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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

The board of direction will continue t h e work already undertaken, and asks at this time authority to take up one new experiment: To test t h e effect of fertilizers upon potatoes. Respectfully submitted,

G. E. MORROW,

President Board of Direction. The requests of the board of direction have my approval, and I recommend t h a t they be granted. Respectfully submitted,

T . J. BURRILL,

Acting Regent. On motion of Mr. Bullard, the board proceeded to the consideration of the several items presented in t h e regent's report. Professor Frederick's request with regard to rooms for the school of art and design was referred to t h e committee on buildings and grounds upon motion of Mr. McLean. On motion of Mr. McLean, Professor Baldwin's resignation was referred to the committee on instruction. On motion of Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hall's resignation was accepted. The communication from the faculty committee on students' welfare, and also Miss Merrill's paper, were referred to the committee on instruction/ The matter of securing again the detail of Lieutenant Hoppin to be professor of military science was referred to the regent and the executive committee, with power to act. The World's Fair matters were referred to Mr. Gore and t h e regent, who should report to the executive committee, if they found any action by them needed. The communication from Commodore Robert Rae was referred to a special committee consisting of Messrs. McKay, Raab and Armstrong, who were instructed to investigate the proposition and report at the next meeting of the board. The report of Professor Morrow on the farm was referred to t h e farm committee. The committee was instructed to rent so much of the stock farm as is not needed for Experiment Station purposes and to sell off t h e cattle and other animals as fast as practicable. The committee was given full power to act. On motion of Mr. Raab, $25 was appropriated for the state appropriation for apparatus and material for the repair of the transit, and $10 from the same fund for the purchase of a sextant stand. On motion of Mr. Bullard, so much of the communication from the professor of agriculture as relates to short courses was referred to the committee on instruction. On motion of Mr. Bullard, consideration of Professor Rolfe's request for leave to order a collection of rocks and slides was postponed to the J u n e meeting. From the state appropriation for apparatus and material, $70 was appropriated for repair of rifles, and the purchase of two swords and a storm flag. For instruction in mechanical engineering drawing, an appropriation of $75 was made from current funds. For instruction in the mechanical shops, an assignment of $100 was made from t h e state appropriation for mechanical and architectural shops. On motion of Mr. Bullard, it was voted t h a t at the end of the year $100 should be paid Mr. P i a t t for his extra services in teaching.