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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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52 UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS. meeting the desirability of providing a Woman's Dormitory, to serve as a suitable and pleasant home for those of us whose parents do not live near the University. We wish to bring to the attention of the board the following facts: 1. Inasmuch as the university buildings are, so far as convenience is concerned, neither in Champaign nor Urbana, many young women are obliged (1) to be satisfied with very inadequate accomodations within easy walking distance of the LTniversity, or, (2) to reach their rooms in Champaign or Urbana by means of street cars. This adds in time not a little to the expense of their college course, and frequently compels them besides to carry cold lunches. 2. The university authorities have seen fit to provide the young men of the institution with a drill hall: with an instructor whose business is mainly to teach atletics: with the facilities, and t h e freedom to enjoy them, of field day: in none of which the young women have any share. We, therefore, request, as an offset to these advantages, t h a t the University be given the means to furnish a comfortable home, near the university buildings, for the young women in attendance. We are certain t h a t if parents of this State, who live at a distance, were assured of t h e existence of a good sized and convenient woman's dormitory, belonging to the University and under its control, they would feel secure in sending their daughters here, and t h a t the number of women students would be much increased. In the name, therefore, of our own and other parents, we repeat our request and urge t h a t this petition have due consideration. The appointment of Albert Louis Kuehmsted, assistant in physics and electrical engineering, wras confirmed on motion of Mr. McLean; salary, $100 a month for ten months. The matter of Professor BurriH"s salary was referred to the finance committee to report upon at this meeting. The by-laws of the faculty were approved on motion of Mr. Raab. The regent presented a letter from Mr. Jerome H. Raymond in regard to t h e University Extension Magazine, which was referred to t h e executive committee to report upon at the next meeting. I t was voted to offer to each accredited school each year a scholarship, to be awarded to the pupil who passes t h e best examination in the subjects required for entrance to the University, the holder of the scholarship to have the privilege of attending t h e University two years free of tuition and incidental expenses. The subject was referred to the faculty for t h e elaboration of a plan of award. The question of scholarships for the preparatory department was referred to t h e regent and the committee on instruction. Authority was given the regent to expend such a sum of money as should be necessary to procure the medal awarded the University by the Paris Exposition. Ten dollars was appropriated iri payment of the University's membership fee in the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. The board then adjourned to meet at the Doane House, in Champaign, at 7:30 o'clock p. m. EVENING SESSION. The board met at the Doane House pursuant to adjournment. Professor D. K. Dodge offered his resignation of the chair of English language and literature, but t h e board declined to accept the resignation. The regent presented the following communication from the college of agriculture:
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