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PEOCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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T h e S e c r e t a r y p r e s e n t e d a bill a m o u n t i n g to $4.50 from R. A. W e b b e r , for c o n t i n u a t i o n of abstract of title. T h e bill was o r d e r e d p a i d from t h e g e n e r a l fund. T h e following resolution, offered by Mr. Morrison, was, on h i s m o tion, a d o p t e d : Besolved, That all moneys belonging to the University, from whatever source derived, should be credited to some fund, either general or special, and that all appropriations should be for the full amount needed for the objects named. This resolution to take effect from and after December 1, 1895. T h e following resolution offered b y Mr. G r a h a m was, on motion adopted: his

Besolved, That President Draper, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Bullard be and are hereby appointed a committee to investigate the business methods of the University, provided for in the rules of the Board of Trustees as well as any, if any such there be, not so provided for, and report to the Board the result of their investigation with such recommendations for the future as in their opinion will promote greater efficiency, economy, and safety in the management of the material interests of the University. I t was voted t h a t t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s , Mr. G. W . G r a h a m , be a u t h o r i z e d to p a y t h e j a n i t o r in U n i v e r s i t y H a l l at t h e r a t e of $35.00 p e r m o n t h , from t h e t i m e h e b e g a n work. O n motion of Mr. Morrison, it was voted t h a t t h e b o n d of t h e B u s i n e s s A g e n t be $10,000 i n s t e a d of $15,000 as ordered at t h e m e e t i n g of J u n e 27, 1895, a n d t h a t Professor S. W . S h a t t u c k b e re-appointed B u s i n e s s A g e n t for t h e year b e g i n n i n g S e p t e m b e r 1, 1895. A n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $200, from t h e g e n e r a l fund, was m a d e for u s e of t h e l i b r a r i a n in cataloguing. A n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $75 was m a d e for a n assistant to Professor Frederick. T h e p u r c h a s e of five swords a n d belts for t h e m i l i t a r y d e p a r t m e n t was authorized, a n d p a y m e n t for t h e m from t h e g e n e r a l fund. P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r p r e s e n t e d t h e following r e p o r t with r e g a r d to t h e e x a m i n a t i o n of medical s t u d e n t s :

URBANA, ILLINOIS, Sept. 19, 1895.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: The undersigned committee, directed at your June meeting to report a plan for medical entrance examinations and suggestions in relation thereto, begs respectfully to submit the following: We advise that a Faculty Committee on examinations be appointed by the President of the University, whose duty it shall be to provide questions, in accordance with requests from the State Board of Health; to conduct examinations or assist in their management at the call of the Board; to mark examination papers, or to revise such markings if made by other members of the Faculty, and to sign reports on examinations as representatives of the Faculty of the University. We submit herewith, with our approval, a copy of a blank application for examination, as prepared and printed by the State Board of Health. We advise that the time and place of holding examinations be left wholly to the judgment of the said State Board of Health, but that the Trustees re-