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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS for the establishment of

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be considered as constituting a precedent programs. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these recommendations were approved.

APPROPRIATION FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES (15) Certain Workmen's Compensation claims of an unusually large size have resulted in extra demands on the Injuries to Employees Account, so that funds now appropriated will be insufficient to meet our liabilities under the Workmen's Compensation Act. It is, therefore, requested that an additional $19,800 be appropriated to that account to meet the University's liabilities to the following named employees: Florence Dixon, James A. Johnson, James A. Voss, Frank Seiler, William Riggins, and James L. Ragle. With this appropriation for these several claims, the present balance of the Injuries to Employees Account should be sufficient to meet the other expenditures required. It is anticipated that not all of these cases will be settled by the end of the current fiscal year, and it is therefore requested that any unexpended balance of this special appropriation be carried over to the next fiscal year. I concur.

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

APPROPRIATIONS BY THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (16) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made the following assignments of funds which represent changes in its budget and are subject to approval by the Board of Trustees: Expenses of spring training trip for varsity baseball squad — assignment from surplus funds $2 600 Purchase of pump for University golf course — assignment from reserve for contingencies I 360 Purchase of gang mower with tractor — assignment from surplus f u n d s . . I 368 Purchase of bleachers — assignment from surplus funds 6 872 I recommend confirmation of these actions.

On motion of Mr. Herrick, these adjustments in the budget were approved.

INCREASE IN TUITION FEES (17) T h e special committee appointed by the Board of Trustees on March 25, !953, to confer with the Governor on the University's budget for 1953-19SS recommends that to provide a part of the income needed for the biennium the tuition fee be increased $10 a semester and $5 for the eight-week summer session, this increase to apply to all colleges and schools of the University and at all levels of instruction. The revised fees at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Undergraduate Division would then be $50 a semester ($100 an academic year) for residents and $160 a semester ($320 an academic year) for nonresidents. The eight-week summer session fee would be $25 for residents and $80 for nonresidents. Partial fees shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis by the President of the University on recommendation of the Committee on Fees and Scholarships. In the Chicago Professional Colleges the academic year (September to June) is divided into three twelve-week terms instead of two semesters, with an optional term of twelve weeks offered during the summer months in the College of Medicine. The present tuition fees are $27 each quarter ($81 an academic year) for residents and $100 each quarter ($300 an academic year) for nonresidents. Hence, the increase applicable to the Chicago Professional Colleges would be $7 a quarter. The revised fees would then be $34 each quarter ($102 an academic year) for residents and $107 each quarter ($321 an academic year) for nonresidents.