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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S .

Jan.

23,

A proposition from Mr. J o h n N . B e e r s with r e g a r d to forty acres of land adjoining t h e s o u t h farm was referred to t h e C o m m i t t e e on Agriculture. A proposition from t h e Illinois School of D e n t i s t r y was referred to t h e Committee on t h e College of Medicine. P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r h a n d e d to each m e m b e r of t h e B o a r d present, as a gift from t h e Y. W . C. A . , t h e calendar p u b l i s h e d by t h e Association, and the Secretary was directed to acknowledge t h e receipt of these and to r e t u r n to t h e Y. W . C. A. t h e t h a n k s of t h e m e m b e r s .

ABOLISHING FEES.

T h e special order for t h e m e e t i n g (see p. 43) was t h e n considered, After m u c h discussion, t h e previous question h a v i n g been ordered, M r M c K a y ' s motion "That the Legislature be asked to appropriate to the University, in addition to other amounts, thirty-five thousand dollars a year, in order that the University might thereafter collect no fees from the University students'' was adopted b y t h e following v o t e : Y e a s — M r s . A b b o t t a n d M r s . Carriel a n d Messrs. H a t c h , M c K a y , M c L e a n , N i g h t i n g a l e a n d S m i t h ; nays—Messrs. Bayliss and B u l l a r d ; a b s e n t — G o v e r n o r Yates, M r . Conrad a n d M r s . Flower. O n motion of Mr. S m i t h , M r s . Carriel a n d M r . H a t c h were a d d e d to t h e s t e e r i n g committee. T h e C o m m i t t e e on B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s m a d e t h e following report, which was a d o p t e d :

AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS. URBANA, I I I . , Jan. 23, 1901.

lo the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Your Committee on Buildings and Grounds desires to report that the contracts for the new agricultural buildings have been completed and the buildings accepted and that they are now in use by the agricultural department. We are gratified to report that Messrs. Valentine Jobst and Sons, the general contractors, Baumgarten Brothers, the plumbing contractors, and Messrs. Thomas and Smith, the steam heating contractors, have all done their work and completed their contracts in a manner satisfactory to the architect, Mr. Llewellyn, and to your Committee. We wish to say further that in the matter of extra work, some of which seems inevitable in building operations, and in deductions the several contracting firms have been very fair and reasonable in making prices. We wish also to commend the architect, Mr. Joseph C. Llewellyn, an honored alumnus of this University, for the patience and the painstaking care which he has always maintained throughout this work, that the wishes of the agricultural department and the Agricultural Committee be completely satisfied in the planning and construction of this group of buildings. That he has succeeded in his object, we have the assurances of all the parties deeply interested in the agricultural department. That he has designed a handsome group of buildings, we all know. We believe that the University may look with pride upon this great and artistic addition to its already large collection ot buildings.