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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE BOAKD OF TRUSTEES.

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given attorneys for the estate and attorneys' representing creditors of the estate to make an examination of the same. The cause was continued until the 24th of January, 1913, at which time it was again taken up. The result of the trial was a judgment in favor of the claimant for $11,372.16. The judgment covered all of our claim except a few items which were rightfully rejected. In addition to that the court allowed interest since the termination of the lease. I have no definite information as to when the administration of the John R. Walsh estate will be concluded, and am unable to give any advice at this time as to the probable amount of the judgment that will be paid. Respectfully submitted, O. A. HARKER, Legal Counsel. Urbana, 111., February 6, 1913.

REQUEST FROM T H E A L U M N I ASSOCIATION OF T H E COLLEGE D E N T I S T R Y FOR T H E R E O P E N I N G OF T H E COLLEGE OF D E N T I S T R Y . OF

(11) A request from the Alumni Association of the College of Dentistry that the University reopen its College of Dentistry, which was closed on June 30, 1912. This communication was received to be printed in the minutes: To the President and Board of Trustees, University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN : The closing of the Dental Department of the University of Illinois has been a great loss to dental education in Chicago and throughout the whole country. This is indeed deplorable a t a time when both the physician and the dentist are insisting on a more comprehensive training for the practice of dentistry. The most discussed question in the medical world today is the influence of diseased conditions of the mouth upon the general physical economy. The leaders in dental education are today agitating the question of enlarging the dental curriculum; of giving the dental student a broader and better preparation that he may meet the new demands being made by the medical world and society generally. Dentistry is now recognized as one of the largest elements in preventive medicine. The people need the highest type of dentistry as they need# the highest type of general surgery and general medicine. The State has no greater responsibility than the education of the men who are to look after the health of her citizens. There is a definite causal relationship between health and morals. The University of Illinois can do no greater work than to prepare men to keep the people well. We are requesting that you take steps to reorganize the Department of Dentistry. In this you will have the hearty support of the leading dental college in Chicago, and over 90 per cent of the dentists of Illinois. Any opposition will come only from those who are engaged in a type of educational work, purely commercial in purpose, which will be hurt by a high class school. We have every reason to believe that the Legislature, now in session, will grant the request of your body for a small appropriation for the purpose. We the undersigned, members of the Alumni Association, stand pledged to do all in our power to bring about the • reopening of the Dental College, and will gladly undertake any task you may see fit to assign. We believe our request will appear to both as a pleasure and a duty. [Signed by one hundred twenty-five of the alumni of the College of Dentistry.] DOCTOR'S BILL OF WALTER JONES PAID. President Abbott presented a letter from Mr. H. D. Oberdorfer, Assistant to the Supervising Architect, reporting the case of Mr. Walter Jones, a student working for the Superintendent. of Buildings, who; on December 29, 1912, had three of his fingers cut off in the cogs of one of the deep well pumps, and who is asking that the University pay his doctor's bill, amounting to thirty dollars ($30). On motion of Mr. Montgomery, this bill was allowed, the vote being as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery; noes, none; present but not voting, Mrs. Bahrenburg; absent, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore. RESIGNATIONS OF T H E BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF T H E COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. President Abbott presented the resignations of all the members of the Board of Directors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons placed in his hands, to be accepted by the Board of Trustees at such time as shall seem best to the board. These resignations were placed in the custody of Dean O. A. Harker, Legal Counsel of the University, who was present. —12 U