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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[August 5

that there be established an Institute of Government and Public Affairs along the following lines, and I so recommend.

A. FUNCTIONS

Teaching (a) General instruction in government for all students, at the junior college level. (b) Specialized professional training, at the senior college level, for students desiring to prepare for government service. (c) Graduate training, both research and professional, for especially qualified students who desire to prepare themselves for higher administrative and research positions in various types of public service. 2. Research To investigate specific, practical problems that arise at all levels of government — local, state, federal, international — and to make the results of such studies freely available to all governmental agencies and public officials who may need such information. 3. Extension (a) To provide general instruction in government for those whose circumstances make it impossible for them to study on the campus. (b) To provide technical, on-the-job training for those engaged in government service with a view toward improving their professional competence. (c) To make available to all agencies of government technical information and counsel to assist them in the solution of problems with which they are confronted.

B. ORGANIZATION

I.

The Institute shall be an autonomous body under a Director responsible to the President, as provided in the statement of Policy adopted by the Board of T r u s tees on December 11, 1945 (Minutes, page 950). It shall have broad powers in respect to staff, educational program and budget, and shall not be subject to veto by departments, schools, or colleges. There shall be an Advisory Committee, appointed by the President after consultation with the Director, composed of faculty members who are active participants in the program. Funds for the support of the Institute shall be budgeted separately and the Director shall be responsible for the budget. The Institute shall be responsible for the development of an adequate educational and research program and for the administration of that program. While every effort should be made to utilize as fully as possible existing courses and personnel, and to bring about the maximum degree of interdepartmental cooperation, the Institute should not be dependent on departmental resources or be limited in its operations by departmental interests. I further recommend that Professor H. M. Gray of the Department of Economics and Associate Dean of the Graduate School be appointed Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. His combined position and salary will be Professor of Economics on indefinite tenure, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs for two years from September I, 1947, at a total annual salary of $10,000.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, these recommendations were approved and adopted.

APPOINTMENT OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (12) The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends that the name of the Department of Animal Husbandry be changed to the Department of Animal Science and that Dr. Leslie E. Card, Professor of Poultry Husbandry in the College and Chief of Poultry Husbandry in the Agricultural Experiment Station, be appointed head of the department on indefinite tenure beginning September 1, 1947, at an annual salary of $8,500. Dr. William E. Carroll, former head of the department, has been appointed Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. I concur in these recommendations.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, these recommendations were approved and adopted.