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1900.]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMMISSIONS IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.

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Jerome Gustav Applequist, Clarence LeRoy Eddy, William Grant Foster. William Albert Hawley, Edward George Hines,

James Piatt Kratz, Charles Lewis Logue, William Gay Palmer, George Russell Smith, Raymond Sly Wiley.

I t was ordered t h a t t h e degrees b e conferred at c o m m e n c e m e n t as recommended by the Faculty. I respectfully make the following recommendations touching the corps of instruction for the next year:

DEANS.

That the deans of the several colleges and of the woman's department be reappointed. T h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was, after discussion, m a d e a special o r d e r for four o'clock p . m.

APPOINTMENTS OF NEW PROFESSORS.

That Cyril George Hopkins be appointed Professor of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture, and Specialist in Agronomy at the Agricultural Exment Station, at a salary of $1,800.00 a year, one-half to be paid by the University and one-half by the Experiment Station. A p p o i n t m e n t m a d e as r e c o m m e n d e d .

CHANGES IN PROFESSORSHIPS AND SALARIES.

1. That the salary of Joseph Cullen Blair, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, be $1,600.00 a year, one-half to be paid by the University and one-half by the Experiment Station. 2. That the salary of George Alfred Goodenough, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, be $1,800.00 a year. 3. That the salary of Alison Marion Fernie, Professor of Vocal Music, be $1,800.00 a year. 4. I herewith transmit the resignation of Maude Wheeler Straight, as Assistant Professor of Library Economy, to take effect September 1, 1900, and recommend that it be accepted. 5. That the salary of Edgar J. Townsend, Associate Professor of Mathematics, who has been absent two years on leave for study in Europe, but who will return at the beginning of the next University year, be $1,800.00 a year. 6. That the salary of Jacob Kinzer Shell, Professor of Physical Training, and Director of the Men's Gymnasium, be $2,000.00 a year. 7. That the salary of Charles Wesley Tooke, Professor of Public Law and c Administration, be $1,450.00 a year. 8. That the salary of Arthur Hill Daniels, Professor of Philosophy, be $1,450.00 a year. 9. That the salary of Seth Justin Temple, Assistant Professor of Architecture, be $1,400.00 a year. 10. That the salary of George Henry Meyer, Assistant Professor of the German Language and Literature, be $1,200.00 a year. 11. That the salary of Thomas' Arkle Clark, Professor of Rhetoric, be $1,800.00 a year. 12. That the salary of James McLaren White, Associate Professor of Architecture, be $1,900.00 a year.