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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[June 8,

The Committee made a further report as follows, and the report was adopted:

URBANA, ILLINOIS, J u n e 8, 1903.

To the Board of Trustees: Your Committee on Instruction further recommends, with the approval of the President, that the salary of the Secretary, Mr. W. L. Pills bury, be increased from $2,350 to $2,500 a year from June 1, 1903. Eespectfully submitted,

A. P. NIGHTINGALE, MCLEAN, ALEXANDER,

P E E D L. H A T C H ,

Committee on Instruction.

Mr. Nightingale offered the following resolutions, adopted:

which

were

Whereas, Dr. James Brown Scott, Dean of the College of Law, has resigned to accept a professorship in the Law Department of Columbia University, therefore, Resolved, That we hereby express our regrets and our congratulations; regrets that the University of Illinois is to lose his valuable services as a scholar, student, teacher, and investigator, and congratulations that he will be able to satisfy his ambition along lines of research and to extend his career of usefulness as an earnest and successful teacher in one of our greatest universities, and in the metropolis of the Nation. Resolved, That we appreciate his services and his conscientious efforts in behalf of our College of Law, and extend to him, as he enters upon his duties at Columbia, our best wishes for his eminent success. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to furnish an engrossed copy of this testimonial to Dr. Scott.

Mr. Nightingale also offered the following, which were adopted:

Whereas, The Trustees of the University of Illinois have learned with keen regret and deep sorrow of the death of Doctor Selim Hobart Peabody, formerly President of the University of Illinois, therefore, Resolved, That the Board of Trustees, representing the people of our sovereign State in promoting the interests of higher education, desires to bear testimony to the profound scholarship and christian character, the earnest and painstaking endeavor, and the unreserved, consecrated service of Doctor Peabody, in furthering not only the interests of the State University, but in advancing the cause of the common school, the high school, and general university learning. Resolved, That his contributions to science, his indefatigable efforts in behalf of the success of our national and international expositions, his services to education as an author, lecturer, and administrator entitle him to the gratitude of individuals, the State, and the Nation. Resolved, That this expression of sorrow, respect and gratitude be spread upon the minutes (. f the Board, and that an engrossed copy be furnished the bereaved family.

The Board then took a recess until 2:30 o'clock p. m.