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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE BOAED OF TEUSTEES.

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Meeting of November 9, 1904.

T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at the U n i versity at 9:00 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, November 9, 1904, in p u r suance of the following call issued by the Secretary November 2, 1904: Upon the call of the President, Mr. F. L. Hatch, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Wednesday, November 9, 1904, at 9:00 o'clock a. m., at the University for the following purposes: To decide upon the name to be put over the main entrance to the Woman's building. To decide upon the inauguration of President James. W h e n the Board met pursuant to this call the following members were present: Messrs. Bullard, H a t c h , McKinley, McLean and M r s . Abbott, M r s . Alexander and M r s . Evans. M r . Nightingale came in a little later. Absent, Governor Yates and Messrs. Bayliss, Dickirson and Kerrick. President James was present.

C O M M U N I C A T I O N FROM P R E S I D E N T J A M E S .

President James presented the following communication, stating that the recommendations were made by Vice Prseident B u r r i l l : The following appointments are recommended for eight months beginning November 1, 1904: Karl W. Zimmerschied, Instructor in Chemistry at $75 a month. John Terrell Vawter, Jr., Assistant in General Engineering Drawing at $70 a month. It is recommended that General Engineering Drawing be constituted a department and that Assistant Professor Victor Tyson Wilson be appointed head of the department. The University exhibit at the Louisana Purchase Exposition is presumably to be returned to the University at the expense of; the State Commission, but the cases in which it is shown will be offered for sale. At least some of these cases would be of permanent value to the University, and probably may be secured at a very low figure compared with the cost of manufacture There is also some material from other exhibits which would be of importance here and probably could be procured at small expense. May the matter be referred to a committee with authority to spend not more than $1,000? U p o n these recommendations the Board took action as follows: 1. The appointments were made as recommended. 2. The recommendation with regard to creating a department of general engineering drawing was referred to President James for report at the next meeting of the Board.