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UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS

[Jan. 23

As t h e S t a t e University m u s t supply of a d e q u a t e l y p r e p a r e d S t a t e , w e u r g e t h a t its t r u s t e e s l i s h m e n t of a practice school as teachers.

a l w a y s be one "of t h e i m p o r t a n t sources of t e a c h e r s for t h e public h i g h schools of t h e be asked to consider t h e question of t h e estaba n i m p o r t a n t factor in t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of such

SCHOOL OF R A I L W A Y E N G I N E E R I N G . 14. A communication from t h e Dean of t h e College of E n g i n e e r i n g in r e g a r d to t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a School of R a i l w a y E n g i n e e r i n g a n d Administration. President E. J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR SIR—At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on January 30, 1906, a recommendation was approved creating a Department of Railway Engineering and Administration in the College of Engineering. On October 8th at a meeting of the advisory committee on this course, held in the senate room, at which you were present, the organization of the new department was fully discussed, it being agreed that we would recommend the establishment of a School of Railway Engineering and Administration. It seems to me that it would therefore be desirable to present again the matter to the trustees, as we now have some literature ready for the press. Will you not therefore recommend: . That the action of January 30, 1906, creating a Department of Railway Engineering and Administration in the College of Engineering be reconsidered and that a School of Railway Engineering and Administration be established which shall include in its organization a department of railway engineering in the College of Engineering offering three railway courses, and a course in railway administration in the department of economics in the College of Literature and Arts. In the description of courses for the new catalog we have outlined the three courses in railway engineering, though they are almost identical with our regular courses up to the senior year, so that they are really options for seniors, differing from the straight courses by from 12 to 22 semester-hours in each case. , Yours very truly, Dean of the College of

JAMES M. WHITE., URBANAJ I I I . . , J a n u a r y 22, 1907.

Engineering.

Voted that said recommendation be adopted.

15. A communication from S e r g e a n t P o s t r e q u e s t i n g an increase of salary.

Voted that the president' report upon the expediency of granting this request at the next meeting.

DEDICATION OF T H E A U D I T O R I U M . 16. A p l a n as to t h e dedication of t h e n e w A u d i t o r i u m to t h e service of music in t h e a u t u m n of 1907. I t is proposed t o dedicate t h e A u d i t o r i u m in t h e a u t u m n of 1907 first to t h e purposes of music, second to t h e purposes of-oratory, t h i r d t o t h e purposes of science. T h e s e t h r e e purposes m a y be achieved a t once, or t h e y m a y be sepa r a t e d i n t o distinct occasions as s u b s e q u e n t experience m a y m a k e desirable. I n connection w i t h t h e dedication of t h e h a l l to t h e purposes of music, i t is s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e most distinguished American musician be invited to superi n t e n d a p r o d u c t i o n of his w o r k s in t h e new A u d i t o r i u m , and. t h a t after such a successful production, a t a b l e t c o n t a i n i n g t h e n a m e of t h e composer and t h e d a t e of t h e production of h i s w o r k s be placed u p o n t h e walls of t h e memorial, vestibule or in t h e p a n e l of t h e g a l l e r y or some o t h e r suitable place w i t h i n t h e b u i l d i n g . ^ ^ ^ T ' ^ I n order to a s c e r t a i n w h i c h of our American musicians m a y be considered w o r t h y of such honor, i t is proposed to t a k e a poll a m o n g t h e c o m p e t e n t musical a u t h o r i t i e s of t h e c o u n t r y in order to ascertain, if possible, t h e n a m e of t h e m a n , w h o b y common consent, r a n k s first a m o n g living American musicians. I t is suggested t h a t a t least once a y e a r in successive y e a r s a l e a d i n g musician, in t h i s or o t h e r countries, be invited t o s u p e r i n t e n d in a similar w a y t h e p r o d u c t i o n of his w o r k s a n d t h a t on such occasion a similar t a b l e t be erected so t h a t in t h e course of years, a r o u n d t h i s h a l l , w h i c h is destined t o