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1913]

PEOCEEDINGS OF THE BOAKD OF TRUSTEES.

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county of Champaign, containing eighty (80) acres more or less, for the use of the University, for a tern of five years beginning March 1, 1912, and ending March 1, 1917, at an annual rental of eight hundred dollars ($800) ; and that at the same time Mr. Sullivan had given to Mr. Mumford, for the benefit of the University of Illinois, an option on the purchase of the above described land, if the 'purchase money be paid on or before the first day of March, 1914, for the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000). It was voted that the officers of the Board of Trustees be authorized to sign the lease described above, and also that due note be made of the accompanying option. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore; noes, none; absent, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker.

PETITION FROM T H E I L L I N O I S V I G I L A N C E ASSOCIATION.

(3) A petition from the Illinois Vigilance Association that the Board of Trustees of the University should plan for a Department of Moral Sanitation, having for its purpose the study of the nature and cause of morbid and immoral conditions and of plans for the promotion of public integrity. This petition was received to be filed.

APPRAISAL OF B U I L D I N G S A N D GROUNDS A N D V A L U E D A N D UNVALUED INVENTORY.

(4) A recommendation that the President of the University be authorized to obtain a careful and impartial appraisal of the value of the buildings, grounds, and equipment of the University, and also to have prepared an adequate valued and unvalued inventory of the property of the University. On motion of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was approved.

TRANSFER OF F U N D S I N T H E A G R I C U L T U R A L EXPERIMENT STATION.

(5) A recommendation that the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400), remaining unused, by reason of Dr. BurriU's resignation, out of the appropriation of four thousand dollars ($4,000) made by the board in the last budget from the Hatch fund to the Department of Botany in the Agricultural Experiment Station, be transferred to the Department of Dairy Husbandry in the Agricultural Experiment Station. On motion of Mr. Abbott, this recommendation was approved.

APPOINTMENT OF A N INSTRUCTOR IN T H E ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.

(6) A request from Dr. A. H. Daniels, Acting Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, that Mr. George Frisbie Whicher be appointed Instructor in English, for ten months beginning September 1, 1913, at a salary of one hundred ten dollars ($110) a month, in place of Mr. L. G. Painter. On motion of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was approved.

L E A V E OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR WELLS.

(7) A request from Mr. Newton A, Wells, Professor of Architectural Decoration, endorsed by Professor F . M. Mann, head of the Department of Architecture, and Dr. W. P. M. Goss, Dean of the College of Engineering, for leave of absence on half pay for the academic year beginning September 1, 1913, for the purpose of study in Europe. On motion of Mrs. Evans, it was voted to grant this request of Professor Wells, provided the President of the University finds it possible to make arrangements for the care of Professor Wells' work during his absence.

COPIES OF CONTRACTS TO BE F I L E D IN T H E COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

(8) A communication from Professor George E. Frazer, Comptroller, stating that he finds several contracts outstanding under which the University is obligated which are not matters of record in his office, and recommending that no contract entered into by or for the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall be regarded as completed until a copy of the contract and of the correspondence or other necessary information concerning it shall be filed in the comptroller's office. On motion of Mr. Montgomery, this recommendation was approved.