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1899.J

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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1898. March 31 By amount paid out of general fund, as p e r list of w a r r a n t s herewith. " 31 By amount paid out of School of P h a r m a c y fund, as p e r list of w a r r a n t s h e r e w i t h 31 By amount paid out of Agricultural E x p e r i m e n t Station fund, as p e r list of w a r r a n t s h e r e w i t h " 31 By amount paid o u t of School of Medicine fund, as p e r list warrants herewith •* 31 By amount paid out of Laboratory of N a t u r a l History fund, as p e r list of w a r r a n t s h e r e w i t h Balances— General fund ; Agricultural E x p e r i m e n t Station fund School of P h a r m a c y fund School of Medicine fund " Laboratory of N a t u r a l H i s t o r y fund

$66,131 41 2,796 58 4,475 51 6,807 33 3,098 08 $38,591 65 1,276 64 190 02 21,388 36 4,308 05 $83,308 91

65,754 72 $149,063 63

< ' Eespectfully submitted,

E. G. K E I T H , Treasurer.

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.

Mrs. A b b o t t , from t h e C o m m i t t e e o n A g r i c u l t u r e , reported as t o t h e a m o u n t of t h e expense i n c u r r e d by t h e special c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d to visit o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n s h a v i n g agricultural d e p a r t m e n t s (see p a g e 7 8 ) , a n d it was ordered t h a t t h e several expense bills of t h e m e m b e r s of t h e c o m m i t t e e b e p a i d a n d t h e a m o u n t c h a r g e d to t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n for a n a g r i c u l t u r a l b u i l d i n g . T h e following report was p r e s e n t e d :

URBANA, ILLINOIS, June 13,1898.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—The Committee on Agriculture, authorized by action of the Board to visit such agricultural colleges, or departments of State universities, as it might see fit, to study methods, and character of buildings and equipment, begs leave to submit the following report. For convenience the report is divided into Parts A and B. Part A includes methods used, conditions discovered, and results observed; recommendations in regard to standard and curriculum, and for the increase of faculty. Part B consists of a report of character of buildings with recommendations as to the entire plant to be erected, accompanied by plans and suggestions made by the architect.

PART A.

As each state has its own problems to solve, Illinois can follow no one measure, but must build up the agricultural department to meet its own conditions. It has been found that in Wisconsin, where the dairy interests of the state are most important, the short fourteen weeks' course, entered without examination or scholastic preparation other than that resulting from the ordinary grammar school education, are the only well-attended sections of the agricult-, ural department. Of these courses most attention is paid to the dairy interests. A long course of four years exists, but is not well attended and but few comparatively follow it. In reply to the direct question as to the influence of the great prominence given to the short course, we learned that it was practically destructive of the other in the state, owing to conditions which had to to be met. But we were warned not to be guided in action or plan by results