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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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52 • UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S . [Dec. 28 Meeting of December 28, 1908. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held at the Palmer House in Chicago Dec. 28, 1908, pursuant to the following notice which was sent out by the secretary Dec. 2 1 , 1908: By order of the president, Mr. W. L. Abbott, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at the Palmer House, in Chicago, at 10:00 a. m., Monday, December 28, 1908, to consider the report of the Committee on Revision of the Statutes and such other business as may be duly presented. When the board met pursuant to this call the following members were present: Messrs. Abbott, Davison, Grout, H a t c h and Lehman, and Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Alexander; Messrs. Madden and Meeker came in a little later; absent: Governor Deneen, Mr. Blair and Mrs. Busey. President James was present. The secretary, Mr. Pillsbury, presented the minutes of the meeting of Dec. 8, 1908, which were approved later on motion of Mrs. Alexander. • P O L E FOB, T R O L L E Y L I N E ACROSS T H E S O U T H CAMPUS. Upon the recommendation of the supervising architect, Professor White, single bracket iron1 pole, number 82, manufactured by the Electric Eailway Equipment Company, was approved on motion of Dr. Davison. MATTERS P R E S E N T E D BY P R E S I D E N T JAMES. The president presented the following matters for consideration: 1. A recommendation that Mr. Jacob Hodnefield be appointed exchange assistant in the University of Illinois Library at a salary of seventy-five dollars ($75) a month, work and salary to begin Feb. 1, 1909, his appointment to run until Aug. 31, 1909. T h e appointment was, on motion of Mrs. Alexander, made by the following vote: Yeas, -Messrs. Madden, Abbott, Davison, Lehman, Hatch and Grout, and Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. E v a n s ; nays, n o n e ; absent, Governor Deneen, Messrs. Blair and Meeker, and Mrs. Busey. 2. Letter from Edward Bartow, director of the State Water Survey, recommending a change in the policy of the "Water Survey in making analysis of water for private parties. Eeferred on motion of Mr. Madden to a special committee for consideration.' [Since the meeting Dr. Davison and Mr. H a t c h have been appointed on the committee.]
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