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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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CHICAGO, I I I . , July 18, 1902.

MR. E. G. KEITH, Treasurer, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, City. DEAR SIR: Eeferring to the above communication which we hand you herewith, you are instructed and directed to proceed in accordance with the suggestions contained in the letter of N. W. Harris & Co., and the three thousand dollars in bonds belonging to the Board of Trustees are to be turned over to them with the understanding that they are to be deposited with the Old Colony Trust Company; and you are hereby directed to take the Trust Company's negotiable receipts therefor. Yours very truly,

A. F. NIGHTINGALE,

President Board of Trustees, University of Illinois.

F. M. MCKAY,

Chairman of Finance Committee.

The action of the committee was approved and confirmed. The Committee on Students' Welfare recommended that the University pay $130.85, or so much thereof as might be needed, on account of sundry purchases and repairs made for the dining hall by Mr. Miller, and the recommendation was adopted.

T H E COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.

The Committee on the College of Engineering, appointed at the meeting of June 30th (page 123) made the following report, which was referred to President Draper:

UKBANA, In., December 8, 1902.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your special committee appointed to report upon the needs of the College of Engineering, submits the following for your consideration. The University of Illinois was established primarily for the education of our people in agriculture and mechanic arts. Your committee is of the opinion that whatever may be done in extending the scope of the University, to meet the growing demands of our complex civilization, it should be the settled policy of this Board, upon whom the responsibility rests, to place the emphasis strongly upon these fundamental branches of industrial education. The most notable fact in the educational history of this country during the last thirty years is the rapidly increasing demand for education in the applied sciences. Technical schools everywhere are overcrowded, and the demand for their graduates greatly exceeds the supply. The old line classical institutions, recognizing the demands of the new education, are struggling to establish and build up technical departments to enable them to hold their places in the ranks of the educational forces of the country. "Wealthy men and women are founding new technical institutions, and endowing them with untold millions. Our country seems to have become aware of the fact that education for life means more than familiarity with languages, mathematics and rhetoric. The man who knows and can do things is the man of the hour. Thirty years after the establishment of the land grant colleges, it seems the people are just beginning to appreciate the value of the education they offer. The marvelous advance of the United States in manufacturing and in commerce, during the last decade, has astonished and alarmed the statesmen and political economists of the old world. Our country