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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878
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74 The state appropriation for t h a t purpose was $2,500 00 There has already been expended as p e r Prof. BurrilF s r e p o r t . . $2,364 71 There is still required for some p e t t y expenses 15 00 For f u r n i t u r e for north-east room and a p p a r a t u s for botanical investigation and e x p e r i m e n t s 75 00 For painting' outside brick work 30 00 2,484 71 $ 15 29 Y o u r committee would recommend the additional e x p e n d i t u r e mentioned above, a m o u n t ing to one hundred and t w e n t y dollars, and the balance of the appropriation m a y be used in painting- the roof, if sufficient to do so, b u t on no account to exceed t h e entire a p p r o priation. Respectfully submitted, A. MCLEAN, i D. GARDNER, VCommittee. R. B. MASON. ) The report was accepted, and its recommendations agreed to. Adjourned. M E E T I N G O F T H E B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S , M A R C H 12, 1878. The board met, pursuant to call, at 3 o'clock, p. m., in the University parlor. Present Messrs. Byrd, Brown, Cobb, Gardner, Mason, McLean, Pickrell and Sabin. Absent, Gov. Cullom, Hon. Gillham and Flagg. The scriptures were then read by president Cobb, and prayer offered by Prof. Morrow. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The regent then read the following report, which was received : REGENT'S REPORT FOR T H E QUARTER ENDING MARCH 12, 1878. To the Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University: GENTLEMEN : I present you my quarterly report as required by law. The University is near the close of the second term of the most prosperous year of its history. The attendance has not thus far exceeded that of some years before the panic, but a much larger proportion of the students have been of advanced standing. The total attendance^ for the two terms of the year, is 377, against the total of 388 for the three terms of the last year. The usual accessions of the spring term will carry the whole number for the year above that of last year. There has" been an increase of male students over that of any former year, but the number of female students has for some reason fallen off. T H E COLUMBUS C O N F E R E N C E . In accordance with your instructions, I attended the conference of presidents and representatives of the state colleges and universities,
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