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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 195 MEETING OF DECEMBER 12, 1893. The board of trustees of the University of Illinois met in the University Parlor in Urbana, at 3 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, December 12, 1893. There were present Messrs. Armstrong, Bullard, Graham, McKay, McLean, Morrison, Kaab, and Eaymond; absent, Governor Altgeld, and Messrs. Bryant, Morgan, and Gore. The minutes of t h e last meeting, both of the regular and adjourned sessions, were approved. The regent then presented his report. R E G E N T ' S REPORT. To the Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: The enrollment of students for t h e present t e r m makes a total of 663 against 642 for t h e same date last year. This is a slight increase compared with t h a t of one year ago. But the increase of 97 students then may not after all have so much meaning as t h a t of 21 does now, on account of the difference in t h e financial condition of t h e country. Any increase this year in most educational institutions is considered a sign of healthy growth. A decrease is more common. Of the total number, - as above given, 547 are in the University, and 116 in the preparatory school, though the division can not be exactly made, since some of the individuals have work both in the preparatory and in the university classes. A complete summary of students has been handed to me^by t h e registrar, which I beg leave to incorporate in this report. ..._. { _j
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