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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 28

DALE RUEDIG, Chairman, Vice-President, Eli Lilly & Company, 164 North W a c k e r Drive, Chicago CHARLES R. WALGREEN, JR., President, Walgreen D r u g Company, 744 East Bowen Avenue, Chicago OTTO PELIKAN, Retail Pharmacist, 918 Columbian Avenue, O a k P a r k JACK READER, Retail Pharmacist, 1001 East 61 st Street, Chicago L. E. THROCKMORTON, Member ex officio, President, I.Ph.A., Retail Pharmacist, 600 Main Street, Peoria M r . D a v i s m o v e d that this appointment be made, a n d suggested the a d d i t i o n of s i x o t h e r n a m e s t o t h e c o m m i t t e e . P r e s i d e n t S t o d d a r d s t a t e d t h a t h e w o u l d a c c e p t t h e s e n o m i n a t i o n s a n d m a k e t h e m p a r t of h i s recommendation, subject to clearance with D e a n Series, a n d the motion was passed. COMPENSATION FOR SUMMER SESSION TEACHING (3) The University of Illinois Statutes specify that salaries for teaching in the summer session shall be approximately 16 per cent of the annual salaries for the ranks involved, with a maximum of $900. This is for eight weeks of summer teaching. W h e n the University increased the period of the summer session as a part of the accelerated program, this formula was used for extending the maximum of summer teaching appointments beyond eight weeks on the basis of $112.50 a week maximum salary. The Director of the Summer Session recommends that the maximum for eight weeks of summer teaching be established at $1200 and that this be used as the basis for calculating maximum compensation for assignments beyond eight weeks. Reasons for this recommendation a r e : ( a ) T h e previous maximum was based on a salary schedule which, in general, was much lower than the 1945-1947 schedule, and will be even further out of line if any substantial upturn in salaries is possible during the next biennium. (b) The extension of the summer session to a full sixteen-week period means almost continual service on the part of the members of the staff, and while it is true that some of this extension is already recognized in increased salaries, nevertheless the virtual elimination of vacation periods for the last five years has placed an undue burden on the staff. (c) The Director points out that it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit a summer session staff because of the increased number of opportunities for remunerative employment in government service and in industry. This outside pressure is particularly troublesome in the technical fields. This is one of the main reasons why other institutions have been forced to raise the maximum for the supplementary stipend for summer session service. T h e total amount required to meet this maximum increase in stipend is $31,600. Provision for it has been included in the biennial budget estimates for 1947-1949I concur in this recommendation.

O n motion of M r . Fornof, this recommendation was adopted.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN COLLEGES OF MEDICINE A N D DENTISTRY (4) T h e University Senate has recommended adoption of the following program in Physical Education for the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry and I concur in this recommendation: 1. All men students in the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry are required to secure 6 hours (two academic years) credit in Physical Education. One hour credit must be in Physical Education Theory and 5 hours in Physical Education Practice. All classes are to meet two times (for one hour) a week. All courses in Physical Education carry one hour credit each quarter. 2. All entering men students are required to take a Health Examination before registration. (This examination is to be given by the Department of Health Service.) ( a ) Students with seriously handicapping defects (e.g., organic cardiac condition, arrested tuberculosis, or total blindness) are to be permanently ex-