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1903.]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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A F T E R N O O N SESSION, J U N E 8, 1903. When the Board met after the recess the same members were present as in the morning. Mr. Frank H. Hall was heard upon the subjects named in the communication below.

COMMUNICATION F R O M THE STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: GENTLEMEN: The Illinois State F a r m e r s ' Institute, through its Executive Committee, desires most respectfully to request and urge: 1st. That the age limit, for the admission of young men as special students in the College of Agriculture "be, as formerly, sixteen years instead of eighteen years. 2d. That the sum of $3,000 per annum for the years 1903 and 1904, of the $50,000 per annum appropriated by the 43d General Assembly for the purpose of giving " t h o r o u g h and reliable instruction in the economic production of field and orchard crops 7 ' (House Bill 354), be set apart for the establishment and support of a Correspondence School as a department of the College of Agriculture. 3d. That, since the sum of $6,000 per annum for the years 1903 and 1904 was appropriated by the 43d General Assembly (Senate Bill 131) " f o r providing additional teachers in the College of Agriculture and also to enable the College to meet the demand for instructors at the Farmers 7 I n s t i t u t e , " a portion of the time of such number of instructors in the College of Agriculture as will be sufficient to meet more fully the requests for assistance in the county and district institutes, be set apart for this purpose. Eespectfully sum bitted,

F R A N K H. HALL,

Superintendent of Institutes, Acting for, and upon the order of, the Executive Committee of the State Farmers' Institute.

The Board then resumed consideration of President Draper's recommendations.

Library Funds. I recommend that the Library funds appropriated by the Legislature be apportioned and expended under direction of a committee consisting of the President, Business Manager, and Head Librarian.

It was so ordered.

Repairs, Etc. I recommend that the appropriations for specific purposes by the legislature be appropriated for those purposes and expended under the general supervision of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. I have already had Professor White initiate steps for laying the new floor in the Armory, and in co-operation with Professors Palmer and P a r r for equipping the Chemical Laboratory. An extension of the bay window on the west side of the President's House and some other slight changes and repairs to the house are desirable, and I recommend that $1,500 be appropriated for this purpose, and that the work proceed under the direction of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, and the immediate supervision of Professor White.

It was so ordered.