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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1904
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260 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. [March 8, MEETING O F MARCH 8, 1904. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at the University at 9 :oo o'clock a. m., Tuesday, March 8, 1904. The members present were Messrs. Bayliss, Bullard, Hatch, Kerrick^ McKinley, McLean and Nightingale and Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Evans; absent, Governor Yates and Mr. Dickirson. President Draper was present. The Secretary presented the minutes of the Board meetings held December 8, 1903, and January 26, 1904. The minutes were approved as presented. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Board then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, and Mr. Frederick L. Hatch was re-elected President; Mr. W. L. Pillsbury was re-elected Corresponding and Recording Secretary and Registrar; and Messrs. McKinley and Nightingale were elected members of the Executive Committee, of which the President of the Board is chairman. COMMUNICATIONS FROM PRESIDENT DRAPER. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, March 8, 1904. To the Board of Trustees: 1. 1 have had no duty which I regret more deeply than that of annoTancing to the Board the death of Professor Arthur "William Palmer of the Department of Chemistry, which occurred on Wednesday, February 3. His singularly strong and admirable qualities were appropriately set forth at a Memorial convocation held in the Chapel on Sunday, February 7, the proceedings of which are now in course of publication and will form a suitable expression of University sentiment concerning him. I have received the following letter from Mrs. Palmer, conveying to the University her husband's scientific library: "1013 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, URBANA, ILLINOIS. President A. S. Draper: MY DEAR SIR:-—T desire to present to the University Mr. Palmer's chemical library. There are only two conditions which I would make; that the collection be kept intact, and that it be placed in the Chemical Building for the use of the instructors and students of the Department of Chemistry.
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