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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

B i d s , w h i c h h a d been received for b u i l d i n g a P r e s i d e n t ' s h o u s e , were t h e n opened. T h e y were as follows:

F o r plumbing, gas, etc.— Robert Loudon, Bloomington. F o r carpentry w o r k E d w a r d s Mfg. Co., Chicago..., F o r whole job— Chas. H. Post, Chicago William Mavor Co., Chicago .. S. McKee, Springfield F . M. Walton, Danville C. A. Besore, U r b a n a F r a n k H. J a h r , U r b a n a L. M. Moore & Son, D a n v i l l e . . Bevis & Co., U r b a n a

$1,850 00 8,923 00 16,000 19,350 16,847 16,990 15,871 15,571 16,666 15,700 00 00 00 OP 00 00 00 00

B i d s offered for t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of sidewalks were o p e n e d a n d f o u n d to be as follows: Wm. McDonald, DuQuoin—Granitoid, 8 inches cinders, 3*2 inches crushed granite, 34 inch granite siftings; three years' guarantee—21 cents per square foot. Simpson Bros. Co., Chicago—6 inches cinders, 3*2 inches concrete 1 and 6y x 2 inch cement and sand 1 and 1—15 cents per square foot, materials at Champaign; 17 cents per square foot, materials at Chicago. Six inches cinders, 4 inches concrete, x2 inch cement and sand—H1^ cents per sguare foot, materials at Champaign; 20 cents per square foot, materials at Chicago. P. E. Taintor, Springfield—8 inches cinders, 3 inches concrete 1 to 5, 1 inch cement and sand 1 and 2—15 cents per square foot. T h e B o a r d t h e n adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock p . m.

A F T E E N O O N SESSION.

W h e n t h e B o a r d m e t p u r s u a n t to a d j o u r n m e n t t h e same m e m b e r s were p r e s e n t as in t h e m o r n i n g and, besides, M r s . Flower. O n motion of Mr. M o r g a n , t h e b i d of Mr. P . E . T a i n t o r , of S p r i n g field, for cement walks, was accepted. O n motion of M r . M c L e a n , it was voted t h a t t h e C o m m i t t e e o n B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s be a u t h o r i z e d to e x p e n d $500.00 for t h e excavation u n d e r E n g i n e e r i n g H a l l , if t h e C o m m i t t e e t h i n k s best to d o so, a n d t h e a m o u n t of $500.00 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for t h a t p u r p o s e . T h e following r e p o r t in relation to t h e S u m m e r School was p r e sented by President Draper:

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, September 5, 1895.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I beg leave to submit the following report of the last session of the summer school: The total number of students enrolled was thirty-two. Of these three left within a day or two of registration because they wanted to study subjects for which we had not made provision, and three were students who wished private instruction under the auspices of the school. This left twenty-six regularly enrolled and paying fees. Of these four were University students, and the others were teachers in the public schools.