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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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MATTERS PRESENTED FOR T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY. Dean Kinley, acting for President James, presented the following matters for consideration:

RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR G R E E N E AS D E A N L I T E R A T U R E A N D ARTS. OF T H E COLLEGE OF

(1) A letter from Professor Evarts B. Greene, asking that he be permitted to resign his position as Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, this resignation to be effective February 1, 1913, owing to his desire to devote more time to his teaching and scientific work.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR DANIELS AS A C T I N G DEAN CONTINUED.

(2) A recommendation that Professor A. H. Daniels be continued as Acting Dean of the College of Literature and Arts until further notice. On motion of Mrs. Bahrenburg, it was voted to accept the resignation of Professor Greene as Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, and to continue the appointment of Professor Daniels as Acting Dean until further notice. ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. (3) The following letter from Dr. W. F. M. Goss, Dean of the College of Engineering, reporting the formal acceptance of the Transportation Building from Messrs. V. Jobst & Sons, the contractors. This letter was received for record:

URBAN A, I I I . , January 2, 1913.

President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : I beg to report for your information that under date of December 31, 1912, I approved a recommendation from the supervising architect to the effect that the Transportation Building be formally accepted from V. Jobst & Sons, the •contractors. This action on my part is in accordance with an action of the Board of Trustees taken September 19, 1912 [p. 120], providing for the settlement t of this •contract "on the receipt of certificates from the supervising architect, the State Architect, and the Dean of the College of Engineering that the contract has been satisfactorily completed." Respectfully submitted, W. F. M. Goss.

GIFT OF A N A U T O M A T I C CONTROLLER FOR E L E C T R I C MOTORS.

(4) A letter from Dr. W. P. M. Goss, Dean of the College of Engineering, reporting a gift to the University from the Electrical Controller and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio, through Mr.. C. A. Pirtle, Vice-President and Sales Manager, of an elaborate set of apparatus, designed to control automatically the rheostat action in field and armature circuits of an electric motor, in the place of manual control, which hitherto has required skillful manipulation. It was voted to accept this gift, and to authorize the President of the University to extend the thanks of the Board of Trustees to Mr. Pirtle and to the Electric Controller and Manufacturing Company. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR CARNAHAN. (5) A request, approved by Acting Dean Daniels of the College of Literature and Arts, from Dr. D. H. Carnahan, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, for a year's leave of absence, on half salary, beginning September 1, 1913, and ending August 31, 1914, for the purpose of study in Europe. On motion of Mrs. Evans, it was voted that the President of the University be authorized to grant such leave of absence to Professor Carnahan, if suitable arrangements can be made for his work in his absence.

PLAN FOR P R O V I D I N G SWIMMING TRUNKS I N T H E MEN'S GYMNASIUM.

(6) A request from Mr. George Huff, Director of Physical Training for Men, that he be permitted to furnish swimming trunks to be used by every one using the swimming pool in the gymnasium, and to have these trunks laundered; the whole matter to be taken care of exactly as the clean towel system is now managed [p. 67], and without additional expense to the students. On motion of Mr. Hatch, this request was granted.