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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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220 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 16 that, by Board authorization, the President of the Board serves as the member of the consortium and may certify and execute such actions as described. Future Meetings President Howard called attention to the schedule of regular meetings for the next three months: March 23, Chicago Circle; April 20, U r b a n a ; May 18, Rockford School of Medicine. Luncheon Guests Mr. Howard indicated that, in addition to former Trustees Swain and Williamson, students and staff members of die Peoria School of Medicine and a number of individuals from the Peoria community, including representatives of the affiliated institutions and others, had been invited to the luncheon. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION President Howard announced that an executive session had been requested and would be convened after the meeting to consider a report on pending litigation. Following a short recess, the Board reconvened in executive session and considered the following item of business: Estate of Mabel Wells Fishback (27) The will of Mabel Wells Fishback created a trust of the residuary estate with the Citizens National Bank of Paris, Illinois, as the trustee. Under the terms of the trust the annual income is divided between "Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, Charleston, Illinois; Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois; the University of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois; and Depauw College, Greencastle, Indiana." The distributions are to be used by the recipients to award scholarships to students "who are residents of Edgar County, Illinois, and who are of the Protestant religious faith." Scholarship awards are to take into consideration the applicant's academic standing, financial need, and purpose to complete a course of study. By a second codicil, dated March 24, 1971, it is provided that applicants who accept financial assistance must do so "with the understanding that, if he or she knowingly engages in any disruptive or coercive act or participates in any nonpeaceful demonstration against the authority or management of such college, upon the word of two witnesses that he or she has shared ia any of these acts automatically all financial funds from the Wells Trust Fund will be immediately and permanently revoked." The University Counsel has advised that in his opinion certain provisions of the trust, particularly those restricting recipients of the scholarships to persons of the Protestant religious faith, may be unconstitutional or void as against public policy and recommends that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to secure a judicial determination of the validity of the restrictive provisions in the will. I concur. The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Cordon, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Volgmari; no, none. On motion of Mr. Lenz, authority was given as recommended by the
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