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1898]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION.

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Mr. B u l l a r d offered t h e following p a p e r a n d moved its a d o p t i o n : At this period in the history of the University of Illinois ? when by a steady and rapid advancement it has attained its highest eminence, and is fulfilling to the satisfaction of the people the transcendent duties devolving upon it, we, individual members of the Board of Trustees, desire to express and place upon our records our present high appreciation of the President of the University, Andrew S. Draper, LL. D. We believe that the high position which the University occupies among the great universities of the states is largely due to the four years of untiring labor which President Draper has given to it, in which he has held and does now hold the unbounded confidence of the members of this Board. We highly appreciate, and are greatly pleased with, his strong, generous, straightforward, and just administration of the affairs of the University. We take pride in his courteous and cordial bearing, thereby making friends, not only for himself, but also for the University; and in the recognition of his eminent abilities by other distinguished educators, as shown by invitations to lecture, from the Pacific shores to the Atlantic; and that he stands shoulder to shoulder in the front rank of advancement with the presidents of other great universities. We heartily approve in him the homely and admirable virtues of honesty, an exalted regard for right in the discharge of the duties of his high office, and an integrity that can not be moved by subornation to do any act detrimental to the highest interests of the University. We commend his administration of the presidency of the University and pledge to him our undivided support so long as he continues to execute his high duties with the kindness, conscientiousness, fidelity, and comprehensive abilities that have always characterized his life among us; and we hope by this expression of appreciation, not so much to lessen his toil and responsibility as the President of the University, as to lessen his burdens by giving to him the inspiring cheer that is born of enthusiastic approval of duties well done. I t was ordered t h a t t h e roll b e called on t h e a d o p t i o n of t h i s p a p e r a n d t h e vote w a s : yeas, ^ G o v e r n o r T a n n e r , Messrs. A r m s t r o n g , B u l lard, F r e e m a n , M c L e a n , Morrison, P e a r c e , R a y m o n d a n d * S m i t h a n d M r s . Flower a n d ' M r s . Oarriel; nays, n o n e ; absent, Mr. M c K a y . T h e S e c r e t a r y was directed to send a copy of t h i s p a p e r to each of t h e a b s e n t m e m b e r s of t h e Board, a n d to say to t h e m t h a t t h e B o a r d gave each of t h e m p e r m i s s i o n to record h i s vote u p o n t h e a d o p t i o n of t h i s p a p e r , if h e so desired. T h i s was d o n e a n d t h e following r e plies were received:

STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

SPRINGFIELD, October 13* 1898.

Mr. W. L. Pillsbury, Urbana, III. DEAR SIR:—Yours of the 5th, with copy of resolution passed by the Board of Trustees, at your last meeting, is received. Please record the Governor as voting " a y e " on the proposition, for I am surely in hearty accord with the letter and spirit of the resolution. Yours very truly,

" * By permission. See next paragraph. J O H F R. TANNER.