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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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MEETING OF DECEMBER 9, 1890.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met in the University Parlor, in Urbana, Illinois, at 4:30 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, December 9, 1890. The members present were Messrs. Bennett, Billiard, Cobb, Harker, McLean and Shawhan; absent, Governor Fifer, and Messrs. Clemens, Edwards, Haskell and Millard. The minutes of the last meeting were approved. The Regent, Dr. Peabody, was asked to present his report.

REGENT'S REPORT.

To the Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: I have again the privilege of reporting the increased growth and prosperity of the University. The attendance this term has reached the number of 481, being an increase over the total of last year. The increase is felt in the larger numbers in the library, in the chapel, in the shops, and in all classes. Progress has been made in carrying into effect the plans approved by you at the last meeting. The joint committee, consisting of the Committee on Instruction and the Executive Committee, has made the following appointments, under the authority given for t h a t purpose: 1. Professor Charles DeGarmo, of Normal, has been appointed professor of psychology. Professor DeGarmo is a gentleman of mature years and sound scholarship, widely and well known throughout the state. He has made preparation in this specialty in a prolonged study in Berlin and Heidelberg. His appointment has elicited many words of approval from leading educators. 2. Professor Samuel W. Parr, of Illinois College, has been appointed t<a the chair of analytical chemistry. Mr. Parr graduated with distinction several years since from our own chemical laboratory. He has made an excellent record as a successful and competent teacher of general and chemical science, and will prove a valuable acquisition where aid is much needed. 3. The demand for a professor of French has been met by the appointment of the Eev. M. K. Paradis, of Urbana. Mr. Paradis is of French parentage, educated in Montreal, and has taught the language in the College of Toronto. He is a scholar of liberal culture, speaking and writing both English and French with precision and purity. He is already well and favorably known in this community and in the University.