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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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through December 5, 1953, beginning at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and concluding in Miami, Florida, on Saturday night, December 5. President Livingston asked for the instructions of the Board regarding a representative of the University at this meeting. On motion of Mr. Nickell, the President of the Board was authorized to appoint a representative.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON T H E SELECTION OF A PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

Mr. Megran, Chairman of the Committee on the Selection of a President of the University, reported that the Alumni Association and the University Senate (the general faculty) have now appointed committees to assist the Board Committee. The Board Committee has held one meeting, will hold another one today, and will meet with the chairmen of the auxiliary committees on November 12, 1953. At the meeting of the Board on September 23, 1953, Mr. Bissell offered a statement regarding general qualifications for the presidency of the University. Action on this statement was deferred and the Secretary sent copies of it to all members of the Board for consideration today. Mr. Bissell suggested that no formal action be taken and that the statement be regarded as being simply for the information of the Committee.

APPROPRIATION FOR COMMITTEE ON THE SELECTION OF A PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Chairman of the Committee stated that funds will be needed for expenses incurred in its work and also for payment of the expenses of the auxiliary committee of the University Senate, the Alumni Association, and the Citizens Committee. He recommended that a nonrecurring assignment of $2,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund to the Board of Trustees office for this purpose, with the provision that the unexpended balance in this appropriation as of June 30, 1954, be carried forward to the next fiscal year, and that the Secretary of the Board be authorized to approve requisitions and vouchers charged against this fund. On motion of Mr. Megran, this appropriation was made, with the provision that the unexpended balance on June 30, 1954, be carried forward and made available for the following fiscal year, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Board took up consideration of the following reports and recommendations from the Acting President of the University.

CONGRESSIONAL VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY ( : ) As a land-grant college, the University of Illinois receives federal funds for the support of its programs of education, research, and extension in agriculture and home economics. The University and the state of Illinois, therefore, have an important interest and stake in congressional appropriations made to land-grant colleges and in the policies of the national administration toward research and