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THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Sept. 20

UBBANA, July 11, 1910.

Mr. W. L. Pillsbury, Secretary, the Board of Trustees, University of Illinois: DEAR SIR—At the last annual business meetingrof The Alumni Association of the University of Illinois held June 14, 1910, in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. building, Mr. H. M. Dunlap moved that the association request the trustees to publish a bibliographical sketch of our former president, Selim H. Peabody. The motion was seconded and carried. The secretary was ordered to write the board concerning the. action of_the .association. At the same meeting the.followingresolutions were presented by Mr. Otis W. Hoit, Geneseo, Illinois: 1* By the assembled Alumni today, that the grave of Dr. Gregory be marked in some permanent manner;: and to that end a committee be appointed to confer with the family and University authorities and thereafter proceed to start a subscription list, ' 2. That'we petition the r Trustees of <the University t h a t the' name "Gregory" be given to.some building of general use^ such !as the Library.br prospective Administration building, or any other that the trustees may consider most suitable, and that a bronze memorial tablet be placed therein. The resolutions were adopted by the meeting and the matter was referred to the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association to consider the suggestions. Very truly yours, ; -,:

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Secretary.

The report was received -and it was ordered to be printed in the minutes. By the following vote President James was empowered to have prepared a sketch of Dr. Peabody and printed and distributed among the alumni at an expense of not to exceed $100.00: Yeas, Messrs. Blair, Crebs, Grout, H a t c h and Meeker and Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, and Mrs." E v a n s ; nays, n o n e ; absent, Governor Deneen and Messrs. Abbott and Moore. On motion of Mr. Blair, the chairman appointed Mr. Abbott to confer with the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association with regard to a memorial of Dr. Gregory. • #

CLOCK S Y S T E M FOR KECITATION KOOMS.

* A Mr. Gross was heard with regard to the installation of a clock system in the several recitation rooms of the University, and on motion of Mr. Blair the matter was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds.

L E A S E F R O M T H E COLLEGE OE P H Y S I C I A N S AND SURGEONS.

The following report was made by the committee which had had under consideration securing a new contract' and lease with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago: Mr. W. L. Pillsbury, Secretary of Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: DEAR SIB—The special committee which was appointed to negotiate a new contract with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago has completed its work. The new lease and contract which the committee negotiated has been signed by the executive officers of the board, as directed by the