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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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belongs. I t is further advised t h a t opportunity be given to students •conditioned in their regular courses to work off those conditions at this summer school. I t is assumed t h a t the regular laboratory fees and charges will be made to students taking laboratory work. I t is recommended t h a t courses be offered this first year in art and design, athletics, botany, chemistry, English literature, French, geology, German, Greek, history, Latin, mathematics, mineralogy, pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, physics, physiology, political economy, and zoology. A large number of the instructors have consented to share in t h e work of the proposed school on condition t h a t substantially t h e plan here outlined, or its equivalent, is carried out.

REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS.

I submit a communication from Professor Moss, as librarian. The request should be studied in relation to the provisions anticipated for the library when Engineering Hall is occupied. Requests from t h e department of mechanical engineering are herewith presented. All of these are important for the work of the department, and it is hoped t h a t at least some of them may be granted. A request from the chemical department for leave to import supplies for next year, to the amount of $1,500, is presented for your consideration. The United States authorities require t h a t the military equipments supplied to t h e University shall be kept fully insured. Since the exchange of new arms, etc., has been made there is some increase in the valuation and this extra amount should be provided for in the policies. The university band desires $10 for music. The usual report made by the professor of agriculture is presented herewith:

FARM REPORT. URBANA, I I I . , December 11, 1893.

Dr. T. J. Burrill, Acting Regent, D E A R SIR: During the three months ending December 1st, t h e financial operations of the University farms have been as follows: Receipts $1,829 94 Expenses 305 10 Balance to credit of farms $1,524 84 The receipts may be classified thus; cattle, $473.63; horses, $235; hogs, $197.95; butter and milk, $129.90; pasture, $79.25; work, $39.62; corn, $668.44; miscellaneous, $6.15. The expenditures may be classified thus: labor, $211.70; feed for experiment purposes $31.80; hardware and repairs, $44.32; miscellaneous, $17.28. In accordance with directions, sales of live stock and other salable property have been made as rapidly as practible. I t was found advisable to make sale of a number of animals for delivery during t h e present month. Especial difficulty has been found in disposing of t h e horses, and more particularly the colts. Awaiting action by the board of trustees, t h e stock, whose transfer to t h e Experiment Station was asked for, has keen kept. Circulars concerning the free short course in agriculture have been issued, and over four thousand copies distributed. The agricultural and .general newspapers have prominently mentioned this course. A large ^correspondence has resulted, and there is every indication of an attende e s considarably larger than at the similar course last year, Arrange