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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 13

EDWARD L. RYERSON TRAVELING FELLOWSHIPS I N ARCHITECTURE A N D LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (9) The University has a fund given to it by Mr. Edward L. Ryerson of Chicago for the awarding of the Edward L. Ryerson fellowships in Architecture and Landscape Architecture under conditions to be determined by the Board of Trustees. I submit for approval by the Board of Trustees, and with my concurrence, regulations drafted by the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture governing awards of these fellowships. Copies of these regulations are hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Herrick, these regulations were approved.

FEES FOR EXAMINATIONS IN HIGH S C H O O L A N D COLLEGE SUBJECTS (10) The University offers each year four sets of examinations in high school and college subjects. They are given in Chicago. These examinations were established in 1917 on request of the Board of Law Examiners to provide prospective candidates for admission to the bar who are unable to attend accredited institutions a means of complying with the educational qualifications preliminary to the study of law as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Fees are charged candidates taking these examinations to cover the cost. The present rate charged for these examinations is #2.50 per high school unit or college subject. Because of increased costs and a decline in the number of candidates taking the examinations, there has been a deficit in this operation during the current fiscal year. This will be offset by an assignment to the entrance examination account of funds from a balance from operations of previous years. However, to provide adequate income so that the examinations may continue to be self-supporting on an annual basis, the Director of Admissions and Records recommends that the charge be increased from the present #2.50 to #4.00 for each high school unit or college subject, this change to become effective September 1, 1951. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, this change in fee was approved.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR N O N R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES ( n ) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds as follows: 1. Fire protection equipment for Robert Allerton Park J 6 600 2. Equipment for the Department of Bacteriology 5 000 3. Equipment and supplies for the College of Commerce and Business Administration 4 000 4. Repairs and costs of packing, boxing, and shipping in connection with the acquisition of a TV transmitter from the General Electric Company for the Division of Communications 9 500 5. Remodeling and equipment for the Department of Art 3 000 6. Calculating machines for the Department of Mathematics 3 500 7. Research equipment for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering 19 000 8. Establishment of a service laboratory for metallography in the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering 14 000 9. Equipment for the Department of Zoology 7 500 10. Bookstacks for the Library at the Chicago Undergraduate Division . . . . 4 000 I recommend that these appropriations be made from the General Reserve Fund.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made from the 19501951 General Reserve to the extent that funds are available therein and the remainder from the General Reserve for 1951-1952, all appropriations to be available until June 30, 1952. The vote on this motion was: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Grange, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Stevenson.