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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1904
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274 UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS. [March 8, The Secretary was directed to co-operate with Mr. Ockerson in this matter as far as practicable. The Board adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock the next morning. S E S S I O N O F WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1904. The Board met pursuant to adjournment ,the same members being present as on Tuesday. PRESIDENT DRAPER'S RESIGNATION. President Draper delivered his formal resignation of the office of president of the University of Illinois as follows: UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, March 9, 1904, To the Board of Trustees: Beferring to my communication of yesterday, and advising you that I have since been named for Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, I hereby resign the office of President of the University and request that my resignation may take effect April 1, 1904. Very sincerely yours, A. S. DRAPER. Mr. Nightingale offered the following resolution with regard to the resignation, which was adopted: WHEREAS, I t seems quite imperative under the requirements of the statute of New York governing the position accepted by President Draper that he leave the University April 1st to assume the responsibilities of the Commissionership of Education of the State of New York, and WHEREAS, It is also quite imperative in the interest of the University of Illinois that the official relations of the President shall not be fully and finally severed, therefore Resolved, That the Trustees accept the resignation of Andrew S. Draper as President of the University, to take final effect July 1, 1904, and that a leave of absence, without salary, be granted him from April 1st to July 1st, with the understanding that he will return to perform the functions of his office as President incidental to the closing work of the present year. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draft suitable resolution expressing of the regret which the Trustees feel in severing relations which for ten years have been so pleasant, and so profitable. The statement of expenditures of the State Laboratory of Natural History for the quarter ending December 31, 1903, was presented and referred to the Finance Committee. With reference to the same the Committee made the following report, which was received for record. URBANA, ILLINOIS, March 9, 1904. To the Board of Trustees: Your Mnance Committee reports that the statement of the expenditures by the Illinois State Laboratory of National History for the quarter ending December 31, 1903, has been presented, giving full details of the case, and has been placed on file. Eespectfully submitted. ALEXANDER MCLEAN, W. B. MCKINLEY, L. H. KERRICK, Finance Committee.
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