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Meeting of March 5, 1913.

A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held at the Blackstone Hotel, in the city of Chicago, at 12 M., on Wednesday, March 5, 1913, pursuant to the following notice which was sent out by the secretary on February 25, 1913:

Upon the call of the president, Mr. W. L. Abbott, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at the Blackstone Hotel, in the city of Chicago, on Wednesday, March 5, 1913, at 12 :00 M., for the consideration of the requests to he made of the present General Assembly for appropriations for the University, and of such other matters as may be duly presented.

When the board convened, the following members were present: Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore. President James was also present, and Mr. W. Carbys Zimmerman, State Architect, was in attendance during a part of the afternoon. President Abbott requested Mr. Fred L. Hatch, the senior member of the board and formerly president of the board, whose term expires on March 11, to take the chair. Mr. Hatch presided throughout the afternoon.

MINUTES APPROVED.

The secretary presented the minutes of the special meeting of February 12, 1913, which, on motion, were approved.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY.

The secretary presented the following report of appointments made by President James to fill vacancies in positions authorized by the Board of Trustees:

Gentry, William S., Jr., Assistant in Architectural Construction, for five months beginning February 1, 1913, at a salary of one hundred dollars ($100) a month.. (February 14, 1913.)* Knorr, Lynn E., Assistant to the Comptroller, at a salary of one hundred forty dollars ($140) a month, beginning as soon as he reports for service and continuing until further notice or until August 31, 1913. (February 17, 1913.) Spencer, B. R. (fomerly Scholar in Psychology), Assistant in Psychology, for five months beginning February 1, 1913, at a salary of fifty dollars ($50) a month. (February 17, 1913.) Strom, Sigurd, Stenographer in the Comptroller's Office, at a salary of eightyfive dollars ($85) a month, beginning March 3, 1913, and continuing until further notice or until August 31, 1913. (March 4, 1913.) MODIFIED PLANS FOR T H E STOCK JUDGING PAVILION APPROVED.

Mr. W. Carbys Zimmerman, State Architect, submitted a set of modified plans for the Stock Judging Pavilion. The secretary reported that he had laid before Dean Harker, the Legal Counsel of the University, the question as to the legal status of the contract with English Brothers for this building (this point having been referred to the counsel at the meeting of January 25, 1913, page — ) ; and that Dean Harker had given it as his opinion, first, that the vote of the Executive Committee (taken January 10, 1913; reported to the board and approved

* The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University.

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