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1903.]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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The following was received for record at the meeting of June 8,

1903: J u n e 9, 1903. Statement of receipts and expenses of the School of Pharmacy for the year ending May 1, 1903.

Receipts.. Expenses . Balance...

$12,321 60 $10,745 66 1,575 94 $12,321 60 $12,321 60

$1,500 of this balance has been divided among the instructors, making the maximum payment due them $4,500.00.

It was voted that the bill of $914.00 for the banquet of the College of Medicine, be paid. Consideration of the policy to be pursued in regard to such banquets in the future was referred to the Committee on the College of Medicine, who are directed to consult with Dr. Steele. It was voted that it was the sense of the Board of Trustees that no amount from the receipts of the College of Medicine should be paid for a banquet. Further, it was the expression of the Board that the persons participating in the banquet should pay the expenses therefor.

WOMAN'S BUILDING.

Consideration of the Woman's Building was then taken. The following communication received from Hon. Henry M. Dunlap was presented by President Draper:

SAVOY, ILLINOIS, J u n e 20, 1903.

A. S. Draper, President, University of Illinois: M Y BEAR SIR : I deem it an honor to be asked to express my opinion as to the character of the new Woman's Building and the uses to which i t should be devoted, for I feel that a new era has dawned for the young women seeking an education a t the University of Illinois, provided those in authority act wisely a t this time. I confess to a very deep interest in this matter and without pretending to dictate the policy of the University in any way, I am pleased to have the opportunity to express my views. I believe that a young woman's University education is unfinished in its most important p a r t unless she has a knowledge of the household sciences and arts that fit her for life's most important duties, those relating to the home, and I am therefore greatly in favor of installing this most important department in the Woman's Building in a way that will be at once dignified and comprehensive. I t should be enough to stamp it with the approval of the University in such a decided manner that every woman student will feel that she is invited to its use and that in entering the department she is doing herself an honor—that the University in its relation to woman's education places the home first in importance. For this reason I hope to see this department in the new building occupying an entire wing or section of the same. Woman's physical development should be considered and the gymnasium should be complete in all parts. I believe it should constitute another wing of this building or should be built adjoining the main building with a covered way between.

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