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1904.]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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The proposition was then adopted. It was then voted to proceed to elect a President. Edmund Janes James and Eugene Davenport were put in nomination. A ballot was taken, and the vote stood: Mr. James, 9 ; Mr. Davenport, 2. The election of Doctor James was then made unanimous by a rising vote. It was voted that the President-elect be given a vacation of two months, with expenses paid, at such time as he may select, after consultation with the members of the Board. The Board then adjourned to meet at 1130 o'clock, Friday, August

26, 1904.

W. L. PILLSBURY, . F. L. HATCH,

Secretary.

President.

ADJOURNED SESSION, AUGUST 26, 1904. When the Board met, pursuant to adjournment, there were present Messrs. Hatch, Kerrick, McLean, and Nightingale, and Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Alexander, and Mrs. Evans; absent, Governor Yates and Messrs. Bayliss, Bullard, Dickirson, and McKinley. President-elect, Dr. James, was present. Acting President, Dr. Burrill, was absent. DR. JAMES ACCEPTS T H E PRESIDENCY. President James made a statement of his views with regard to the Universtiy, and also spoke concerning leaving Northwestern University. A letter was read from Mr. H. H. C. Miller, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, asking, on behalf of that University, that Dr. James be released from his obligations to the University of Illinois. The Secretary was directed to answer the letter, saying that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was unwilling to release Dr. James on this request. Dr. James then said that in view of what had been said to him by persons interested in Northwestern University, he had said that he would present this matter in full to the Trustees of the University of Illinois, and that he asked to be released. On motion of Mrs. Alexander it was voted that, from a consideration of the interests of the University of Illinois, the Trustees were unwilling to grant the release. —22 U.