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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Further consideration of the request made by the college of engineering for a stenographer was postponed for the September meeting. On motion of Mr. Raab, $300 was appropriated to be used in fitting up rooms for the model school. The question of making an appropriation for the library being under consideration, Mr. Morrison moved t h a t the subject be postponed till the September meeting; this motion did not prevail. On motion of Mr. Raab, $500 was appropriated from the general fund for the immediate purchase of books for the library. The matter of additional room for the testing laboratory was referred to the president with power to act. On motion of Mr. McLean, it was voted t h a t the students having had six terms of drill and of recitations be eligible for appointment as lieutenants; t h a t those having had nine terms of drill and of recitations be eligible for appointment as majors and captains. T h a t scholarships of the money value of twenty-two and one-half dollars, payable at the end of the college year, be awarded to the lieutenants, majors, and captains. No recitations to be required of senions. On motion of Mr. Armstrong, Professor Ricker was elected dean of the college of engineering; Professor Forbes, dean of the college of science, and Professor Kinley, dean of the college of literature. The following preamble and resolution were adopted on motion of Mr. McLean: Whereas, I. H. Rapp, our superintendent on engineering hall, has, on account of pressing business at home, been compelled to offer his resignation as superintendent, to take effect immediately; therefore, be it Besolved, That the board tender to Mr. Rapp its thanks for his faithful and intelligent attention as superintendent on said building, and accept his resignation as requested, at the same time recommending him as a gentleman able and efficient in this line of work. The president of the board spoke of the fact t h a t recently Mr. John H. Bryant, a member of the board, had passed his eighty-seventh birthday, and suggested t h a t some notice of this be taken by the board. On motion of Mr. McLean, the President *and Mr. Bullard were appointed a committee to express to Mr. Bryant the congratulations and good wishes of the board. The following resolutions, prepared by Dr. Burrill and Mr. McLean, concerning Professor Morrow's work in the University, were adopted: Whereas, Professor George E. Morrow has been for seventeen years professor of agriculture in the University of Illinois, and has continuously performed the very many duties of his responsible office with conscientious fidelity and widely acknowledged ability; and, Whereas, He has for seven years faithfully served as agriculturist of the Agricultural Experiment Station connected with this University, and for three years as president of its board of direction; and, Whereas, He has tendered his resignation of these offices, which resignation has been accepted by this board; thorefore, be it Besolved, T h a t we, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, do express to Professor Morrow our high appreciation of his upright, manly character and of his signal services to the cause to which he has devoted his professional life within and without the University; and, Besolved, T h a t we extend to him our heartiest good wishes and good will and our best hopes for his future prosperity and happiness. Besolved, T h a t the secretary of this board be requested to give a copy of these resolutions to Professor Morrow.