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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1900
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270 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. SALARIES. • March 13 Resolved, That the Committee on Instruction be directed to take into consideration the schedule of salaries now in force in the University and the principles on which it is based as compared with that of similar institutions and to report when practicable, any changes that would seem to be just and for the best interests of the University. The Board adjourned to meet at 1:30 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION, MARCH 13, 1900. When the Board met pursuant to adjournment the same members were present as in the forenoon. Mr. Smith came in later. UNIFORMS. The Secretary presented a schedule of the bids to furnish uniforms for the cadets of the University battalion and the members of the Military band which had been, by direction of the Board, prepared by a special committee, Professor Shattuck and Captain Clark. The schedule was read and referred back to the special committee with the request that the committee examine the bids carefully and report to the Board at its next meeting which bid, if any, it would be advisable for the Board to accept. The consideration of Mrs. CarriePs motion regarding Professor Holden's resignation having been resumed, Mr. Bayliss moved as a substitute the recommendation of President Draper's communication. The motion was lost on the following vote: Ayes, Messrs. Bayliss, McLean, Bullard and Mrs. Flower; noes. Messrs. McKay, Hatch and Nightingale, and Mrs. Carriel and Mrs. Abbott; absent, Governor Tanner and Messrs. Fulkerson and Smith. Mr. Bayliss then moved to strike out of the pending motion the last clause with regard to salary. This motion was lost by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs. Bayliss, McLean, Bullajd, and Mrs. Flower; noes, Mrs. McKay, Hatch, and Nightingale and Mrs. Carriel and Mrs. Abbott; absent, Governor Tanner and Messrs. Fulkerson and Smith. Mr. Bayliss then moved to refer the motion to the Committee on Instruction. Upon motion by Mr. McKay Mr. Bayliss's motion was laid upon the table. Mrs, CarriePs motion was then adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs. McKay, Hatch, and Nightingale and Mrs. Carriel and Mrs. Abbott; noes, Messrs. Bayliss, McLean, and Bullard and Mrs. Flower; absent, Governor Tanner and Messrs. Fulkerson and Smith. The resignation of Professor Myers was then taken up and Mr. McKay and Mrs. Carriel were appointed a committee to see Professor Myers and ascertain whether or not he would remain with the University if his salary were made $2,500.00 a year from September 1st, next. They having reported, after an interview with Professor Myers, that his resignation was final, the following resolution, was adopted:
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