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THE EDUCATIONAL PLAN 151 The Council was succeeded by the General Administrative Board. The Council had not proved to be a particularly important body, and its successor, shorn of most of its power, proved even less important. It thus came about that the Senate increased in number, prominence, and power, the Council disappeared, and the importance of its successor diminished. This latter tendency was accelerated by an increase in the number of the Ruling Bodies. As the various steps in the expansion of the University's work, con- sidered in other chapters, were taken, and as the number of students multiplied, various boards charged with specific functions were organized, and provision was made for others as they might be needed to direct the multifarious interests of the institution. The administrative officers did not remain the same. The positions of Recorder and Examiner were united in one man. The important office of the University Chaplain was established. As the funds of the University increased and the management of its business affairs became very important a Business Manager was appointed, and later an Auditor; and the work of the Registrar, being largely financial, was merged in that of the business office. There were also some changes in the officers of instruction, one of them important. In 1899 the title "Head Professor" was changed to "Professor and Head of Department." In 1911 the appointment of Heads of Departments was discontinued. The ground for this change was thus stated by one of the professors whose opinions were sought on the questions now being considered : First-class research facilities in the various lines of work in a single field of knowledge demand more than a single eminent investigator in most depart- ments, and the idea of a head of a department is inimical to the securing and holding of such men of eminent ability. All professors therefore were made of equal rank. The new statute on the subject read as follows: The Lecturers and Teachers of the University are classified as follows: the Professor, the Associate Professor, the Assistant Professor, the Instructor, the Associate, the Assistant, and the Fellow. It will be seen that the Tutor, the Decent, and the Reader had fallen out of the list.