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UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS.

MEETING OF MAKCH 1 1 , 1890.

The B o a r d of Trustees of t h e University of Illinois met in t h e University parlor, in U r b a n a , a t 3:30 o'clock p. m., March 1 1 , 1890. The members present were Messrs. Bennett, Bullard, Cobb, E d w a r d s , and McLean; absent, Governor Fifer, and Messrs. Clemens, H a r k e r , Haskell, McKay, Millard, and Shawhan. There being no quorum present, after listening t o t h e r e p o r t of t h e Acting; Regent, Professor Burrill, the B o a r d adjourned t o meet a t 7:30 o'clock, p. m., a t t h e Doane H o u s e in Champaign.

REGENT'S REPORT.

To the Honorable Board of Trustees, of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: I n fulfillment of duty, I respectfully submit an account of aifairs concerning t h e progress of the University during the quarter now closing, together with some papers presented for your consideration. The usual biennial financial exhibit of the departments, which have business transactions, is handed you herewith; and there are also appended the biennial reports due at this time of the heads of departments of instruction. I t gives me much pleasure to repeat the favorable report made a t your last meeting in regard to the excellent spirit prevailing throughout t h e University and t h e very satisfactory progress made in every department thereof. No serious adverse criticism can be made upon anything t h a t has occurred during these three months, and there is no doubt t h a t creditable work has been accomplished. No body of instructors could work together more harmoniously with each earnestly striving to advance t h e best interests of his special department, while generously contributing in all cases and in all feasible ways to the highest good of the Institution as a whole. There has not been a single instance of expressed dissatisfaction, much less of personal or official contention. This is the best thing t h a t can be said of any University Faculty, if, as in the present case, t h e men are each active workers not only in the accomplishment of routine duties, but also towards the highest possible advancement of the departments severally committed to their charge. I t would be unreasonable to expect t h a t students should forget their youth and uniformly fall into place with the precision of machinery; b u t order and loyalty to authority have characterized their behavior and ^earned for them a complimentary notice. Cheerful compliance has uniformly been given to established rules and to the better requirements of propriety and conscience. The good name of t h e University is held by