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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 30

trial Publications; Journalism 320, Editorial Studies and Writing; Journalism 365, Radio News. The University Senate recommends that the course Journalism 328 be eliminated from the list of subjects, the purpose of this change being to guarantee that students in the editorial curriculum will take at least one writing course each semester. Journalism 328 is not primarily a writing course and should not be included in the list of subjects. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . B i s s e l l , 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 . CHANGE IN CURRICULUM IN CITY PLANNING (14) The University Senate recommends that the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in City Planning be changed by the substitution of Mathematics 104, Elements of Algebra and Trigonometry, a three-semester hour course, for Mathematics 117, Combined Freshman Mathematics, a five-semester hour course. The former course satisfies all of the essential basic mathematical needs in all three curricula offered by the Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture, and the change recommended has the further advantage of making the courses given during the first semester of the first year the same for all students in the Department. This substitution makes it necessary to change the entrance requirements, and it is recommended that students applying for admission to the curricula in City Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Landscape Operation be required to present one unit of high school algebra instead of one and one-half units. These changes will apply to all students enrolling for the first time in September, 1955, and thereafter. I concur.

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

EXEMPTIONS FROM HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SERVICE FEE (15) All students at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Undergraduate Division are required to pay a hospital and medical service fee which provides them with insurance coverage for specified hospital, surgical, and medical services. A student who presents evidence of participation in any other group insurance system providing the same benefits as those covered by the University fee may have his fee refunded. Recent changes in the University plan, including an increase in the fee from $5.00 to $7.00 each semester with resulting increases in benefits provided by the insurance coverage, and which went into effect in February, I9.SS. would by strict interpretation eliminate practically all exemptions since few applicants could present plans with the "same" benefits. This has created a problem especially in the case of married students who carry insurance programs for themselves and their families and who heretofore were eligible for refunds of the University fee. Some of these programs are actually better for their particular family needs than the University's single student plan, and especially since they have validated maternity benefits through extended time participation. A study of a number of policies indicates it would be advisable to permit exemption of such students from the University hospital fee. Accordingly, it is recommended that the Dean of Students be authorized to approve refunds of the University fee to students whose benefits under their insurance programs are reasonably comparable on basic items with the University plan. Records will be maintained of the numbers and types of policies on which exemptions are authorized and this practice will be reviewed each semester. I concur.

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

APPROPRIATION BY ATHLETFC ASSOCIATION (16) The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made an assignment of $2,618.50 from the Athletic Association Surplus Funds for the purchase of an eight-passenger station wagon to be used for transportation of athletic teams. Their present vehicle (a Chrysler Windsor Suburban) is inadequate for many of