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1915] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. G I F T T O B'NAI B'RITH L I B R A R Y F U N D . 203 (20) A statement of the Comptroller that he has received a gift of $50 from Mr. Isaac Kuhn for the use of the B'nai B'rith Library Fund in the Library of the University of Illinois. On motion of Mr. Hoit, this gift was accepted and the President of the University was requested to extend the thanks of the board to Mr. Kuhn. INTER-UNIVERSITY C O M M I T T E E TO P R E P A R E M A T E R I A L CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. FOR S T A T E (21) Last year an appropriation of $100 was made for the use of the Constitutional Committee (page 736, Report, 1914). No part of this fund has yet been used, but it lapsed on the 30th day of June. The committee is now desirous of incurring certain expenses for typewriting, etc., in the preparation of their report. If there is no objection, I shall take it for granted that this appropriation is continued for this purpose. No action was taken concerning this matter. E M E R G E N C Y B I L L TO SECURE S M I T H - L E V E R F U N D S . (22) A recommendation that the President of the University be given authority to secure the introduction of an emergency bill into the Legislature providing for the appropriation of the $10,000 which should come to the State under the Lever Fund during the present year. No action was taken on this matter. USE OF S W I M M I N G POOL IN WOMAN'S GYMNASIUM. Mrs. Evans reported for the Committee on Students' Welfare, to whom had been referred a request that the,swimming pool in the Woman's Gymnasium he opened to the wives and children of members of the Faculty (page 737, Report, 1914), that the committee regretted that the accommodations in the Woman's Building were too limited to permit of the granting of this request. This report was received for record. A P P O I N T M E N T TO C O M M I T T E E ON AGRICULTURE. The Secretary presented for record the following letter from the President of the board: January 31, 1915. Mr. H. E. Cunningham, Secretary, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : Please note that I have appointed Hon. J. K. Hopkins to fill the vacancy on the Committee on Agriculture, caused by the retirement of Dr. Montgomery. Yours truly, W. L. ABBOTT. APPOINTMENTS MADE BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY. The Secretary also presented for record the following list of appointments made by President James to fill vacancies: Carothers, Herbert, Assistant in Gross Anatomy in the College of Medicine, to give six hours' service a week, for the second semester of the current academic year, at a remuneration of fifty dollars ($50) for the semester. (January 28, 1915.)* Haag, V. W., Student Assistant in Chemistry, for five months beginning * February 1, 1915, at a salary of ten dollars ($10) a month. (January 23, 1915.) Hartwell, Basil, Assistant in Gross Anatomy in the College of Medicine, to give six hours' service a week, for the second semester of the current academic year, at a remuneration of fifty dollars ($50) for the semester. (January 28, 1915.) Heacock, Dr. E. N., Assistant in Gross Anatomy in the College of Medicine, to give nine hours' service a week, for the second semester of the current academic year, a t a remuneration of fifty dollars ($50) for the semester. (January 28, 1915.) Houston, Ruth, Temporary Assistant in Physical Training for Women, for four months beginning February 8, 1915, at a salary of eighty dollars ($80) a month. (January 25, 1915.) Venning, Frank L.., Instructor in Landscape Design, for four months beginning February 1, 1915, at a salary of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) a month. (January 29, 1915.) Welden, N. A., Assistant in Gross Anatomy in the College of Medicine, to give six hours' service a week, for the second semester of the current academic year, at a remuneration of fifty dollars ($50) for the semester. (January 28, 1915.) The board adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, President, H. E. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary. * The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University.
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