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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1900
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1900.] PKOOEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 257 M E E T I N G OP MARCH 13, 1900. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met in the Trustees' Eoom, Library Building, Urbana, Illinois, at 9 o'clock a. m., Tuesday, March 13, 1900. The members present were Messrs. Bayliss, Hatch, McKay, McLean, and Nightingale and Mrs. Flower, Mrs. Oarriel, and Mrs. Abbott. Mr. Bullard came in a little later. Those absent were Governor Tanner and Messrs. Fulkerson and Smith. The minutes of the meeting of the Board of December 12, 1899. of the adjourned sessions thereof held December 13 and 19, 1899, and January 10, 1900; also the minutes of the special meeting of February 9, ]900, were approved as presented by the Secretary. , ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The President then announced that the next order of business was the election of officers and called for nominations for the position of President of the Board. Mr. Bayliss nominated for re-election Mr. McLean,' who was unanimously chosen to be President for the ensuing year. On motion of Mr. Nightingale, W. L. Pillsbury was elected corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, and Registrar for the ensuing year. Mr. McKay and Mrs. Flower were elected the two members or the Board who, with the President of the Board, should constitute the Executive Committee. Mr. H. Augustine, of Normal, representing the Illinois State Horticultural Society, and Mr. H, B. Gurler, of DeKalb, representing the State Dairymen's Association, were appointed members of the Advisory Board of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Messrs. Hatch and Fulkerson, of the Board of Trustees, and Professors Burrill, Forbes, and Davenport, of the Faculty of the University, were elected members of the same Board. Representation of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture upon the Advisory Board was left open for nomination by Mr. Fulkerson. —17 U.
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