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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 25

President of the University of a representative group to study all phases of the problem on a long-range basis. The planning group should include representatives of the Chicago Undergraduate Division and the Chicago Professional Colleges as well as staff members at Urbana-Champaign. 2. That, since it appears that there will be an increase in the number of freshmen seeking admission at Navy Pier and at Urbana-Champaign, provision be made to accommodate the maximum number that can be accepted consistent with budgetary limitations and classrooms and laboratory facilities. This implies some adjustments in the budget of the Chicago Undergraduate Division. 3. That special provisions be made for the counseling of students at Navy Pier to aid in their transition to Urbana-Champaign at the end of the sophomore year. Such counseling should include not only consideration of educational programs but advice on scholarships and other financial aids which can be made available to worthy and needy students. 4. That a study be made of the faculty organization at the Chicago Undergraduate Division with the view to improving existing conditions and to integration with the faculty organization at Urbana-Champaign. 5. That all steps recommended herein be taken as expeditiously as good planning and sound administration permit. In conclusion, your Committee would reiterate its sympathy with the desires and ambitions of the Council of the Faculty and the students of the Chicago Undergraduate Division. Your Committee hopes that they will regard the recommendations made above as positive steps in that direction. It appears at the present time not to be financially feasible to meet their immediate expectations without serious damage to the University as a whole. W e do not believe that the people of Illinois would want this to happen.

CuSHMAN B . BlSSELL ROBERT Z. H I C K M A N P A R K LIVINGSTON HERBERT B. MEGRAN VERNON L. NICKELL W A Y N E A. JOHNSTON,

Chairman

At this point a delegation of citizens of Chicago, including representatives of the Council of the Faculty of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, requested and were given a hearing on the proposal for the establishment of a four-year university in Chicago. Mr. John D. McNee, Jr., Chairman of the Council of the Faculty, read a prepared statement, copies of which were distributed to the Trustees and a copy of which has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Action on the report of the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees to study the proposal for a four-year University of Illinois in Chicago was deferred.

MEMORIAL TO WALTER WINSLOW WILLIAMS M r . H e r r i c k offered t h e following resolution: T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois records with profound sorrow the death on July 1, 1953, of Walter Winslow Williams of Benton, Illinois, a former member of this Board. Mr. Williams was born in Herrin, Illinois, on January 18, 1873. Upon graduating from the University of Illinois in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, he entered the practice of law and was a member of the bar for fifty years. He also was engaged in banking and in other business enterprises. F o r more than fifty years he was a prominent figure in the state activities of the Democratic party. H e served in the House of Representatives of the Forty-fourth General Assembly of Illinois during 1905-1907. H e was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1920. In 1930 he was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for a term of six years, and served as President of the Board from 1934 to 1936. Aside from these significant public services he was also active in numerous