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1899]

PROCEEDINGS OE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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Your Committee believes the bond to be ample in form and security, and recommends that the same be approved and filed with the Secretary. Respectfully submitted,

F. M. MCKAY, THOMAS J. SMITH, A. F. NIGHTINGALE,

Committee on Finance. T h e report of t h e C o m m i t t e e was a d o p t e d a n d t h e b o n d approved. T h e q u e s t i o n of a college for t e a c h e r s was a g a i n t a k e n u p b u t after a somewhat prolonged discussion t h e m a t t e r was deferred, i n o r d e r t h a t t h e d e a n s m i g h t b e h e a r d from.

PAPERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT DRAPER.

CHEMICAL, LABORATORY AND ANIMAL ROOM.

To the Board of Trustees. It is needless to say that the Department of Chemistry, while expanding continually and capably in its work, is more and more embarrassed by the deplorable condition of the building in which it is housed. The embarrassment is so serious as to amount to a great wrong. Yet there is no immediate means of relief. However, Professor Palmer desires that the floor be laid and a room be partitioned in the front of the third story, and that the brick floor in the basement be relaid. This will make matters a little more tolerable and I advise that it be done. I also recommend that the Superintendent of Buildings be authorized to construct an animal room on the roof of the Natural History Building for the use of the Department of Physiology, at a cost hot to exceed $150, upon plans approved by Dean Forbes and Professor Kemp. Respectfully submitted,

A. S. DRAPER.

T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h i s p a p e r were adopted a n d t h e work was ordered done, a p p r o p r i a t i o n s b e i n g made as advised.

REPAIRS—SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

To the Board of Trustees. I transmit herewith a communication from the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, recommending many repairs to the building, with the recommendation that the same be printed in the minutes, and that the recommendations be carried out under the directions of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds so far as may seem advisable to that Committee, and that the $5,000 appropriated by the Legislature for this specific purpose be made available to the Committee. I also advise the adoption of the Superintendent's recommendations as to the appointments in hisidepartments and appropriations for services therein. I may add that Mr. Spencer has proved himself to be a most capable, industrious and judicious superintendent. His grade of service merits a material increase in salary, and I recommend that it be $1,800 from July 1st. Respectfully submitted,

A. S. DRAPER,

President i