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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

or at such other time previous thereto as may be found necessary; t h e committee having authority to call a meeting of t h e board, on t h e usual notice, through t h e secretary. The proposition of Mr. Kinley with regard to t h e publication of a journal of sociology was referred to t h e committee on instruction. The committee on instruction made t h e following report:

U R B A N A . I I I . , October 5, 1893.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your committee on instruction recommends t h a t one of t h e instructors of t h e University be made t h e teacher of a class in preparatory Latin. Eespectfully submitted,

F . M. M C K A Y , } Committee H E N R Y KAAB, j" on Instruction,

The report was approved, on motion of Mr. Morgan. The secretary, who had presented a summary of t h e students in attendance, was requested to present t h e next morning a statement showing how many classes and students were in t h e charge of each instructor. The board then went into executive session, after which it adjourned to meet a t 8 o'clock p. m., a t t h e Doane House, in Champaign.

EVENING SESSION.

The board met pursuant to adjournment. An additional appropriation of $125 was made to defray t h e expenses of preparing t h e plans and specifications for Engineering Hall and of advertising for bids. The following resolution, offered by Mr. McLean, was adopted : WHEREAS, T h e University of Illinois is entitled to receive arms from t h e war department, and there have been assigned by t h e secretary of war three hundred Springfield rifles, with t h e necessary accoutrements and arm chests, also two 6-pounder bronze guns, with carriages and all necessary accoutrements belonging t h e r e t o : and WHEREAS, The secretary of war has demanded a bond, to be executed by t h e University, with two additional sureties, each in t h e sum of $13,772.84, for t h e safe keeping of said above described arms, guns, etc., and as a guarantee of their return in good condition when ordered by the secretary of war, or such authority as may lawfully require i t : and WHEREAS, Said above described arms and guns and accoutrements are now ready to be delivered and are needed for immediate use by t h e University, therefore be i t Besolved, By t h e Board of Trustees of t h e University of Illinois, t h a t the president and secretary of said board, be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute, in behalf of t h e University, such bond as may be required by t h e secretary of war, and t h a t they attach t h e seal of t h e University to said bond and obtain t h e additional sureties required by t h e secretary of war; said bond, when duly executed, to be forwarded to t h e secretary of war. Without making a formal report, t h e regent, Dr. Burrill, then presented some requests*for appropriations, and in regard to other matters. The matter of leasing ground to the Christian associations of t h e University was referred to a committee consisting of Dr. Burrill and Messrs. Morgan and McLean, for report a t t h e next regular meeting. On motion of Mr. McLean, $1,000 was appropriated to be used in t h e department of electrical engineering.