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1897.]

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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s h o p s . T h i s motion prevailed by t h e following vote: Yeas—Messrs. A r m s t r o n g , Kaymond, M c L e a n , and M c K a y and M r s . Flower; n a y s — Messrs. Morrison, Bullard, and S m i t h ' a n d M r s . Carriel. T h e request p r e s e n t e d by Professor B r e c k e n r i d g e t h a t commercial work be done in t h e shops by s t u d e n t s employed for t h a t p u r p o s e was not granted. Mr. W. H . Z i m m e r m a n was a p p o i n t e d e n g i n e e r in t h e shops in place of J o h n D o u g h t y , resigned. T h e Business M a n a g e r was a u t h o r i z e d to make, t o g e t h e r with P r o fessor B r e c k e n r i d g e , a sale of such boilers as were n o t needed in t h e new h e a t i n g plant. T h e following c o m m u n i c a t i o n was received from Professor Bicker, a n d h i s acceptance of t h e a p p o i n t m e n t t h e r e i n referred to was a p proved :

URBANA, ILLINOIS, September 20, 1897.

To the President and Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—I beg leave to inform you that, with the consent and approval of the President of the University, I have accepted the Governor's appointment and commission as a member of the State Board of Examiners of Architects, as the law requires a member of the Faculty of this University to serve on this Board. My work will be so arranged that none of my classes will be omitted or postponed, and I sincerely believe that the advantages resulting to the University and to the architectural department will abundantly compensate the institution for the time that I shall necessarily be absent in attendance on the meetings of the Board. Had 1 thought otherwise, I should have declined the appointment. Very respectfully submitted,

N. C. RICKER,

Professor of Architecture. U p o n t h e r e q u e s t of .Miss S h a r p , a p p r o v e d by P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r , t h e following a p p o i n t m e n t s were m a d e : Mr. H . A, Grrossberg, to assist in care of t h e law library, his c o m p e n s a t i o n to be d e t e r m i n e d by t h e B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r ; Miss A n n i e Fossler, assistant in class a n d reference work, for ten m o n t h s at $50.00 a m o n t h ; Miss Georgia E . H o p p e r , assistant in t h e library, for ten m o n t h s at $30.00 a m o n t h ; Miss Adelaide M. Chase, assistant in t h e library, at $25.00 a m o n t h for ten m o n t h s ; Mr. L e o S m i t h , assistant in t h e library, at $30.00 a m o n t h for ten m o n t h s . T h e following resolution, offered by Mrs. Flower, was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Board that student labor should be employed so far as practicable, and that the President of the University be directed to prepare a scheme for the same to present to the Board at the December meeting. Mr. Morrison moved t h a t a c o m m i t t e e of t h r e e be a p p o i n t e d to consult with t h e F a i r Association of C h a m p a i g n county a n d ascert a i n w h e t h e r or not satisfactory a r r a n g e m e n t s could be m a d e b y which t h e A t h l e t i c Association of the U n i v e r s i t y m i g h t use t h e g r o u n d s of t h e F a i r Association, a n d to r e p o r t at t h e n e x t m e e t i n g of t h e Board. T h i s motion was lost on t h e following v o t e : Y e a s Messrs. Morrison, M c L e a n , S m i t h , and M c K a y ; n a y s — M e s s r s A r m strong, R a y m o n d , and Bullard and M r s . Flower and M r s . Carriel.