Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 138]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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sity h a d been denied on t h e ground t h a t t h e present Board was n o t t h e same which h a d refused his request for reinstatement in 1885, and had n o t been asked t o reinstate him. He said his only object in presenting his formal request for a reinstatement was t h a t he might h tve a s t a n d i n g in making, as he proposed doing a t once, a further request for a m a n d a m u s . TTT hen asked by Mr. Bennett whether or n o t he would, if reinstated, comply with the rules, for non-compliance with which he had been suspended, Mr. North answered, U I would n o t . " After Mr. North h a d retired, the Board instructed the Secret a r y , on motion of Mr. Bennett, t o answer his communication in t h e following words:

" I n reply to your communication to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, of March 11, 1890, in relation to your suspension from the privileges of the University in 1885, the Board directs me to say: " T h a t , as you are aware, the facts relating to your suspension were at t h a t time referred to the Attorney General of this state, who is the legal adviser of this Board, for his opinion thereon; t h a t the action of the Faculty and of the Board of Trustees of the University was. strictly in accordance with the opinion given by him, and t h a t the Board knows no reason for changing its action in the premises."

The Secretary was further instructed t o send t o t h e Attorney General the papers in the Foster North case and t o request him, on behalf of t h e Board, t o represent t h e Board in a n y legal proceedings which might arise. The B o a r d then proceeded t o t h e election of officers for t h e next year. On motion of Mr. Cobb, Mr. McLean was elected President. On motion of Mr. Haskell, W. L. Pillsbury was elected Corresponding Secretary and Kecording Secretary. Mr. Cobb and Mr. Bennett were named as t h e t w p members who should, with the President, constitute t h e Executive Committee. On motion of Mr. Bennett, t h e m a t t e r of new cuts of t h e buildings was referred t o t h e Committee on Publications with power t o act, any a m o u n t spent by them t o come from t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n for catalogues and advertising. The question of preparing a n exhibit for the World's Fair, if it should be determined t o hold it in Chicago, was postponed t o t h e June meeting. B u t the Executive Committee were instructed t o t a k e such steps as might, meanwhile, prove necessary. The committee appointed a t t h e last meeting t o look after securing an extension of Lieut. Hoppin's detail as military ins t r u c t o r a t this University, reported upon the m a t t e r . The report was received, and t h e committee continued. The recommendation with regard t o flag-staff and flags was referred t o the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, t o report u p o n a t the next regular meeting.