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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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1909] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 135 Afternoon Session, April 29, 1909. When the board convened after recess, the same members were present as during the morning session. The committee appointed during the morning session to consider the matter reported as follows with regard to Mrs. Alexanders course: WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois has been credibly informed that Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander, a member of this board, appeared yesterday before the House Appropriations Committee in Springfield and stated in effect that the University of Illinois has no legitimate need for the increased appropriations that it is now asking for; and, WHEREAS, The University Appropriation Bill was carefully prepared by those most familiar with the needs of the different departments of the University, and was fully discussed and considered, item by item, and unanimously approved by all the trustees present, including Mrs. Alexander, at a special meeting held for that purpose, Jan. 15, 1909; and, WHEREAS, The other members of the board believe that they were elected to represent the interests of the University and do not consider that they would be discharging their obligation faithfully if they failed to ask for appropriations sufficient to meet the increasing demands made by the people of this State upon* this great institution; be it Resolved, That we again endorse our appropriation bill and that we condemn the attempt of one member of this board to discredit the unanimously expressed judgment of the entire board and to harass it in its efforts to maintain and build up a University worthy of the State. Mrs. 'Bnsey voted no, giving as reason t h a t she considered no action necessary. The hoard adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, W. L. P I L L S B U R Y / President Secretary.
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