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1903.]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

WATER SURVEY.

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1. I recommend that Eobert W a t t Stark be appointed Chief Assistant upon the Water Survey for twelve months beginning October 1, at $100 per montk 2. That Miss M. A. Lemon be appointed Stenographer upon the Water Survey at $40 per month for twelve months commencing October 1.

T H E LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SCHOOL.

1. I recommend that Francis K. W. Drury be appointed Order Assistant the Library for twelve months from September 1 at $900 for the year. 2. That a Messenger be allowed to the Library at $3 per week for months from September 1. 3. I advise the appropriation of $150 to be used by Professor Sharp meeting the expenses of collecting and preparing material for a history libraries in Illinois.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.

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I recommend that the arrangement with the members of the faculty of the School of Pharmacy heretofore in operation be continued as to the coming year, and that $25 per month in addition for the seven months of the school year be allowed to the assistants in each of the three laboratories in consideration of additional work attendant upon the leasing of the rooms for an evening school.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

I transmit herewith the request of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy that the regulations be modified so as to provide that the members of the Board of Examiners shall also sign diplomas, and recommend that it be approved.

N E W AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS.

I t is proposed at an early day to commence the erection of a number of structures for the use of the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station on a line running east and west, and south of the present road in front of the barns. These structures may very well be similar to each other in their external architecture, and they certainly should be highly attractive in style. They are likely to form the south side of the enlarged University quadrangle. They should be designed with reference to likelihood of extending their number almost indefinitely. There is very little in the way of other structures or of precedence to guide us, and much care, experience, and skill are necessary. Our agricultural people have been studying the problem during the last year, and have reached the point where they need architectural help. They think, and I am inclined to agree with them, that better results will be attained if they can have the assistance of one or more of the members of our architectural faculty, so that they may be able to confer frequently and work out the problem together. I n late years I have been very reluctant to have our own architects much engaged in this kind of work, but I am impelled to yield to the desire of our agriculturists for their assistance, because of the obvious advantages, and because the task would not seem to be very burdensome. I therefore recommend that Professors White and Temple be requested to assume the task, with the assurance that the Board will in time make such compensation for the services as seems reasonable.

PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT PEABODY.

Pursuant to your instructions I have caused an oil portrait of Doctor Selim H . Peabody, President of the University from 1881 to 1891, to be prepared by Professor Newton A. Wells. I t is ready for your acceptance, and, if accepted, I recommend that the bill of $126.50 for portrait and framing be ordered paid.