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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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It was agreed to hear Dean Goss and Professor Baker on this subject immediately after luncheon and before the opening of the afternoon session.* A recess was then taken, for luncheon, until 2:30 E.M.

AFTERNOON SESSION, MARCH 11, 1913. When the board convened at 2:30 P.M., the following members were present: Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett, Miss Watson; also Mrs. . Bahrenburg, an outgoing member of the board. President James was present, and also, during a part of the afternoon, Prof. George E. Frazer, Comptroller. MATTERS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY. President James presented the following matters for consideration:

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF T H E COLLEGE OF M E D I C I N E RAISED.

(1) The following statement on the subject of the entrance requirements of the College of Medicine: It is necessary for the Board of Trustees to determine the requirements for admission to the Medical College of the University at the present time, if it wishes to make any changes in the requirements already established. The minimum requirement thus far in force has been the presentation on the part of the candidate for matriculation of a certificate covering the completion of fifteen units of high school work. The universities of Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri require for admission to the medical courses the completion of at least two years' work in a college of liberal arts and sciences, including in such work certain prescribed courses in chemistry, physics, biology and foreign language. The American Medical Association at its meeting in June, 1912, voted that it would not admit to the first division in its classified list any medical college which did not, after January 1, 1914, require at least one year of college credit in chemistry, biology, physics and modern language, or, in lieu of this, two or more years of work in a college of liberal arts, in addition to an accredited four-year high school course. The Association of American Medical Colleges, at its meeting held in Chicago in February, adopted as a minimum requirement essentially the same standard as that accepted by the American Medical Association. Dr. Montgomery moved that candidates for admission to the College of Medicine in September, 1913, be required to present, in addition to 15 units of high school work, at least one year of college work in a college or university of recognized standing; and that students entering the College of Medicine in September, 1914, and thereafter, be required to present, in addition to 15 units of high school work, at least two years of college work in a college or university of recognized standing. After prolonged discussion, this motion of Dr. Montgomery's was adopted unanimously.

SUBSCRIPTION FOR CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION.

(2) A request that the Board of Trustees should hear Mr. Walter Elmer Ekblaw, Assistant in Geology, who has been chosen to go as a scientific expert with the Crocker Land Expedition to the artic regions, upon the desirability of the University's making an appropriation in support of this expedition. Mr. Ekblaw was heard, and gave a full account of the proposed expedition. In this connection President James submitted the following additional statement and suggestion: Dean David Kinley, on the occasion of a recent visit to New York City, held' a conference with Mr. Edmund Otis Hovey, chairman of the committee in charge of this Crocker Land Expedition. Upon his return he received the following letter from Mr. Hovey, which explains itself: * Before the regular opening of the afternoon session of the board, the members listened to a presentation of this matter by Professor Baker. His recommendation is that the University purchase a plot of ground containing from fifteen hundred to two thousand acres, in some convenient place where land can be obtained cheaply, for the purpose of providing an adequate field laboratory for the department of civil engineering.