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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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98 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. A communication from the mechanical engineers of the freshman class, asking for increased accommodations in the shops next year, was received and held for further consideration. The Board adjourned to meet at 9:30 o'clock, Wednesday morning. WEDNESDAY. When the Board met Wednesday morning, the same members were present as the evening before. Mr. McLean offered the following resolution, and it was adopted: W'HEREAS, The governor, in a message to the legislature, has recommended t h a t the State Geological Department be placed in charge of t h e University of Illinos, and t h a t the several large and valuable collections of geological, horticultural, ornithological, pomological, and other specimens be given in charge of the University, and WHEREAS, The location of the State Geological Department at t h e University would, in a great measure, facilitate the instruction given to t h e students in t h a t branch, and WHEREAS, The possession of all the specimens referred to would be of great service to the students pursuing studies and investigations in this field. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, T h a t it is the sense of this board t h a t the recommendation of the governor should be acted upon; t h a t this board heartily favors t h e contemplated transfers and is ready and willing to receive everything pertaining to said State Geological Department, and also all other specimens of whatever kind now located at the State Capitol; and t h a t necessary arrangements for the proper exhibition of such specimens, either by the erection of new buildings or the setting apart of parts of buildings already erected, be made. I t is further Resolved, T h a t members of this board recommend to the members of t h e legislature representing their respective districts t h a t they assist in t h e furtherence of the ends thus indicated. After discussion it was decided t h a t the committee on legislation should be directed to say, in presenting the needs of the University to legislative committees, that, while it was exceedingly desirable to have all three buildings asked for, the engineering hall was the one most needed. One hundred dollars was appropriated from current funds for music this term. Dr. Burrill's bill for traveling expenses, amounting to $19.18, was ordered paid from current funds. The Board then adjourned to 4:30 o'clock p. m., and upon coming together pursuant to adjournment, adjourned to meet at 7:30 o'clock p. m. r at the Leland Hotel, in Springfield, 111. EVENING SESSION. A t t h e evening session, held in room No. 42, at the Leland Hotel, t h e resolution in regard to transferring t h e State Geological Museum to t h e University was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Bullard, B,aab, and Gore, who should do whatever they found practicable to secure legislation to effect such transfer. The finance committee made the following report, which was approved: To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your finance committee begs leave to report t h a t it has examined all the bonds of the endowment fund of t h e University in the h mds of the treasurer, John W. Bnnn, and finds them to be as. follows:
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