Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894 [PAGE 225]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

W. L. Pillsbury, $800 from the Station instead of $1,500. F. D. Gardner, $1,000 from the Station instead of $500. I t proposes t h a t Professor Burrill and G. P. Clinton be paid the same amount from the Station as heretofore—$300 and $750 respectively. Heretofore Mr. Mayer, who has charge of the greenhouse, has been paid $600 a year by the Experiment Station. The board of direction proposes to pay Mr. Mayer hereafter $360 from station funds. The other members of t h e station staff, all of whom are paid exclusively from experiment station funds, will continue at the same salaries they are now receiving. The board of direction asks authority to conduct the following experiments : 1. Investigations in vegetable physiology. 2. Experiments in garden vegetables. 3. Experiments with florists' plants. A National Dairy Congress, of which experiment stations may become members, has been organized, and authority is asked to make this Experiment Station a member of the congress in case t h e executive committee of the Experiment Station shall, upon further inquiry, deem it advisable so to do. Respectfully submitted,

G. E. MORROW,

President of Board of Direction. n T h e communication from Professor Morrow, concerning the agricultural department of the University, touches upon points of interest and of great importance to the University. They should receive, as I have no doubt they will, very careful consideration. n T h e requests made by the board of direction, are along t h e usual lines and have been carefully considered by the board. Respectfully submitted,

T. J. BURRILL,

Acting Hegent. The proposed changes in the style of uniforms for the battalion and band were approved. The regent and executive committee of t h e board were given power to take such action as they should deem wise with regard to contracting for furnishing these uniforms. The uniforms authorized are as follows:

DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORMS. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND P R I V A T E S .

Coat—Of cadet gray cloth; single breasted; standing collar, fastened w i t h hook and eye; coat to close with a flap containing five concealed black buttons and button-holes; the skirt to extend from one-third to two-thirds the distance from the hip-joint to the bend of the knee, according t o height of wearer. To be cut to fit closely; back in single piece w i t h curved side-seams. Trimmings—Of black mohair flat braid, as follows: To be edged all around the bottom, the front edges, the collar, up the back seams, and around the sleeves three inches from the edge, with braid one inch wide. On each side of the breast, five double rows of three-eighths inch braid, with points at the outer end of the top rows extending nearly to sleeve seams, the lowest points to be about six inches apart, according to measure of waist. To have two inside breast pockets.