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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S .

[June 4

As the time is drawing near when Professor Breckenridge is to leave Illinois to take up his work at Yale, his Alma Mater, the Board of Trustees desire to express their sincere appreciation of the valuable services he has rendered this institution during the sixteen years of his connection with it. While his chief work has been the building up of a strong department of Mechanical Engineering, his activity in other directions has been of great service to the University. His was the first mind to conceive of the idea of an Engineering Experiment Station, and the establishment of the station at Illinois, the first in the country, was largely due to his efforts. His work in connection with the burning of Illinois fuels and smoke prevention has been of the greatest value; and his connection with the United States Geological Survey as engineer in charge of the fuel division has redounded to the credit of the University. His pleasant, .genial manner, and ever kindly consideration of the feelings and opinions of all with whom he has come in contact, has won for him the highest regard and affection of his associates, and has caused his students to consider him as much their personal friend as their teacher. In accepting the resignation of Professor Breckenridge, we regret that the University of Illinois is to lose such a scholar, teacher and investigator from its service, but we extend to him our best wishes for as great a success in his new field of labor as was his in this University.

MARY E. BUSEY, FEED L. HATCH,

Committee.

B O N D OF TREASURER HAUGAN.

The secretary presented for print in the minutes the bond of Mr. H . A. Haugan, elected treasurer at the March meeting.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Helge A. Haugan, as prin-

cipal, and Leroy A. Goddard, Hauman G. Haugan, Theodore Freeman, George E. Rickords and ^Villiam A. Peterson, as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the University of Illinois, of Urbana, in the county of Champaign, State of Illinois, in the sum of one million five hundred thousand ($1,500,000.00) dollars, good and .lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly, severally and firmly by these presents. * WITNESS our hands and seals this 20th day of March, A. D. 1909. The condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above bounden Helge A. Haugan was, on the 9th day of March, A. D. 1909, duly elected to the office of treasurer of the University of Illinois, for a period ending on the 14th day of March, A. D. 1911, or until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, and is about to assume the duties of said office. Now, if the said Helge A. Haugan shall well and truly perform and faithfully discharge the duties of treasurer of said University of Illinois during his term of office, and shall faithfully keep and truly account for all moneys, bonds, securities or other property coming into his hands as such treasurer during his term of office, and at the expiration of his term of office shall pay over to his successor in office, or to any other person duly authorized by the Board of Trustees of said University of Illinois to receive the same, all moneys, bonds, securities or other property received by him as such treasurer and not otherwise lawfully paid out or disposed of, and shall deliver to his * successor in office or other person appointed to receive the same, the property, books, papers, and other things in his hands belonging to said office, and shall, at the expiration of his term of office, or oftener, if thereunto requested by the Board of Trustees of said Univer-