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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
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656 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 23 At the conclusion of the discussion, Professor McNee thanked the Board for its courteous consideration of the proposal. He asked when the Council might expect an answer. Mr. Hickman pointed out that the Board would need to have the advice of the President and other University officers, and that in his judgment it would not be feasible to reach a decision by the time of the next meeting (June 22, 1953) of the Board. On motion of Mr. Grange, the proposal was referred to a special committee of the Board for study. President Livingston appointed the following committee: Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, Chairman, Mr. Robert Z. Hickman, Mr. Herbert B. Megran, Mr. Cushman B. Bissell, Mr. Vernon L. Nickell, and Mr. Park Livingston. J U N E AND JULY MEETINGS OF T H E BOARD President Livingston announced that the Board had previously voted to hold its June meeting at Urbana-Champaign on Monday, June 22, 1953, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (C.D.S.T.). On motion of Mr. Johnston, the Board voted to hold the July meeting at Urbana-Champaign on Saturday, July 25, 1953, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (C.D.S.T.). REVISION OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STATUTES Mrs. Watkins moved that a special committee of the Board be appointed to consider a revision of the University of Illinois Statutes. This motion was adopted. Mr. Livingston suggested the appointment of Mr. R. Z. Hickman, Chairman, Mr. C. B. Bissell, and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins as members of this Special Committee. On motion of Mrs. Holt, this Committee was appointed. The Board was informed that a Committee of the Faculty (Provost Coleman R. Griffith, Chairman, Dean Albert J. Harno, Comptroller Lloyd Morey, and Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board), appointed by the President of the University, has been working on the preparation of a new edition of the Statutes for presentation to the Board. The function of this Committee is not to revise the Statutes but to bring them up to date. Mr. Hickman suggested that the two committees work together on this assignment. STUDENT DISCIPLINARY CASES Mrs. Holt and Mr. Grange requested a discussion of the cases of two students who were recently dismissed from the University of Ilinois for participating in certain episodes on the night of May 12, 1953Following this discussion, and on motion of Mr. Bissell, the President of the University was requested to have a review made of the cases of all students who were dismissed from the University of Illinois as the result of participating in the episodes on the night of May 12, x 953> to determine if the evidence warrants the disciplinary action taken. REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Secretary of the Board presented the following reports of actions taken by the Executive Committee:
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