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UNIVERSITY OF IIXINOIS

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believe t h a t either such amendatory legislation or a test case is necessary. Based on the probability t h a t the courts would declare the use of the service legal if tested, and the availability of the reserve remedy of legislation in the unlikely event that such use is declared illegal, and to avoid further delay in the utilization of such service, the Board of Examiners and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants have requested the Board of Trustees to authorize use of the American Institute of Accountants' Advisory Grading Service as soon as practicable. The University Committee on Accountancy concurs and recommends amendment of the University regulations for administering the accountancy statute by adoption of t h e following Rule 29: "29 The Board of Examiners shall establish and maintain a uniform procedure for the preparation and grading of examinations to be given to candidates for certificates as Certified Public Accountants, and for this purpose may employ the services and assistance of any persons or organizations skilled in the subjects on which the examinations are given, such as t h e services and facilities of the American Institute of Accountants, upon such conditions and rules relative to the use of such services as may be prescribed from time to time by the University Committee on Accountancy, provided, however, that all examinations given by said Board shall be adopted and approved by the Board and that the grade or grades given to all persons taking said examinations shall be determined and approved by the Board." The University is authorized to charge a fee of $25, fixed by law in 1903, for the examination. The income from these fees goes into a special fund which is used to defray the expense of administering t h e accountancy-law. Use of the American Institute of Accountants' Advisory Grading Service would involve an increase in costs estimated to be approximately £3,000 a year. Officers of the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants will seek an amendment of the statute to authorize an increase in fee, t o be fixed by the University but not to exceed $50, in the event t h a t the present fee will not yield sufficient revenue to cover the additional cost of the grading service. I recommend approval of this proposed change.

On motion of Mr. Swain, Rule 29 was adopted, as recommended above. On motion of Mr. Bissell, the Board directed that for a period of five years the Committee on Accountancy keep a permanent record of all grades reported by the American Institute of Accountants' Advisory Grading Service and require the Board of Examiners to make sample checks of examination papers from time to time to verify the accuracy of the grades reported, so that the University and holders of C.P.A. certificates issued in the future will be protected in the event of an attempted challenge of the use of the A.I.A. service. The Secretary stated that the Committee would be so instructed.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS O F S T U D E N T S (11) The Board of Trustees approved a change in the requirement that all new students undergo a physical examination given by the University Health Services prior to registration in the University by authorizing the Director of Health Services to delegate the performance of the pre-entrance examinations, in whole or in part, to other Doctors of Medicine in Illinois or elsewhere, so that the examination may be performed either by the staff of the Health Services or elsewhere at the option of the student, in the latter case at t h e student's expense. This applies only t o students enrolled at the Urbana-Champaign campus. On recommendation of the Health Services Advisory Committee I have approved a modified form of this optional system as follows: (1) Students who intend to register at the University of Illinois are to be urged strongly to obtain a physical examination by a physician (a Doctor of Medicine licensed in the United States) of their own choice. U) Students will also be able to obtain this physical examination, preferably by appointment, at the University Health Service in Urbana until two weeks prior to the first day of t h e registration period in each semester, including the summer ses-