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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S . A D J O U R N E D S E S S I O N J U N E 30, 1902.

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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 m e t p u r s u a n t to a d j o u r n m e n t at 10 o'clock a. m., J u n e 80, 1902, at t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s H o u s e , U r b a n a , 111. T h e m e m b e r s present were Messrs. Bullard, H a t c h , M o K a y , N i g h t i n g a l e , S m i t h a n d M r s . Carriel, M r s . A b b o t t , a n d M r s . Alexn d e r ; absent, G o v e r n o r Yates a n d Messrs. Bayliss, Conrad, a n d M c L e a n . P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r was p r e s e n t .

COMMUNICATION FROM PRESIDENT DRAPER.

URBANA, I I I . , June 30,1902. lo the Board of Trustees: I respectfully present the following recommendations: 1. That John Hancock McClellan be re-appomted instructor in zodlogy for ten months from September 1, 1902, at $100 a month. < 2. That the salary of Charles Frederick Hottes be $1,200, of which $700 shall be charged to the University; $200 to the United States Station fund; $300 to the State Station fund. 3. I transmit a petition signed by many students asking for the favor of the University authorities in starting a co-operative book store. It involves our recommendation of the movement as a legitimate student enterprise, and our giving them a room for the purpose without charge. I recommend that they be given. 4. I recommend that the sum of $600 be appropriated to the department of geology, of which $300 may be used for compensation of an assistant for half time, and $300 for equipment and supplies. 5. Last year the department of physiology very earnestly asked for an appropriation of $2 000 for much needed equipment. One thousand dollars was granted with some intimation that the remainder of the gum asked for might be given a year later. Although the sum is considerable and the necessity for care is pressing, the department has never had much help and is of first importance and I recommend that it be given the sum of $1,000 for equipment. 6. Some time ago Dillard H. Clark, Captain, U. S. Army, retired, brought suit against the University for salary claimed to be unpaid and due him as professor of military science. The case was tried before a jury in the circuit court of Champaign county and a verdict rendered for the University. From the judgment an appeal was taken. The Appellate Court has just handed down its decision, framing its judgment in favor of the University. The opinion of the court discusses the case with considerable detail and sustains the contentions of the University at every point, and the points are of considerable importance in our regular affairs. It is held that the contract was to be determined by the letters passing between the President of the University and the plaintiff, and at the time suit was brought Captain Clark was owing the University, rather than the University owing him. As the Trustees acted very largely upon my view of the matter I have special satisfaction in the fact that we have been so decisively sustained by the courts. 7. I transmit herewith a list of the faculty of the College of Medicine for next year, as recommended by the executive committee of the faculty. I recommend approval, except as to the appointment of a Vice Dean, pending action upon that question which is now in the hands of the Board. The list is as follows: