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PROCEEDINGS O F BOARD O F TRUSTEES.

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is the trained mind and warm heart to take Mrs. Gregory's place? I s i t t h a t we, who were girls then, did not cherish our privileges—those rare privileges,—blessings which we feel every day of our lives? Surely it might so seem did we not testify to them; therefore Resolved, T h a t in view of t h e fact of t h e large number of girls in attendance at. the University each year, we recommend to the Trustees t h a t -a representative woman be made a member of the Faculty. A l s o t h e following:

U N I V E R S I T Y OF ILLINOIS, J u n e 15, 1892

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: I t is believed by t h e alumnae of t h e University of Illinois t h a t greater facilities should be afforded to women attending t h e University; t h a t instruction in branches pertaining to household science should form a part of the education open to women; t h a t t h e departments of music and a r t should be extended and placed upon a more permanent basis; and that social culture in its highest forms should be a part of the training of college women. Therefore, the consideration by your honorable body of t h e importance and practicability of the following is respectfully urged: 1. The establishment of a course in household science. 2. The erection of a building or buildings which may comprise special laboratories for scientific experiment and investigation in questions of household science, sanitation, and esthetics; lecture rooms, music rooms, art rooms, gymnasiums, dormitories, parlors, reception rooms, dining room, kitchen, and laundry. I t is believed t h a t these measures would be effective in extending t h e scholarly attainments of women. All of which is respectfully submitted by the Alumnae Association of the University of Illinois.

M A R Y L. PARSONS, President. V I R G I N I A H. TALBOT, Corresponding Seeretary.

These papers were referred t o t h e Committee on I n s t r u c t i o n . The B o a r d then t o o k a recess for one h o u r t o 2:30 o'clock p . m . The Committee on I n s t r u c t i o n named for t h e place of assists i s t a n t professor in English literature Miss K a t h a r i n e Merrill, of t h e H a r v a r d Annex, who was elected. Mr. McKay, from t h e Committee on I n s t r u c t i o n , read t w o lett e r s which he h a d received from Dr. W a s h i n g t o n Gladden, of Columbus, Ohio, a n d , on m o t i o n of Mr. McLean, t h e letters were referred t o t h e committee appointed t o secure a regent, a n d t h e committee was instructed t o send t w o or more of its members t o confer with Dr. Gladden. On m o t i o n of Mr. G r a h a m , these members of t h e committee were authorized t o offer Dr. Gladden, if they should deem i t best eo t o d o , t h e regency of t h e University a t such s a l a r y a s m i g h t be agreed upon, n o t exceeding $6,000 a year. Mr. W. D. Pence w a s appointed a s s i s t a n t in t h e d e p a r t m e n t of municipal a n d s a n i t a r y engineering, with a s a l a r y of $ 3 0 0 for ten m o n t h s from September 1, 1892, t h e service t o be three hours a day.