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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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On motion of Mr. McLean, the question of changes in the courses of s t u d y was referred t o the Executive Committee of the Faculty and the Committee on Instruction, with power t o act. While the subject of g r a d u a t e courses and fellowships was under consideration, the Board adjourned t o meet a t 8 o'clock a. m.

SESSION O F WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Board met p u r s u a n t t o adjournment, t h e same members being present as on t h e preceding day. The question of g r a d u a t e courses and fellowships was referred t o the Executive Committee of t h e Faculty and the Committee on Instruction, with power t o act, on motion of Mr. B a a b . The committee appointed t o draft resolutions with regard t o Mrs. F l a g g ' s donation, made the following report, which was adopted:

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sarah S. Flagg, of Moro, 111., widow of the late Hon. Willard C. Flagg, formerly a member of this Board, has kindly and generously donated to this University 242 volumes of rare and valuable books and a large number of pamphlets; therefore be it Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be, and they are hereby, tendered to Mrs. Flagg for these books; and that they be received and duly entered upon our library records as the donation of Mrs. Flagg from the library of Willard C. Flagg. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon our record, and that a copy of them be sent to Mrs. Flagg. ALEX. MCLEAX, )

HENRY RAAB,

> Committee.

G. B. SHAWHAN, )

By invitation, t h e committee of the F a c u l t y on public •exercises and the committee of the Alumni Association were received by the Board, and the question of celebrating properly a t commencement time the twenty-fifth anniversarj 7 of the founding of the University and the twentieth anniversary of the Alumni was made the subject of a general discussion. The following resolution, offered by Mr. McLean, was a d o p t e d : Resolved, That all the necessary expenses incident upon arranging to commemorate suitably by exercises during commencement week the quarter centennial anniversary of the University and the twentieth of the Alumni be borne by the University; and that a committee of this Board be appointed, with power to act, to cooperate with a committee of the Faculty and a committee of the Alumni. Messrs. McLean, Morgan, Graham and the President were appointed as this committee. On motion of Mr. B a a b , it was voted t h a t the F a c u l t y m a y for this year secure some distinguished person t o deliver an address a t commencement and provide for other exercises suitable t o the occasion, as it m a y deem best. —15 U. I.