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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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The members of this committee desire in closing this report to record their candid belief that the State of Illinois can not with honor to itself, for longer than a temporary period, employ a private corporation to educate for i t the young men and women of the S t a t e ; and we believe t h a t the Chief Executive and the legislature of Illinois will not, and this Board of Trustees should not, look with approval upon the suggestion that the contract herein referred to be allowed to continue indefinitely. The business of this contract should be pursued with the conscientious purpose of fulfilling it at the earliest possible time. This result would no doubt be to the financial advantage of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the educational enlargement of the University, and we hope, therefore, t h a t this Board and the Board of Directors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons will labor harmoniously together to this end. Eespectfully submitted,

ALEX. MCLEAN, S. A. BULLARD, F . M. M C K A Y ,

Committee on Medical LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS.

College.

It was voted to appoint a committee of five who should, with President Draper, present to the Board at its next regular meeting proposals with regard to appropriations to be asked for at the next session of the General Assembly. The persons whose names follow were appointed on this committee: Messrs. Bullard, McKay, and Smith and Mrs. Alexander and Mr. Nightingale.

COMMUNICATION FROM P R E S I D E N T DRAPER.

URBANA, ILLINOIS, October 24, 1902.

To the Board of Trustees: I have the honor to lay before you the following business: 1. I recommend that Mr. Harlan H . Horner, Instructor in Rhetoric, be appointed Secretary to the President, a t $1,100 a year, to commence October 1st. 2. I recommend that Mr. Frederick Gates Fox, of the class of 1898, be appointed instructor in the Department of Rhetoric in the place of Mr. Horner, at $75 a month to commence October 1st. 3. I recommend that Mr. Horace A. Hollister be appointed High School Visitor in place of Stratton D. Brooks, resigned, a t $1,600 a year, to commence November 1, 1902, and continue until September 1, 1903. Mr. Hollister is now superintendent of school at Sterling, Illinois. H e is a graduate of the University of Iowa, classical course, and took his second degree there. H e has taught twenty years, twelve as principal of a high school, and six as a superintendent. H e has spent some time in graduate work at the University of Chicago. He is scholarly, and experienced in school administration; has done some institute work, and is strongly commended by those who have heard him as an excellent public speaker on school subjects. 4. I recommend the appointment of Mr. William Cullen Dennis as an instructor in the College of Law, at $100 a month, for ten months, to commence September 1, 1902. Mr. Dennis is an A. B . and LL, B . of Harvard University, and has been a t work here since the opening of the semester. The appointment is made to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Holmes, which was made necessary by ill health. 5. Professor Gerdtzen, in charge of the work in machine design in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been obliged to resign on acount of ill