Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1900 [PAGE 109]

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1899]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE.

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1. That $500 be appropriated for assistance by students who may be employed, with the approval of the President, from time to time, as they may be needed.

MESSENGERS.

1. That Albert R. Lee be reappointed messenger in the President's office, for twelve months at $25 per month, and that he be allowed $5 per month for carrying the mail twice each day to and from the postoffice in Champaign; and that messengers at $3 per week may be employed from September 1st to July 2d in the following offices, viz.: The office of the vice president and dean of College of Agriculture jointly; the office of the dean of the College of Engineering; the offices of .the dean of the College of Literature and Arts and the dean of the Woman's Department jointly; the offices of the professors of chemistry jointly.

APPROPRIATIONS.

It is recommended that appropriations for incidental expenses be made as follows:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. A d m i n i s t r a t i v e offices College of L i t e r a t u r e and A r t s . . . College of Agriculture Artand design..... Physical t r a i n i n g School of Music Preparatory School Oratorical contests T h e Illini T h e Illio E x p e n s e s of h i g h school visitor . Astronomical Observatory Botany and H o r t i c u l t u r e Zoology Physiology Geology Psychology Library .,,. School of Law $100 00 100 00 100 00 150 00 200 00 100 00 100 00 200 00 200 00 100 00 500 00 100 00 200 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 200 00 200 00

It is recommended that authority be given to employ instructors in entomology and mathematics at not to exceed $800 per year each, and assistants in botany, two in chemistry, and one in electrical engineering at $500 per year each, and in military at $100, when the professors in charge of such departments are prepared to recommend desirable persons for such positions. It is also recommended that all appropriations made by the Legislature to specific departments or for special purposes, be made available to such departments and devoted to sucn purposes. It is recommended that all'appointments or changes made hereby go into effect September 1, 1899. Respectfully submitted,

A. S. DRAPER,

President, T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e foregoing paper, with r e g a r d to a p p r o priations for d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y was referred to t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e a n d later, d u r i n g t h i s m e e t i n g of t h e Board, u p o n t h e approval of t h e C o m m i t t e e , t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s were m a d e as recommended. Mrs. Flower, after s t a t i n g t h a t t h e foregoing p a p e r h a d b e e n s u b m i t t e d to, a n d a p p r o v e d by, t h e C o m m i t t e e on I n s t r u c t i o n , moved t o a d o p t t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s as to a p p o i n t m e n t s a n d salaries m a d e i n