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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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World's Fair, and have received from them a statement annulling our obligation to them as per agreement, of April 8, 1893. This statement I enclose herewith, together with agreement referred to. The machine loaned us by the Garwin Machine Company was shipped them December 1st, and they will send me a similar statement upon receipt of the machine, which I will hand to Mr. Pillsbury, or as you may direct. All of which is respectfully submitted. I am Yours respectfully, Urbana, December 11, 1893. L. P. BRECKENRIDGE. The report was received for record. Authority was given the business agent to employ W. J. Eraser, for one month, to take charge of the distribution of the exhibits received from the World's Fair, and to pay him for such service, $50. On motion of Mr. Armstrong, it was voted t h a t the annual appoint" ments of instructors and assistants be made at the meeting in March. Mr. Morrison offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Besolved, T h a t this board receives Professor Snyder's resignation with extreme regret. Besolved, further, T h a t the resignation be referred to the committee on instruction, and t h a t the committee be requested to confer with Professor Snyder, and report to the board at its next meeting. The new courses submitted by the regent were approved; and the matter of such further minor modifications of the courses of study as should be found necessary, was referred to the executive committee of the faculty, with power to act. On motion of Mr. Raab, the publishing of the annual catalogue was referred to the committee on instruction, with directions t h a t the catalogue be published as soon as practicable after the beginning of the spring term. From current funds, $15 was appropriated to put temporary book shelves in Professor Kinley's room. The request for the fitting up of rooms in the basement of the chemical laboratory for the mechanical engineering department, was referred to the committee on buildings and grounds, to be reported on at this meeting. The employment of a blacksmith in the machine shop for the next six months, at a salary of $50 per month, was authorized. Removal of the fan from the basement of the chemical laboratory to the blacksmith shop was authorized, the expense not to exceed $65, which sum was appropriated for t h a t purpose. The matter of purchasing a lathe and drill for the mechanical engineering department was referred to the finance committee. The business agent was authorized to contract for the purchase of apparatus and supplies, to be imported for the chemical laboratory, not exceeding in cost $1,500, of which sum $1,000 shall be taken from the fees received in the chemical department. The business agent was directed to insure, to their full value, the ordnance and ordnance stores, which have been received from the United States war department. The making of repairs and procurring additional apparatus for the gymnasium, as requested by the director of the gymnasium, Mr. Hall, was referred to the committee on buildings and grounds, with authority to expend, at its discretion, not to exceed the sum asked, $156, for the purposes named. An appropriation of this amount was made from current funds. An appropriation of $50 from current funds, to be paid July 1st, was made for music in the young ladies' gymnasium.