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1897.]

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.

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T h e following g e n t l e m e n were a p p o i n t e d m e m b e r s of t h e AdvisoryB o a r d of t h e School of P h a r m a c y : H. H. Rogers, of Kankakee, term of office to expire in 1898. T. C. Loehr, of Carlinville, term of office to expire in 1899. Henry Swannell, of Champaign, term of office to expire in 1900. Wrn. Sempill, of Chicago, term of office to expire in 1901. A. E. Ebert, of Chicago, term of office to expire in 1902. M r A r m s t r o n g presented t h e following resolution from t h e Comm i t t e e on t h e S c h o o l of P h a r m a c y , a n d it was adopted. Resolved, That it is the desire of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, that the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist should not be given hereafter upon the present requirements, and be it further Resolved, That the President of the University and the Faculty of the School of Pharmacy be directed to raise the s f andard for graduation as rapidly as possible to that of the best Schools of Pharmacy of the United States, and that additional instructors be employed, if additional instruction is needed to carry out this action. Professor F o r b e s ' s bill of expenses i n c u r r e d on his t r i p to B a l t i more, a m o u n t i n g to $57.80, was ordered paid. T h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e m a d e t h e following r e p o r t :

URBANA, ILLINOIS, J u n e , 18, 1897.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: m Your Executive Committee begs leave to report that at a* meeting" held this day in the President's office, Urbana, 111., it appropriated $1,000.00 towards repairs on Natural History Hall. Respectfully submitted,

S. A. T. J. BULLARD, SMITH,

Executive Committee. T h i s action of the E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e was confirmed. U p o n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of Professor S h a t t u c k , B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r , t h e following a p p r o p r i a t i o n s were made:

F o r repairs on N a t u r a l History Hall For moving to Library Hall "For changes in University Hall F o r incidental expenses I I $2,000 00 500 00 1.000 00 500 00

P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r stated t h a t it was very desirable to p u t in 100 lockers in U n i v e r s i t y H a l l for t h e use of y o u n g women, a n d 200 for use of y o u n g men. F o r t h i s p u r p o s e $600.00 was a p p r o p r i a t e d . T h e following resolution was a d o p t e d on motion of Mr. M o r r i s o n : Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois be tendered to Professors Ricker and White, architects of the new library building1, which demonstrates in the strongest manner possible the appreciation of the commonwealth which gave us the money to build it, the genius of the architects who planned and superintended its construction and the strength and ability which controls and directs the Department of Architecture in this University.