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1925]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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A N D W H E R E A S the property to be conveyed to A. W . Stoolman in accordance with this action is described as follows: "Lot Ninety-four (94), a strip 16.1 feet wide along the North side of Lot Ninety-three (93) and a strip 16.2 feet wide along the North side of Lot Eighty (80), all in College Place, an addition to the City of Champaign, Illinois." A N D W H E R E A S in accordance with the above action W . L. Noble, President, and H. E. Cunningham, Secretary, of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois have executed, acknowledged, and delivered in its name a warranty deed for the premises above described to A. W . Stoolman; N O W , T H E R E F O R E , be i resolved that the action of these officers in t executing this deed be and is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed. Approved

O. A. Harker

Legal Counsel O n motion of M r . Armstrong, these resolutions were adopted. RESOLUTION W H E R E A S The Board of Trustees on June 12, 1925, in regular meeting authorized the sale of certain land described as follows: "A tract of land located in Lot 1 of a subdivision of the S. J4 of Sec. 13 Twp. 19 N. Range 8, E. of the 3rd P. M., described as follows: "Beginning at a point 60 feet South of the Southwest corner of Armory Avenue and First Street and extending South along the West side of First Street 343.4 feet, thence West 150 feet, thence North 4034 feet to a point on the South side of Armory Avenue 150 feet west of the southwest corner of Armory Avenue and First Street, thence East along the South side of Armory Avenue 12.5 feet, thence South 60 feet, thence East 137J4 feet to the place of beginning." A N D W H E R E A S in accordance with the above action W . L. Noble, President, and H. E. Cunningham, Secretary, of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois have executed, acknowledged, and delivered in its name a warranty deed for the premises above described to Vern A. Roland, M a e Roland, and Lela Collins, the sole heirs at law of Anton Roland, deceased; N O W , T H E R E F O R E , be i resolved that the action of these officers in t executing this deed be and is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed. Approved O. A. Harker Legal Counsel

On motion of Mr. Wham, these resolutions were adopted. "LANDSCAPE GARDENING" CHANGED TO "LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE"

(26) The Council of Administration has approved a recommendation of the Faculty of the College of Agriculture that the term "Landscape Gardening," as used in the curriculum in Landscape Gardening, be changed to "Landscape Architecture." I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this recommendation w a s adopted. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR GRIFFITH (27) Dean Babcock recommends, and I concur, that Assistant Professor Coleman R. Griffith be given leave of absence without pay for one year from September 1, 1925, to enable him to take advantage of a Guggenheim Fellowship for study abroad which has been awarded to him. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this leave w a s granted.