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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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ture: Miss Ola C Woolsey, Latin; Walter S. McGee, mathematics. Miss Gertrude Shawhan has been employed to teach a class in French, at $200 a year. Respectfully submitted,

H E N R Y RAAB, ) Committee J. E. ARMSTRONG, \ on Instruction.

The report was accepted, except t h a t the matter of creating new places and filling them, as recommended by the committee, was referred to t h e president and executive committee with power to act. The board then adjourned to meet at 8:30 a. m.

THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.

The board met pursuant to adjournment, the same members being present as the evening before. On motion of Mr. Bullard, President Draper was authorized to purchase furniture for his office and to re-arrange t h e administrative offices of t h e University, if found desirable. Five hundred dollars was appropriated for this purpose. The committee on finance made t h e following report:

URBANA, I I I . , August 2, 1894.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your finance committee reports t h a t it has examined t h e report of Mr. C. W. Spalding, treasurer, from March 1 to May 31, 1894, inclusive, and finds t h a t he had a balance on hand of all funds—$121,592.59: t h a t he collected from all sources $20,029.35; making a total of $141,621.94. That during t h e same term, as per vouchers, he paid out t h e sum of $79,153.20, leaving a balance on hand, May 31, 1894, of t h e several funds, of $67,468.74. We therefore recommend t h a t t h e same be approved. Respectfully submitted, On motion of Mr. Armstrong, it was voted t h a t t h e president and Dr. Burrill be authorized to make such arrangements for instruction in music during the year as may be found best; and t h a t they be authorized to ^expend not to exceed $300 for this purpose. I t was voted t h a t the September meeting of the board should be held on the fourth Tuesday. The following preamble and resolution were adopted: Whereas, Our original charter designated t h e chief executive officer of t h e University as t h e "regent," but since t h a t time t h e duties of t h a t office have been materially changed, and the title of "president" has come to be recognized in the law and seems more appropriate, and the present time seems opportune for making t h e change, therefore, be it Besolved, That hereafter the title of the office be t h a t of "president," and t h a t the legislature be asked at t h e next session to confirm this action by a formal enactment. The following report was made by the finance committee.

URBANA, I I I . , August 2, 1894.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your finance committee has examined t h e vouchers submitted by the business agent, Professor S. W. Shattuck, No. 576 to 1175, inclusive, for the quarter ending February 28, 1894, and has found them correct and duly signed. Respectfully submitted,

ALEX. MCLEAN, J. E. ARMSTRONG, ) * ™ance Committee \ Finance Committee.