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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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472 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. [Nov. 2 The plan involves the expenditure of two hundred thousand dollars, more or less, in the erection of the building, including heating and lighting, and fifty thousand dollars, more or less, in the equipment and furnishing of the same, the whole not to exceed the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars granted for this purpose. The plan involves -assigning the building, generally speaking, for the use of those departments in the College of Literature and Arts which are at present suffering greatly for lack of accommodation, especially in their advanced work, namely: English, Komance languages, Germanic languages, History, Economics, Political and Social Science, Philosophy and Psychology. The building will include primarily seminary rooms, conference rooms, class rooms, study offices, with two museums in the attic of the building in the fourth story of the wings, one for archeology and the other for history. The building will be provided with ample elevator and the grand stair case facing the entrance with the two stair cases, one in each wing, will provide ample facilities for the circulation of students. 3. NAME. That the name of Abraham Lincoln Hall be given to this building. The appropriation for this building was obtained during the centennial year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. It will be a noble structure, and it would be quite proper to name the hall after him. The plan involves.a handsome vestibule and entrance hall, which may very properly be planned and ornamented with reference to its being a memorial hall in honor of our great president. Voted that the above recommendations of the State Architect be hereby approved and that he be directed to elaborate and submit working drawings as soon as possible. The committee adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, A. P. GROUT, Executive Committee. Meeting of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee of .the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at 139 Adams street, Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1909. All the members of the Executive Committee were present, Messrs. Abbott and Grout, and Mrs. Ba,hrenburg. Another member of the board, Mr. Hatch, was present. President James was present. Action was taken by the committee as follows: 1. Eeco.mmendation by W. C. Zimmerman, State Architect, that the contract for placing the ceiling lights in the vaulted portion of the museum room in the addition to the Natural History hall be let to L. J. Millet, lowest bidder, for the sum of $480.00. Said recommendation approved. 2. A report of the Engineering Committee was presented, recommending the appointment of "Dr. Ernst Julius Berg as Professor of Elec-
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