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1908J

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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The rule was adopted. 14. A request from" Dr. T. J. Burrill, Professor of Botany, for an appropriation of sixty dollars for additional student assistance in the department of botany until the close of the year. This request is asked on account of the unexpectedly large increase in registration. Voted that said appropriation be made. UNIVERSITY GOLF CLUB. 15. The executive committee of the University Golf Club desires authority from the Board of Trustees to erect a small club house on the University golf links. Voted on motion of Mr. Blair that permission to erect such house be given with the distinct understanding that it is at any time subject to removal by order of the Board of Trustees and that the house be erected in accordance with plans prepared or approved by the University Architect. 16. A request from the building committee of the Young Men's Christian Association that in return for certain services which the said association will render the University through its new club house, the lighting, and heat necessary for said club house be furnished by the University free of charge. Voted on motion of Mrs. Alexander to refer said application to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report. 17. A letter from Professor Davenport, Dean of the College of Agriculture, concerning the location of the new greenhouses required for the work of the department in floriculture. Voted on motion of Mr. Lehman that the recommendation be referred to the combined Committees on Agriculture and Buildings and Grounds, together with the State Architect, with a request for a report. 18. The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends that Professor J. C. Whitten of the University of Missouri be called to the University of Illinois as Professor of Floriculture and head of the new work in.noriculture, authorized by the special appropriation from the last legislature. I recommend that the President of the University be authorized to engage Professor Whitten at a salary not to exceed thirty-five hundred dollars a year. Voted on motion of Mr. Blair that said recommendation be approved. 19. The executive faculty of the Graduate School makes the following recommendations: That no tuition charge be made to scholars, fellows, assistants, or instructors for courses on their study lists approved by the heads of the departments and by the dean of the school as necessary or desirable for the proper completion of the student's work for the degree. That no charge or deposits for laboratory materials be required from scholars, fellows, or from members of the corps of instruction. Voted that "said recommendations be approved for members of the Graduate School.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, TAXES AND BENT.

Dr. Davison from the Committee on Pharmacy submitted a letter from Professor Day calling attention to a notice of taxes due on the property occupied by the School of Pharmacy. I t also called attention to the fact" that the rent due from Dr. Baldwin was still delinquent.