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umvEKSiTY or ILLINOIS.

[Sept. 12

This letter was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report. Messrs.' Blair and Moore wem obliged to leave at this time, and, the absence of a quorum having been noted,, the board adjourned.

W. L. ABBOTT,

C. M. M C C O N N ,

President.

Secretary.

Meeting of the Executive Committee September 12, 1911.

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the trustees 5 room at the University in Urbana, immediately following the adjourned session of the quarterly meeting on Sept. 12, 1911. There were present Messrs. Abbott, Grout and Hatch, the members of the committee, Mesdames Bahrenburg, Busey and Evans, members of the board, and President James. The president of the University presented the following matters for consideration: APPOINTMENT OP PROFESSOR HENRY. (1) A recommendation that Mr. R. h. Henry be appointed assistant professor of Law for one year, beginning Sept. 1, 1911, at a salary of $2,500.00 for the year. This recommendation was approved. PROFESSOR MILLER'S SALARY INCREASED. (2) A recommendation that the salary of Dr. George A. Miller, professor • of Mathematics, be made $3,000.00 per annum, beginning Sept. 1, 1911. This recommendation was approved. . BUDGET OF COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. (3) The budget of the College of Medicine for the year 1911-12. .This budget was referred to the Committee on the College of Medicine, with power to act.

RESEARCH IN PROBLEMS OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY.

(4) The following statement and recommendation in regard to a proposition to undertake research into certain problems of the canning industry: Mr. J. W. McCall, of Gibson City, 111., president of the Illinois Canners' Association, wrote some time ago to Dr. T. J. Burrill, vice-president, asking whether the University would be willing to undertake an investigation inta certain practical scientific problems connected with the canning industry. Dr. Burrill wrote that the funds granted by the Legislature would not enable the University to undertake this investigation at the present time,, but that if the Canners' Association would furnish the necessary money to pay the salary of an expert chemist and bacteriologist it might be possible for the University to carry on some investigations which would be well worth while.