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1954]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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this respect, and he has been given a high degree of autonomy in his activities. At the same time, unity of organization and policy is necessary and has been maintained. An excellent spirit of relationship exists between Mr. Farber and the Chicago office. Mr. Farber's present salary is $ll,ooo. This is, of course, considerably below the salary which I received at the termination of my service which was the accumulation of a long period of service. I propose that effective April 1, his salary be made $11,500 with the expectation that further increases will be made from time to time as maturity and accomplishment warrant. M r . Herrick nominated Mr. F a r b e r for the office of Comptroller. This nomination was seconded by M r s . Holt. O n her motion, the nominations were closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the meeting for M r . F a r b e r as Comptroller, at his present salary of $11,000 per year, and at a salary of $11,500 per year effective April 1, 1954. T h e ballot was cast and M r . F a r b e r was declared elected Comptroller for the year 1954-1955, or until the next annual meeting of the Board and until his successor has been elected and has qualified. T h e Secretary called attention to the fact that in a number of recommendations heretofore presented by the President of the University to the Board at this meeting it is requested that the Acting Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute contracts and other documents to implement the actions taken. Since the Board has now elected a Comptroller, the Secretary requested authority to amend the record of today's meeting by deleting the w o r d "Acting" in each instance in which the title "Acting Comptroller" has been used. On motion of Mr. Nickell, these amendments were authorized.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTED

President M e g r a n called for nominations for the election of two members of the Executive Committee for the ensuing year. M r s . Holt nominated M r s . W a t k i n s ; Mr. Johnston nominated M r . H e r r i c k ; M r . Bissell nominated M r . Johnston; M r . Nickell nominated Mr. Bissell. Mr. Hickman was also nominated but on his request, the nomination was withdrawn. On motion of Mr. Hickman, a written ballot was ordered for the election of two of the nominees, with the Secretary and the Comptroller serving as tellers. At this point M r . Livingston took his place with the Board. T h e ballot having been taken, the Secretary announced the results: Mrs. Watkins, seven votes; M r . Bissell and M r . Johnston, each four votes; M r . Herrick, three votes. M r s . W a t k i n s was declared elected a member of the Executive Committee for 1954-1955 and until her successor has been elected and qualified. In view of the tie for second place, Messrs. Bissell, Herrick, and Johnston requested that their names be withdrawn from consideration. Mr. Johnston then nominated Mr. Livingston for election as a member of the Executive Committee. T h e nomination was seconded by Mr. Bissell, and on his motion the nominations were closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the meeting for Mr. Livingston. T h e ballot was cast and M r . Livingston was declared elected a member of the Executive Committee for the year 1954-1955 and until his successor has been elected and qualified.