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234 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 16
sions which shall be administered in the manner prescribed in Sections 13 or
14 of these Statutes.
(i) Representatives of the Vice-President and Comptroller, the Dean of
Admissions, the Director of Nonacademic Personnel, the Director of Public
Information, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Director of University
Libraries who are assigned to the Chicago Undergraduate Division shall
keep the Executive Dean informed of their budgets and policies and any
changes therein which may affect the services which the office they represent
may render to the Chicago Undergraduate Division and its departments.
Within the limits of the general policy of their respective offices, they shall
look to the Executive Dean for guidance as to ways in which their services
may best be utilized in accomplishing the academic purposes of the Chicago
Undergraduate Division. Appointment of these representatives shall be made
after consultation with the Executive Dean.
F. SPECIALIZED UNITS
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Sec. 27. The Agricultural Experiment Station shall be administered by a
Director, who shall be appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees on the
recommendation of the President.
The Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois was
established in 1888, under the provisions of acts of Congress, "to aid in
acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and
practical information in subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote
scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications
of agricultural science."
EXTENSION SERVICE IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
Sec. 28. (a) The Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics
shall be administered by a Director appointed biennially by the Board of
Trustees on the recommendation of the President, concurred in by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(b) Under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, approved by the
President of the United States on May 8, 1914, and of subsequent acts of
Congress, and under the provisions of a concurring Joint Resolution of the
Illinois General Assembly, the University is designated the agency in Illinois
responsible for cooperative agricultural and home economics extension work.
This work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations
in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending the
University and of imparting to such persons information on these subjects
through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise. This work shall be
carried on in such a manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary
of Agriculture and the University.
INSTITUTE OF AVIATION
Sec. 29. (a) The Institute of Aviation is responsible for fostering and
correlating educational and research activities related to aviation in all parts
of the University.
(b) The Institute and the University Airport shall be administered by a
Director, appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees on the nomination of
the President.