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UNIVEKSITY

O F ILLINOTS.

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Mr. Bullard n o m i n a t e d Mr. F . M. M c K a y , and there b e i n g no o t h e r nomination, Mr. M c K a y was elected P r e s i d e n t of t h e B o a r d by acclamation and took the chair at once. On motion of Mr. M c L e a n , t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e Board appointed. Messrs. M c L e a n and R a y m o n d and M r s . Flower to p r e p a r e resolutions c o n c e r n i n g t h e services of Mr. A r m s t r o n g , t h e r e t i r i n g P r e s i dent. Mr, A r m s t r o n g n o m i n a t e d Mr. W . L. P i l l s b u r y for t h e offices of C o r r e s p o n d i n g Secretary, R e c o r d i n g Secretary,, and R e g i s t r a r , a n d t h e r e being no other n o m i n a t i o n , t h e election was m a d e by acclamation. O n motion of Mr. M c L e a n , t h e election of a T r e a s u r e r was made a special order for 10 o'clock W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g . Messrs. S m i t h and B u l l a r d were elected to constitute, with t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e Board, t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e . On motion of Mr. M c L e a n , Andrew S. D r a p e r was u n a n i m o u s l y elected P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y for t h e t e r m of two years. T h e P r e s i d e n t t h e n p r e s e n t e d his several r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s :

THE WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.

To the Board of Trustees. I recommend that a new department in University administration be created, which shall be known as "The Woman's Department," at the head of which shall be an officer whose title shall be "Dean of the Woman's Department," and I propose the following general outline of the functions of this officer: 1. The Dean of the Woman's Department shall be charged with the general oversight of all the women students of the University. She shall seek to become their representative, guide and friend. It shall be her duty to aid and advise them in their University work and in social life, to the end that the highest attributes of independent but true womanly character may here be developed. 2. She shall seek the improvement and extension of those lines of University work in which women students are most interested, and shall endeavor to enlarge all instrumentalities which will promote their physical and; intellectual vigor. 3. She shall seek the fullest information touching the progress of eventsthroughout the world, which are of special interest to women, and shall represent the Woman's Department of the University upon public occasions and in the educational and periodical press, whenever it seems advisable and practicable to do so, without engaging in extreme and doubtful projects or entering into controversies about which the people are widely divided. 4. She shall be expected to have constant knowledge of the work and effectiveness of all the women teachers in the University, and to advise with and suggest to them and, if necessary, direct them as to all matters within the field of her general duty. 5. She shall be a member of the Council of Administration and invested with the powers and duties of such position. -I also recommend that for the present the position of Dean of the Woman's Department be coupled with that of Assistant Professor of the English Language and Literature, soon to become vacant through the resignation of Miss Merrill, and that the salary for the next year be $1,500.00 for the positions so combined.