Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869 [PAGE 101]

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ing tables, drawing boards, T squares, and instruments, should be provided, and instruction given in geometrical drawing applicable to the science of architecture and the mechanic arts, also the application of the theories of mechanical forces and the strength of material, illustrated by models and experiments. We also recommend the employment of a suitable Professor,, to teach the science of Architectural and Mechanical Drawing, before the commencement of the fall term. We also recommend the enlargement of the workshops by removal of the stalls, so that a larger number of the students may be employed in carpentry and the practical construction of implements and machinery. For the use of the students engaged in this department, we recommend that suitable tools be obtained, provided the cost of such tables, boards, instruments and tools shall not exceed in the aggregate $500. Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. VAX 08DEL, Chairman.

The Committee on Library and Cabinets, reported back as follows:

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The Committee on Library and Cabinets, to whom was referred so much of the Regent's report as relates to library and cabinets, and to communications referred to in that connection, report the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That the offer of Professor Burrill, to give six weeks of the summer vacation to making collections in Natural History in this State, be accepted, and that he be authorized to take with him such members of his class as may volunteer to accompany him, not exceeding five. 2. Besolved, That he be permitted to organize and conduct such short excursions for this purpose during term time as he and the Faculty may agree upon, provided that the same shall not interfere with the regular work and study of the term. 3. Besolved, That there be appropriated for such excursions and summer service the sum of $300, to be expended for two (2) wall tents, eight (8) rubber blankets, ten (10) woolen blankets, one (1) oil burning stove and furniture, taxidermal instruments, nets, boxes, cans, bags, ammunition, paper and other materials needed and to be used in collecting and preserving specimens, and for provisions for the party. 4. Besolved, That Professor Burrill be requested also to give such attention to the agricultural, fruit-growing and mechanical interests and enterprises of the sections he may visit, as he shall find practicable,- and secure such specimens of seeds, soils, grasses, etc., as may serve to illustrate the Agriculture of the State, and that for this end we heartily recommend him to the favor of the Agriculturist and Manufacturers of the State. 5. Besolved, That the sum of $100 is hereby appropriated for the purchase of a set of meteorological instruments, and that the Faculty be instructed to provide at once for taking and recording regular meteorological observations.