Board of Regents meeting minutes, 1953-1954

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211+ have to be separated from the ROTC program it‘ this interpretation holdso This would require the disenroll- ment of seventeen seniors of a total of fifty-six who will complete the ROTC course in the spring or after summer camp, even though they only have one to three quarters remaining before they become eligible for a bachelors degree, for they will have attained the equivalent of 183 credit hours. This action is being vigorously protested. The President reported that Dean Harold W. Bentley, Director of the Extension Divisiony has received an inDEAN BENTLEY vitation from Dr, Stanley Aston}, Chairman of the Com- TO ATTEND ME E TINGS IN mittee of Modern Humanities Research Association, ENG LAND London, to attend the Sixth Annual Congress of Modern Languages and Literature at Oxford, England, in September of this year. The recommendation of President Olpin that Dru Bentley be permitted to accept this invitation was concurred in by the Board. This will not involve any expenses to the University as the Asso- ciation is contributing $150. 00 towards Dr. Bentley's expenses and Dr. Bentley will bear all other costs of the trip, which will be taken during his vacation time. RE POR T OF The President reported that he had sent a letter DEATH OF JOHN JENKINS, of condolence, on behalf of the administration and the STUDENT faculty of the University, to the family of John Jenkins,