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UNIVERSITY OF

ILLINOIS.

We have deemed it wise to estimate the probable income of the school, first, from attendance, and second, from University appropriations. The first of these items we place at $500 and the second at $1,500, making a total of of $2?000 as the estimated income of the school for the next session. Subtracting from this $200 for miscellaneous expenses and $400 for the salary of the director, we have left $1,400 for salaries of the corps of instruction. We find that the average salary for the session last year was $150 for each instructor, and that the $1,400 presumed to be available would enable us to provide this year a corps of ten instructors in addition to the director. We therefore recommend that your honorable body appropriate $1,500 for the next session of the summer school. Kespectfully submitted,

DAVID KINLEY,

Secretary of Committee of

Administration.

O n motion of Mr. A r m s t r o n g , it was voted t h a t a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $1,000 be m a d e to defray—together w i t h t h e fees received, w h i c h were also a p p r o p r o p r i a t e d — t h e expenses of t h e s u m m e r school; p r o vided t h a t n o i n s t r u c t o r in t h e s u m m e r school be p a i d for h i s services more t h a n one m o n t h ' s salary, a c c o r d i n g to t h e pay-rolls of t h e c u r r e n t year, except t h a t t h e director be p a i d for h i s services, p r i o r t o t h e o p e n i n g of t h e school, $100. Professor K i n l e y was chosen director of t h e s u m m e r school o n m o t i o n of Mr. A r m s t r o n g . G e o r g e F r e d e r i c k s o n was r e c o m m e n d e d b y t h e F a c u l t y to receive t h e degree of B a c h e l o r of Science, a n d a u t h o r i t y to confer t h i s d e g r e e was given by t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s . U p o n t h e r e q u e s t of D r . B u r r i l l a n d Professor P a l m e r , a u t h o r i t y was given to order, u p o n satisfactory bids, a p p a r a t u s a n d s u p p l i e s t o b e i m p o r t e d for t h e botanical laboratory, to t h e a m o u n t of $200, a n d for t h e chemical laboratory, to t h e a m o u n t of $1,500; $1,000 of t h i s latter s u m to be p a i d from t h e fees of t h e chemical d e p a r t m e n t . T h i r t y dollars, in addition to t h e $70 already a p p r o p r i a t e d , was a p p r o p r i a t e d for t h e p a y of t h e p i a n i s t in t h e women's g y m n a s i u m for t h e c u r r e n t year. F o r t h e p u r c h a s e of a p p a r a t u s in t h e m e n ' s g y m n a s i u m , $100 was appropriated. Mr. R a a b , who was at t h i s t i m e obliged to go, said a few words r e g a r d i n g h i s connection w i t h t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y d u r i n g h i s t e r m of office as S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of P u b l i c I n s t r u c t i o n . Messrs. G r a h a m , M c L e a n , a n d M o r r i s o n were a p p o i n t e d to draft r e s olutions expressive of t h e esteem in which Mr. R a a b ' s services a r e h e l d b y t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Board. T h e c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d to consider w h a t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s s h o u l d be asked of t h e legislature, m a d e t h e following r e p o r t :

APPROPRIATIONS. URBANA, I I I . , December 5, 1894.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—The committee on applications to the biennial session of the legis^ture, which is about to convene, reports that it has carefully investi-