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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1876
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149 On motion of Judge Brown, the amount of $50 was appropriated, to be used under the direction of Dr. Gregory, to represent the University at the Chicago Exposition.' Mr. Gardner, Professors Miles and Burrill, were appointed a com* mittee to arrange the relation and local boundaries of the Agricultural and Horticultural Departments. Prof. Miles' plan for altering the stock barn was approved, and the Professor authorized to do the work. Prof. Shattuck was continued as Business Agent. The request for an assistant in Experimental Department, the request for steam power for Agricultural Department, and the matter of painting the farm building, were referred to the Executive Committee. Miss Patchin's services were reduced to three hours daily instead of four. The model for students' uniforms from Devlin & Co., presented by Colonel Snyder, was adopted for use at the University, and all new uniforms required to be made in accordance with the model. Adjourned. DECEMBER 14, 1875. The Board met at the University parlor at 3 o'clock P. M. Present—Messrs. Blackburn, Byrd, Gilham, Gardner, Flagg, Mason and Sabin ; President Cobb in the chair. Absent—Governor Beveridge and Mr. Brown. The Board then took a recess till 7 o'clock P. M. in order to inspect the University Farm and orchards, and to witness the exhibition of the class in Calesthenics. EVENING SESSION. The Board met according to adjournment. The records of the September meeting of the Board, also of the meeting of the Executive Committee, were read and approved. The Regent, Dr. J. N. Gregory, then read his report. REGENT'S REPORT. To the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University : The recurrence of your quarterly meeting makes it again my duty to report to you the conditions and progress of the University under your charge. The first term of the year now drawing to a close, has been characterized, like so many of its predecessors, by steady work, good progress, and pleasant relationships between the Faculty and the students. The number of new students who have entered the term i s : Males Females —11
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