Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910 [PAGE 237]

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1909]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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Voted that the comptroller of the University may receive the money which was raised by the class, in case t h a t it is desired by the members of the class of 1908, in trust for the class. Voted further that the president of the University be authorized to consult with the class of 1 9 0 8 / a n d , in ease it should be their desire, he be authorized to ask the - treasurer of the class to t u r n over the fund to the comptroller of the University, and may undertake for the University to erect a memorial in the name of the class with the proceeds of the fund. SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. 3. Letter from W. B. Day, stating that the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association at its recent annual meeting in Quincy voted to present to the' University the following list of persons from whom a member of the advisory board of the School of. Pharmacy should be chosen to succeed Mr. F. L. Coffinberry of Peoria, whose time expired July 1. Paul G. Schuh, Cairo; Joseph F. Forbrich, Chicago; J. M. Miller, Bloomington; O. G. Freman, Chicago; E. L. Ladish, Chicago. Voted t h a t the president of the University be authorized to offer the position of * member of the advisory board in place of Mr.' Coffinberry to the gentlemen named on the list, in the order in which they are named, unless for some good reason it seems desirable to vary it. Also a resolution adopted by the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association at its annual meeting June 16, 1909, concerning the erection of a special building for the School of Pharmacy. Voted to receive and print the same in the minutes. WHEEEAS, The great State of Illinois with its vast resources, its magnificent cities and towns, its wonderful industrial development, its marvelous educational and state institutions, stands easily as the peer of any state in the middle west; and, WHEREAS, The pharmacists of Illinois, some six thousand in number, proud of their native or adopted commonwealth, desire to do honor to the tradition and future greatness of their home State, herewith in annual convention assembled in the beautiful and hospitable city of Quincy; be it Resolved, That we urge the trustees of the University of Illinois to include in their budget, an appropriation of $200,000.00 for the purchase of a site and erection of a specially designed and equipped building for the School of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois, and we further pledge ourselves during this and such time .as this measure is passed to work and use our influence in support of such an appropriation. Also matters relating to the budget of the School of Pharmacy. Referred for consideration to the Committee on the School of Pharmacy. 4. proposal from the Graduate Club, of 1907 in the University of Illinois to found a loan fund with a gift of seventy-five dollars as the initial gift, with certain suggestions as to its administration. Voted to refer said proposal to the executive faculty of the Graduate School for a report. 5. Dr. Watson's report of progress on the study of the defects in the acoustics of the auditorium and the means of remedying them. Voted to refer for further report to the supervising architect. , 6. Request from Professor J. C. Blair to lease the present year the John H. Sawdon orchard lying two miles south of Griggsville in Pike county,