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1912]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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his bid on the other work was 20 per cent less than that of the next lowest bidder, and, second, because, his equipment and men being on the ground, he could push, the work to better advantage. Yours truly,

JAMES M. WHITE,

Supervising

Architect.

By L. J. TOWNE.

BOND FOR MILITARY

SUPPLIES.

The secretary reported t h e receipt of a letter from Captain W. P . Ram-. •sey of t h e Ordnance D e p a r t m e n t , United States Army, s t a t i n g t h a t t h e bond for ordnance and ordnance stores to be furnished by a bonding company, a u t h o r i z e d by t h e board on October 8, 1912 (p. 133; see also Report of 1912, p . 104), h a s been approved by t h e J u d g e Advocate General of t h e A r m y ; a n d t h a t t h e former bond g u a r a n t e e d by individual sureties, which was a u t h o r i z e d by the board on March 20, 1911 (Report, 1912, p. 104), had been m a r k e d satisfied, and t h e liability t h e r e u n d e r t e r m i n a t e d

REGISTRATION

NOVEMBER

1, 1912.

The secretary presented t h e following r e p o r t showing t h e registration i n the University on November 1, 1912, w i t h t h e figures for t h e correspondi n g d e p a r t m e n t s on November 1, 1911, for comparison. T h i s r e p o r t was received for record. REGISTRATION, NOVEMBER 1, 1912.. Men. Women. Colleges and Schools. 1911. 1912. 1911. 1912. Literature and Arts 470 445 421 433 Science 304 357 69 76 Total Liberal- Arts 774 802 490 509 Engineering 1,226 1,158 2 1 Agriculture 641 726 90 86 Music 5 5 . 70 74 Total Undergraduates Law . Library Science 2,646 2,691 118 122 1 1 652 38 690 46 736 230 69 161 670 32 702 47 749 210 51 159

Tdtal. 1911. 1912. 891 878 373 433 1,264 1,311 1,228 1,159 731 812 75 79 3,298 3,361 118 122 39 33 3,455 3,516 255 256 3,710 3,772 647 640 288 273 359 367

Total Undergraduate and Professional Schools in U r b a n a . . 2,756 2,814 Graduate School 209 209 Total in Urbana November 1 Summer session Deduct duplicates Net, summer session ..2,974 3,023 417 430 219 222 ... 198 208

Total to date in Urbana 3,172 3,231 897 908 4,069 4,139 Pharmacy (Chicago) 194 173 4 3 .198 176 Total 3,366 3,404 901 911 4,267 4,315 The figures given above include 30 students who remained through ten days of instruction and are, therefore, under our established practice, counted in the enrollment for the year, but who withdrew before November 1. These 30 students are distributed as follows: College of Literature and Arts, men, 3 ; women, 4 ; College of Science, men, 3 ; College of Engineering, men, 10; College of Agriculture, men, 9 ; College of Law, men, 1. The total number of students in attendance in the colleges and schools at Urbana on November 1, 1912, was, therefore, 3,742, of. whom 2,997 were men, and 745 women.

PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS W H O RETURN.

The secretary presented also t h e following table, of t h e d a t e of November 30, 1912, showing t h e n u m b e r and percentage of u n d e r g r a d u a t e s regis-