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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 28

of A r t of the University of Illinois and meet the following requirements: ( a ) Recognized standing as graduating senior in the year the award is made, or graduating senior in the classes since the previous award was made, (b) . . ." I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, this change was approved as recommended.

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM COOK COUNTY (10) An Act of the General Assembly of Illinois, effective July I, 1905, provides that there shall be awarded annually, in each county of the State, a University of Illinois scholarship to the high school graduate who passes with the highest grade a competitive examination given on the first Saturday in June under the supervision of the County Superintendent of Schools. Such scholarship exempts the holder from payment of tuition, matriculation, term, or incidental fees, but not laboratory fees or service charges. The University prescribes the rules and regulations under which the examinations are given and prepares the questions. Recognizing the inequity in the distribution of these scholarships throughout the State, the Board of Trustees in 1941 established sixteen special scholarships in Cook County which are awarded to the candidates who rank in the next sixteen places, according to their grades, below the winner of the competitive examination. Last year 265 high school graduates applied for admission to the Cook County scholarship examination. This year 403 made such applications and 277 wrote the examination. Cook County still is not receiving its proportionate number of scholarships on the basis of population and the Assistant Superintendent of Schools of Cook County has asked if the University of Illinois can remedy the situation. The Faculty Committee on Fees and Scholarships has considered this and recommends that the Board of Trustees increase the total number of special scholarships in Cook County by fifty, thus making a total of sixty-six scholarships available to those writing the competitive examination for the Cook County scholarship in addition to the winner who will receive the one provided by law. The Committee further recommends that this be retroactive to June I, 1949, so that these scholarships may be awarded candidates who wrote the Cook County scholarship examination on June 4, 1949. This is feasible because the examination was given recently, the records are still available, and it will be easy to notify the successful candidates. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, these recommendations were adopted. Mr. Herrick asked to be recorded as voting in the negative.

PATENT PROVISION IN AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (11) The Research and Marketing Act of 1946 provides, among other things, for cooperation between the United States Department of Agriculture and various state agricultural experiment stations in determining "the best methods of processing, preparation for market, packaging, handling, transporting, storing, distributing, and marketing agricultural products." Funds for the work are to be allocated to the experiment stations on the basis of each approved project. In order to reduce the amount of paper work required for individual research projects to a minimum, the United States Department of Agriculture proposes one general agreement between the Department and the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station under which less formal documents covering individual projects can be executed. The Department proposes including in this master agreement the following provision relating to patentable discoveries: "Patentable results of any work carried on under the terms of this agreement shall be made available to the public through dedication, assignment, or in such manner as the United States Department of Agriculture shall determine. Other results of research or investigations and information concerning the project shall be made known to the public by the State agency unless the project statement shall provide otherwise."