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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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1909] PROCEEDINGS OE THE BOARD OE TRUSTEES. 121 Meeting of March 31, 1909. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held at the Palmer House, in Chicago, March 31, 1909, pursuant to the following notice which was sent out by the secretary March 26, 1909 : By order of the president, Mr. W. L. Abbott, there will be a special meet; ing of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at the Palmer House, in Chicago, at 2 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, March 31, 1909, to consider reports of committees, communications from the president, and such other matters as may be duly presented. When the board met pursuant to this call the following members were present: Messrs. Abbott, Crebs, Davison, Hatch and Moore, and Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Evans. Absent, Glovernor Deneen, Mr. Blair and Mrs. Busey. Messrs. Grout and Meeker came in a little later. President James was present. The secretary, Mr. Pillsbury, presented the minutes of the meeting of March 9, 1909, which were. approved on motion of Mrs. Alexander. COMMUNICATIONS PEOM P K E S I D E N T J A M E S . The president recommended— 1. That Mr. Sidney C. Yeomans, Esq., of Chicago, be appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Pharmacy to succeed Mr. W. K. Forsyth, whose term expired June 30, 1908. This recommendation was adopted on motion of Mrs. Evans. • 2. That the Board of Trustees recommend to the Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that William L. Pillsbury of the University be granted a retiring allowance to date from July 1, 1909. Voted on motion of Mrs. Evans t h a t the recommendation be made. 3. That leave of absence on half pay be granted to Isabel Bevier for purposes of study from July 1, 1909, to Dec. 31, 1909, in accordance with the schedule of the University relating to absence on half pay. Voted on motion of Mr. H a t c h t h a t the recommendation be adopted. 4. That leave of absence on half pay be granted to Professor Morgan Brooks for purposes of study from Sept. 1, 1909, to Aug. 31, 1910, in accordance with the statutes of the University on this subject. Voted on motion of Mr. Hatch t h a t leave of absence be granted as recommended. 5. That the president of the University in conjunction with the counsel for the University be requested to draft a contract governing the relations
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