and for scholarships to be granted to unmarried students of either sex on the basis of high scholastic standing with preference to be given those in need of aid and to students from Douglas County if any are eligible. Except for these general specifications the University may determine the eligibility of all applicants for scholarships. The University received the farm land in 1950 and it is being managed by the College of Agriculture. The University has an offer from Mr. C. R. Cochonour of Cumberland County, a former fanner and land owner who is prospecting for oil and gas and who is reported to have presently about one hundred producing oil, wells, to enter into a lease with the University for drilling for oil and gas on the Hackett Farm. Oil is being produced in the general area, although there are no producing wells ot record within about four miles of the Hackett Farm. The present tenant on the farm has signed a release. Examination of Mrs. Hackett's will indicates that development of an oil and gas lease would not violate any provisions of the trus