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3, The Board of Trustees has made it possible for faculty and staff members to retain their positions through leaves of abseno without pay when called into the military and naval service of the United States or nto service essential to the prosecution of the war. The number of persons now on 1 ive in these services includes 71 for military servi \\<\ lo for defense projects, m addition to 24 who have resigned. The most recent activities of the University in meeting the war situation by using our resources are briefly summarized in the followng paragraphs:

1. On December 10. 1 41, the President of the University called a General < >w cation oi students and staff over which Pro\ si Harno presided. Approximately 9,000 persons attended and were given informan and advice in facing the war situation thrust upon the country.

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2. A Central War Emergency Committee headed by Provost Harno and

composed ot* chairmen of important Standing committees was set up immediately to study and coordinate our resources and programs for meeting a

situation of national peril unprecedented in the history of the University. One of the first problems the new Central Committee has had to insider is the question of accelerating the University's program in order to enable students to proceed more rapidly to a degree. This can b< >mplished by curtailing vacation periods to some extent as is now done in v my universities. Our own Colleges in Chicago have already been authori. d h\ the Board of Trustees to operate on a year round program, in I r to meet the greatly increased demands on the medical professi n. Under the University Statutes, since tins matter involves problems ^i luc >nal policy, the authorized agency to deal with it is the Sena: mmittee on Educational Policy. With the assistance of the Central mmitt< . the Senate Committee- on Educational 1 licy has been working w an rat 1 program which involves keeping the doors of the University Open to students all year round with only short interims- >ns. It 1 that the Senate Committee will announce the results of it^ liberations very soon. 3. The University Senate acting on recommendations from its Commit on Edu ttional Policy, Professor J. O. Draffin, Acting Chairman, promptly i 1 a eries of war tune regulations grantinj certain cr for oirses and providing for graduation of students who leave the Uniand enter th< military or naval services of the United S si nto war industries under certain conditions. 4. The p nt Committi on Student Affairs, J. J. Doland, I ' n. formula and has already put into operation an extensive | un. It ha .ippro\ I approximate!) thirty extracurricular defense pi Tl hav< 1»' u opened to students, and n istration is now l m; ca So fai p blc, students ar< asked to limit then intcn • to tivil At the pi nt moment the a t I int< i(si b < \ in radio operation, the l truing of Spanish (extracurricular), fii aid I n th- part i men and women student w men's health • vit . nutri ,n h tin [Ionic 1 >nomics Depart HUM and k I Ci \\M k

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