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UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS. T H E MAGUIRE HOUSE.

[May 24,

The Business Manager was instructed to sell the Maguire house or to make other disposition of it if he found that so doing would best serve the interests of the University.

PAVEMENTS.

The Secretary, Mr. Pillsbury, stated that the President and Secretary of the Board, in pursuance of instructions of the Board, signed a petition for the pavement of the east side of University grounds, and that he had received a special assessment notice stating that the amount of the University's assessment was $9,262.50, payable in ten installments, interest at five per cent per annum, and that a hearing would be had for the confirmation of the assessments for said pavement in the county court of Champaign county, June 6, 1904. The Business Manager was instructed to employ an attorney to look after the interests of the University at the hearing, and $50.00 or so much thereof as might be needed, was appropriated to pay attorney's fees.

LOCATION OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.

The Committee on Buildings and Grounds was instructed to consult with the Horticultural Department of the University with reference to location of said building, and report to the Board at its next meetnig.

SCHOLARSHIPS I N HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE.

Vice President Burrill presented from the Council of Administration a renewal of the recommendation made to the Board March 10, 1903, with regard to scholarships in household science, as follows:

3. The Council further recommends that household science scholarships be open to women in any college or school of the University, as set forth in the following memorandum: I t seems that the main use of the scholarships in household science is to encourage students to take the household science courses, and that if a proportionate and sufficient number of students were taking these courses without the inducement of free scholarships, no such scholarships would be offered. I n view of the fact that this is a new department, and that its work may reasonably be expected to contribute largely to the welfare of the people of the state, that the kind of instruction which it offers is very little known, and that its purposes and values are but little understood, we are of the opinion that the offer of free scholarships to students registered in that department is helpful; especially as a convincing expression of the University view of the importance of its work. On the other hand, it seems to be the general wish of the University that the offer of free scholarships shall not be unduly extended or made in any case where the object in view does not fully justify the sacrifice; and we therefore recommend that these scholarships be made available on equal terms, to all women of the University, and that their continuance be conditioned upon their taking not less than eight hours' work each year in household science or in courses in science strictly precedent to them1.