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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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Raymond Real, clerk in the Department of Electrical Engineering, at a salary of $25 a month from Oct. 1, 1908, to July 1, 1909. George Rudolph, research fellow in the Engineering Experiment Station, for the two years beginning Sept. 1, 1908, at a salary of $500 a year. Fleda Straight, catalog assistant in the Library, in place of Stella Bennett, transferred, at a salary of $60 a month from Oct. 1, 1908, until Aug. 31, 1909. Charles L. Swisher, assistant in Physics, part time, at a salary of $35 a month for the nine months beginning Oct. 1, 1908. N.. A. "Weston, assistant director in charge of the courses in Commerce, for the academic year 1908-9, at a remuneration of $250 a year. Dr. Burrill, vice-president, made the following appointment Nov. 18th: Carl F. Miller, clerk in the Chemistry Department, in place of T. Phillips, resigned, at a salary of $65 a month for the remainder of the year. The board then took a recess, until 2:30 o'clock p . m.

Afternoon Session.

When the board m e t after the recess the same members were present as i n the morning.

OBJECTIONS TO THE CAR LINE ON GREEN STREET.

10. Communications from Professor W. F. M. Goss, dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. A. P. Carman, professor of physics, and Professors C. T. Knipp and F. R. Watson concerning the disturbing influence of the car line on Green street upon the work in the new physics laboratory.

URBANA, iLii., March 13, 1908.

President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: DEAR SIR—It has been commonly understood in the College of Engineering throughout a considerable period, that the street railway line now on Green street would ultimately be removed from that street. I myself have not been a factor in tlje discussions which have undoubtedly arisen from this general proposition, and I am not sure that I understand all of the considerations which have given rise to the understanding referred to. I do know, however, that the feeling that the track was to be removed has been a factor in determining the location of the physics building. It has not been definitely determined to locate the physics laboratory on Green street, and I shall hope that nothing will interfere with the carrying out of the original plan with reference to the railway track. The passage of heavy cars in close proximity to the physics building will constitute a serious interference with the work it is proposed to do in that building. There is, I think, no way that has thus far been devised, by which the delicate instruments of the physicist can be protected from the influence of the vibrations which result from the passage of heavy cars over rail joints in the immediate vicinity of the instruments. The fact that we are making a large investment for the Department of Physics in the expectation that the deparment will be able to undertake lines of work not hitherto contemplated and in the hope that fine and significant things for science can be done in the new building, emphasizes the desirability of protecting the building by the re- , moval of the track. Respectfully submitted, W. F. M. Goss, Dean of the College of Engineering.

URBANA, I I I . , March 13, 1908.

President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: DEAR SIR—We respectfully call your attention to the desirability of removing the street car traffic from Green street, in front of the site for the