Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896 [PAGE 82]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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O n m o t i o n of Mr. M c L e a n , t h e r e m a i n i n g $1,000 of K a n k a k e e b o n d s h e l d as a p a r t of t h e g e n e r a l fund, were ordered t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e e n d o w m e n t fund, t h e g e n e r a l fund to be r e i m b u r s e d therefor by cash from t h e e n d o w m e n t fund. T h e following a p p r o p r i a t i o n s were made, as r e c o m m e n d e d b y t h e Business Agent:

APPROPRIATIONS.

Board expense Salaries for instruction and President Salaries for services Building's and grounds .• Fuel and lights Stationery, printing, postage, and catalogue Laboratories Library and apparatus Military department Mechanical, architectural, and horticultural departments Incidentals Water supply Furniture and fixtures Heating- apparatus Shop practice classes Advertising Biological station Art department Accredited schools IUini The Tecknograph Gymnasium Publication of exercises Publication of Trustees' address Summer school South farm well. ,

Total

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$400 00 23,844 00 3,100 00 200 00 2,500 00 1,200 00 200 00 50 00 50 00 300 00 200 00 125 00 100 00 200 00 300 00 157 88 727 46 72 18 122 94 228 58 100 00 15 44 297 75 206 92

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200 00 $35,832 81

I t a p p e a r i n g t h a t t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e of t h e Board, to w h i c h h a d b e e n referred t h e m a t t e r of t h e p u r c h a s e of t h e Chase p r o p e r y , h a d t a k e n n o action c o n c e r n i n g t h e p u r c h a s e , t h e vote w h e r e b y t h e p u r c h a s e was ordered at t h e m e e t i n g of F e b r u a r y 12th (see p a g e 6 8 ) , was reconsidered, a n d t h e m a t t e r was referred to t h e C o m m i t t e e o n Buildings and Grounds. T h e bill of t h e T r e a s u r e r , C. W . S p a l d i n g , a m o u n t i n g to $112.69, was ordered paid. T h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e of t h e A g r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n was r e q u e s t e d to consider a p l a n of r e o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e S t a t i o n a n d to r e p o r t u p o n t h e s a m e at t h e J u n e m e e t i n g of t h e B o a r d . M r . M o r g a n , of t h e c o m m i t t e e to which, t h e m a t t e r h a d been r e ferred, offered t h e following resolutions with r e g a r d to t h e h a z i n g i n cident : Resolved} That the Board approves and commends the action of the Council of Administration in suspending" students who were engaged in the recent kidnapping of the president of the freshmen class, and will cordially support any future action which may be necessary to prevent effectually any conduct on the part of the students which interferes with the rights of individuals or reflects harmfully upon the University. Resolved, further, That the Board is highly gratified by the moral courage and good sound sense displayed by the students in pledging themselves against hazing and any action not for the best welfare of themselves and the University.