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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Citizens Committee. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston' Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, noneabsent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND IMMUNIZATION O F E M P L O Y E E S (5) Under Board of Trustees' regulations, members of the faculty and nonacademic employees are required to undergo medical examinations and immunization for certain diseases. The Director of Health Services recommends that the immunization requirement be revised to read as follows: "No employee shall be considered as having qualified physically for a position at the University of Illinois until he has furnished satisfactory evidence of immunity to smallpox as defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health in its 'Manual and Outline of Procedure for Health Officers'; nor shall work with sewage unless immunized against typhoid and paratyphoid fevers." This will conform to present standard health practices as specified by the Department of Public Health. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h i s c h a n g e w a s a u t h o r i z e d . S P E C I A L A P P R O P R I A T I O N S F O R N O N R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES (6) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds as follows: 1. College of Fine and Applied Arts, installation of ramps in the Architecture Building for wheelchair students J 3 850 2. To the following colleges and divisions for minor nonrecurring expenditures, individual assignments not to exceed $2,500: Liberal Arts and Sciences $ 8 OOO Agriculture 7 OOO Engineering 5 000 Commerce and Business Administration 2 000 Education 2 000 Fine and Applied Arts 2 000 Physical Education I 000 Veterinary Medicine I 000 Communications 1 000 University Extension 1 000 Library 2 000 Other Urbana Divisions (to be assigned by the Chairman of the Nonrecurring Committee) 15 000 Chicago Undergraduate Division 3 000 Chicago Professional Campus (to be assigned by the Chairman of the Nonrecurring Committee) 15 000

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3. Library, for purchase of early and rare books 5 746 Total $74 596 I recommend that these appropriations be made from the General Reserve Fund with the provision that under item 2 expenditures for items of more than ?l,000 shall be subject to review and approval by the President.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, these appropriations were made 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.

APPROPRIATION FOR THE COLLEGE O F ENGINEERING (7) The College of Engineering and the University of Illinois will be host to the American Society for Engineering Education at its Sixty-second Annual Meeting in Urbana-Champaign on June 13-18, 1954. This event will bring to the campus over two thousand teachers of engineering. Preliminary arrangements have been in process for nearly two years, with the concurrence of the President's Office.