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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

1099

We commend Trustees Herrick, Megran, Hickman, and Johnston for opposing these Star Chamber proceedings. They were faithful to their trust and t o American standards of fair play. For many years, the University of Illinois was kept out of politics. Recently, attempts to use t h e University of Illinois for political ends have become all too common and now have culminated in action which can not fail to do great harm. It is an interesting coincidence that two of the trustees who participated in these disgraceful proceedings were substituted for candidates whom the University of Illinois Alumni Association had recommended. The University of Illinois is not the property of its faculty or its alumni or of any group of politicians. It belongs to the people of this State. We feel confident that when our fellow citizens understand what has happened, they will express their indignation in ways that will be understood. Much as we deplore the precipitate action that was taken in Dr. Stoddard's case, we realize that it can not now be undone. Our present objective is to see that a properly qualified person shall be selected as the new president. We hope the Board of Trustees will consider attentively the recommendations of authorized representatives of the faculty, the alumni, and the Citizens Committee of the University of Illinois, and will find a worthy successor t o Dr. Stoddard. In t h e meantime, we think it is most important that the major positions now open in the University be filled on a temporary basis only, so that the new president will have an opportunity to participate in the selection of permanent occupants of these positions. His hands should not be tied in advance by appointments which it will be difficult to rescind. Finally, we urge every citizen of the State of Illinois to make it clear to the Trustees of the University that the citizens expect them to administer the affairs of the University as a sacred trust, entirely above and apart from considerations of personal advantage or partisan politics.

M R S . MARGARET D A Y BLAKE, Chicago, Illinois M R S . FLORENCE W. BURRELL, Dubuque, Iowa JAMES M. CLEARY, Kenilworth, Illinois CHESTER R. DAVIS, Wayne, Illinois WALTER T. FISHER, Winnetka, Illinois JOHN R. FORNOF, Streator, Illinois M R S . N E L L I E V. FREEMAN, Mattoon, Illinois

M R S . MARJORIE R. HOPKINS, Lake Forest, Illinois

D R . MARTIN G. LUKEN, Chicago, Illinois FRANK H. M C K E L V E Y , Springfield, Illinois

D R . KARL A. MEYER, Highland Park, Illinois M R S . M A R I E C. PLUMB, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

HAROLD POGUE, Decatur, Illinois M E R L E J. T R E E S , Chicago, Illinois K E N N Y E. WILLIAMSON, Peoria, Illinois

SECRETARY'S REPORTS

The Secretary presented for record the following lists: (1) appointments made by the President; (2) fellows; (3) resignations, declinations, cancellations, and terminations; (4) leaves of absence.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT (The date in parentheses is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University. C = College; S = Station; E = Extension.) ACKER, GERALDINE E., Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition (Home Economics), in t h e Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics, November 1, 1953-August 31, 1954, $5400 a year, supersedes (8-20-53). ALBERT, WACO W., Instructor in Animal Science, in the College of Agriculture and in the Agricultural Experiment Station, on three-fourths time, one year beginning September 1, 1953, $4000 (8-31-53). ALEXANDER, MELANCTHON H., Associate Professor of Dairy Science, assigned to Allahabad Agricultural Institute for one year beginning September 1, 1953, S8250, and in the College of Agriculture, on indefinite tenure beginning September 1, 1954, ?66oo a year (9-1-53). ALLEN, ROBERT L., Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology, in the College of Medicine, July 1, 1953-August 31, 1954, without salary (7-31-53)-