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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 19

INCREASE IN TUITION FEES FOR THE SPORT-FITNESS SUMMER DAY SCHOOL (10) T h e Dean of the College of Physical Education h i s requested and the Dean of Admissions and Records, the Vice-President and Provost, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase in the tuition fee for the Sport-Fitness Summer Day School from $50 to $60 beginning with the summer of 1958. T h e present locker, padlock, and towel fee of $4 will be discontinued. T h e University will collect a separate fee of $1.25 for hospital insurance. This program is operated on a self-sustaining basis and the increase in tuition is recommended to take care of the increase in the salary scale for instructors. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved.

CHANGE IN FELLOWSHIP STIPENDS (11) T h e Dean of the Graduate College and the Vice-President and Provost recommend that maximum stipends of University Fellows be increased from $1,200 to $1,500 a year beginning September 1, 1958. This increase is recommended because of the recent increase in minimum salaries of assistants and to make University of Illinois Fellowships more competitive with those offered by other universities. T h e $1,500 fellowships will be awarded only to the very best prospective graduate students who, because of their superior qualifications, would certainly receive many competitive offers. Probably not more than one-fourth of the total number of fellowships awarded during the first year will be in this top category. Other highly qualified applicants will be offered $1,200 fellowships. To finance this increase in stipends for 1958-59, the Graduate College will request an assignment of funds presently budgeted for allocation by the University Research Board or an assignment from the General Reserve through the Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations. If necessary, the total number 01 fellowships will be reduced to offset the increase. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this recommendation was approved.

MATCHING FUNDS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITIES (12) The Health Research Facilities Branch, Division of Research Grants, National Institute of Health, has approved grants to the University of $750,000 for a Medical Research Laboratory in Chicago and $89,767 for remodeling and equipment in the East Chemistry Building in Urbana to provide additional research facilities for the Divison of Biochemstry in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Applications for grants were approved by the Board on February 14 and March 12. Matching funds for the Medical Research Laboratory are included in the state capital appropriations for 1957-59. An assignment of $89,767 from the General Reserve is needed for matching funds for the grant for the Division of Biochemistry. These funds will be used to remodel existing space on the third and fourth floors of the East Chemistry Building and to equip the Process and Isolation Laboratory. The Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an assignment of $89,767 from the General Reserve to provide matching funds for the biochemistry project. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

REAPPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES AS OF J U N E 3 0 , 1 9 5 7 (13) T h e Vice-President and Comptroller recommends that the following balances and overdrafts in budget appropriations and balances in appropriations