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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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M E E T I N G O F F E B E U A E Y 9, 1900.

T h e following call for a special m e e t i n g of t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois was issued F e b r u a r y 3, 1900: Upon the call of the president, Mr. Alexander McLean, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., Friday, February 9, 1900, at the Sherman House, Chicago, Illinois, to consider the report of the committee on relations with the School of Medicine and to transact such other business as may be duly presented. W h e n t h e B o a r d was called to order t h e r e were p r e s e n t Messrs. Bayliss, B u l l a r d , M c L e a n , N i g h t i n g a l e a n d S m i t h a n d M r s . Flower a n d M r s . A b b o t t . Mr. H a t c h came in a little later. T h o s e a b s e n t were Governor T a n n e r , Messrs. F u l k e r s o n a n d M c K a y a n d M r s . Carriel.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

T h e special c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d u p o n t h e relations of t h e U n i v e r s i t y with t h e School of M e d i c i n e r e p o r t e d as follows: To the Board of Trustees: At the regular meeting of the Board in September last a resolution offered by Mrs. Flower was adopted appointing the President and Business Manager of the University and the chairman of the Committee on the School of Medicine a special committee to confer with representatives of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and "ascertain what terms can be arranged for the permanent union of the University with the College of Physicians and Surgeons upon the basis of the University ultimately acquiring the title to the property of said College." After many conferences with a committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, extending through the fall months, the committee reported to the Board on December 19th, a tentative agreement designed to accomplish the object in view. Action upon this was deferred until January 10th. At that time the matter was thoroughly discussed and some important modifications were proposed by Mr. Bullard which commended themselves to the Board and it was thereupon voted, with but one dissenting member, that "it is advisable to make a contract with the College of Physicians and Surgeons substantially on the basis of the committee's report, revised and suggested by Mr. Bullard;" and Mr. Bullard and Mrs. Carriel were added to the committee. Representatives of the committee, so enlarged, have held several conferences with representatives of ttie College of Physicians and Surgeons, and have finally agreed upon the details of a contract which has been carefully put in form by counsel and is herewith submitted.