Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1886 [PAGE 80]

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EVENING SESSION.

The Board reassembled at 10 P. M. The following resolution was offered by Trustee Bennett and adopted:

Resolved, That the opinion of the Attorney General upon the legal questions involved ins the petition of Foster North be and the same is hereby adopted as the judgment ot thisBoard upon the matters contained in said petition, and that the Begent is hereby directed to notify Mr. North that the requests contained in his petition are refused.

The Kegent reported that the LeBaron Entomological collection had been transferred to this University. The report was received* A communication from Prof. Boos, in regard to the course in Drawing and Designing, was received, and, on motion, referred to the Begent and Faculty, to report at the March meeting. President Millard called the attention of the Board tp section 4, article 5, of the act of Congress granting land \o agricultural colleges, in reference to the publication of annual reports. The following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the Eegent be and he is hereby instructed to require of the chiefs of each department of the University an annual report of their respective departments, showing the work done during the year, also setting forth any improvements made, also the needs of such departments, together with such experiments, their results and cost as shall have been made in the respective departments, and the Corresponding Secretary shali cause the same to be published in the annual reports of the University.

The President also called attention to section 9 of said act, in regard to free scholarship to children of deceased soldiers. Trustee Bennett offered the following resolution, which was adopted :

Resolved, That the matter of scholarships, prizes, etc., be referred to a special committee of three, to be appointed by the President, for report and recommendations at the next regular meeting of this Board.

Adjourned to 9 o'clock A. M.

SECOND DAY'S SESSION. The Board assembled at 9:30 o'clock A. M. Present: Governor Oglesby, Trustees Bennett, Cobb, Eisenmayer,, Follansbee, McLean, Mijlard, Paden, and Pearman. Trustee McLean offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Executive Committee be, and they are hereby authorized to purchase and have placed in the Trustees' room, or some other convenient place, a clothes, closet of sufficient size to accommodate the Trustees.

The Board took a recess of twenty minutes to attend University Chapel. On retnrniug from the exercises, Treasurer Barm read the following report., which was received and referred to the Auditing Committee :