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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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came to this office on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1908. This report showed that of the sixty-two candidates seven had been successful in attaining the required grade in all of the subjects in which they were examined. In addition to these examinations three candidates were admitted under the waiver clause, making a total of eleven persons who have received the C. P. A. certificate during the-year which this report covers. Protest in Regard to the May, 1908, Examination—Soon after the May examination the committee began to receive informal complaints from some of the examinees stating that the examination was unduly long in certain subjects, and that certain questions were objectionable, owing either to the obscurity in their meaning or to difficulty which made it, in. their opinion, impossible to answer them correctly, and in any case within the specified time limit. The examinees were advised that in the opinion of the committee it would be better to defer any action that might be contemplated until after the returns were in, and in case they then felt there was a cause for complaint, that it would be necessary for them to make a formal statement of their complaints if they wished the matter to be presented to the proper authorities for consideration. Immediately after the report of the faoard of examiners was approved and the returns sent out to the candidates a formal complaint from a committee of the protesting examinees was received under date of July 15, 1908. This was followed by a supplementary complaint dated July 20, 1908. These formal complaints were presented to the Board of Trustees, and for the purpose of securing evidence in regard to these complaints the Committee on Accountancy was directed to secure as full information upon both sides of the questions as it might be able to do and lay the same before the Board of Trustees. On the 10th of August the University Committee asked the Committee of Protesting Examinees to answer certain questions which were raised by their original complaint and to submit their replies in support of their original petition. The original complaints, together with the statements in support of the same, were later submitted to the board of examiners, with the request that they give the suggestions such attention as in their judgment seemed proper. The reply of the board of examiners, together with the original complaint and a statement from the University Committee analyzing the evidence, was presented to the committee appointed by the Board of Trustees on the 21st of November, 1908. After careful consideration of the evidence presented, the Board of Trustees decided that the charge made by the protesting examinees was not sustained, and therefore dismissed the complaint. Soon after this the Committee of Protesting Examinees informed the University Committee on Accountancy that* they had decided to drop the complaint. The Roberts Case—In our report of June, 1908, a statement was made in regard to the charge brought against Mr. William H. Roberts by Mr. John Everett, stating that the said Roberts had received his C. P. A. Certificate No. 84 contrary to the terms of the State law.' Upon the presentation of Mr. Everett's charges and formal complaint the trustees asked the University Committee to arrange for a hearing to consider this petition. The hearing was arranged for the 17th of June, 1908. At this hearing both Mr. Everett, Mr. Roberts and the University Committee were represented by counsel. The hearing occupied two days and the stenographic record of the evidence presented filled 220 pages. After full consideration of the evidence the University Committee advised the Board of Trustees that in their opinion the charges presented by Mr. Everett were not sustained, and at their next succeeding meeting the trustees formally approved the action of the University Committee. Financial Condition—Appended is a statement of the accountancy fund. This shows that on June 1, 1908, there was a balance of $2,969.19 on hand; that the receipts during the year were $2,038.80. Of this amount $2,025 was received from fees, and the remainder from the sale of the bulletin containing the examination questions. Included in the receipts is a refund of $21 for an advertising bill paid a second time by mistake. The expendi-