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1903.]

PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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MEETING O F JANUARY 26, 1904. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at the University at 2 o'clock p. m., Tuseday, January 26, 1904, pursuant to the following call:

Upon the call of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, which is ready to report on the plans for the Woman's Building, there will be a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at the University, at 2:00 o'clock p . m., Tuesday, January 26, 1904, to consider the plans and transact such other business as may be duly presented.

The members present were Messrs. Bullard, Hatch, Kerrick, McLean and Nightingale, and Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Abbott, and Mrs. Evans; absent, Governor Yates and Messrs. Bayliss, Dickirson and McKinley. President Draper was present.

T H E WOMAN'S BUILDING.

Mr. Bullard, on behalf of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, presented plans for a Woman's Building, which had been prepared by McKim, Meade & White, of New York, and moved the adoption of the plans, and that the Committee on Buildings and Grounds be authorized to conclude a contract with the architects and to advertise for bids for the construction of the building when the plans and specifications were ready. The motion prevailed.

COMMUNICATION F R O M UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DRAPER. OFFICE, OF ILLINOIS, P R E S I D E N T ' S

J a n u a r y 26, 1904. To the Board of Trustees: I have to report the following for your information and consideration:

PURCHASE OP L A N D ON M A T H E W S AVENUE.

Pursuant to your action four lots of land on Mathews avenue, south of the Eailway right of way, have been purchased by and the title vested in the University. The Allen property, consisting of three lots having an aggregate width of about 209 feet on Mathews avenue, and mnning back to the University line a distance of about 198 feet, was purchased for seven thousand ($7,000) dollars. There is upon this property a small dwelling house which the owner is to remove by April 1st. The Maguire property, consisting of a very fair dwelling house, and a lot 60 feet wide on Mathews avenue, and running back to the University line, was purchased for five thousand five hundred ($5,500) dollars. The owner is to have the right to occupy the house until May 1st.

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