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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 22

rected to study the administrative relationship of the University Bands to other University agencies and to consider whether the Bands should be continued in an independent administrative status or should be placed under the administration of the School of Music or the College of Fine and Applied Arts. The committee recommends that Mark H. Hindsley, Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Director of the Military Bands, be appointed Acting Director for a period of two years from September i, 1948. The committee has expressed judgment that it is not necessary to make major changes in the organization of the Bands but suggests that the title "Military Bands" be discontinued and that the Bands be called "The University of Illinois Bands." The Professor of Military Science and Tactics concurs in this change in title. I recommend that: 1. Mr. Mark H. Hindsley be appointed Acting Director of the University of Illinois Bands and Associate Professor of Music for two years beginning September 1, 1948, at an annual salary of $6,500. 2. The title of the Bands be changed to "The University of Illinois Bands" and that the Bands continue to be organized as a separate administrative unit. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, this appointment was made and the

title of the Bands was changed as recommended.

APPRECIATION O F DIRECTOR HARDING

On motion of Mr. Livingston, the Secretary was instructed to prepare an expression of the Board's appreciation of Director Harding's services, for presentation to Director Harding. The Secretary of the Board prepared the following tribute which was presented to Director Harding on June 6.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, to Albert Austin Harding, Director of the University Bands and Professor of Music, Greetings: The Board of Trustees has observed with appreciation your eminent career over forty-three years as leader of the bands, which has won for you distinction at home and abroad. We are mindful of your contributions to the education of thousands of students who have played in the bands, many of whom have gone on to successful careers as leaders and all of whom have profited by your influence. There is not room here to recite your many accomplishments, not the least of which is the pleasure of great audiences in the performance of the Illinois bands. As you retire, we know it will not be into inactivity, and we wish you all health, success, and happiness in your work and in your life. In witness whereof we have inscribed our names hereto and have caused our Secretary to affix his name and the Seal of the University, this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord the nineteen hundred and forty-eighth, and of the University of Illinois the eighty-first.

DAIRY CATTLE BARNS

A t this point, Dr. Meyer called attention to the fact that the Dairy Cattle Barns, on which construction was begun in 1924, were still incomplete, and that the work of the department, and its relations with the public, were thereby hindered. O n motion of Mr. Nickell, this matter was referred to the President of the University for consideration and recommendation.