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Meeting of June 10, 1913.

The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Trustees' Room, in the Natural History Building, University Campus, Urbana, on Tuesday, June 10, 1913, beginning at 10 A.M. When the board convened the following members were present: Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett, Miss Watson.

MINUTES APPROVED.

The secretary having presented the minutes of April4, 1913, the following corrections were noted: (1) To be inserted on page 210 immediately above the) heading "Appropriation for the College of Medicine" :

( l a ) A bill from Mr. C. H. Blackall, Architect, one of the members of the Commission on Campus Plans, for- professional services in the preparation of studies for the extension of the campus, and for the expenses of three trips from Boston to Chicago and Champaign, amounting to $962.36, approved by Professor James M. White, Supervising Architect. Action on this matter was deferred.

(2) The last paragraph on page 211 to read as follows:

On motion of Mr. Montgomery, it was voted that the President of the University be given leave of absence for such period during the summer and fall of the current year as may be necessary to enable him to attend the International Conference on Education at The Hague; such attendance to be without expense to the University.

With these corrections the minutes of the meeting of April 4, 1913, were approved. The secretary presented the minutes of the board meetings of April 24, May 9, and May 22, 1913, which were approved.

LEGALITY OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL 24, IN QUESTION.

Mr. Trevett offered the following motion: That the minutes of purported meeting of the Executive Committee April 24, 1913, be n o t approved. For the reason that no notice of the intention of holding such a meeting was given to the members of the committee. That any action taken at such purported meeting was illegal, void, and of no effect. On motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the foregoing motion was laid on the table for the time being. The vote on the motion to lay on the table was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore; noes, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Trevett, Miss Watson; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery.

A U T H O R T I Y TO CONFER DEGREES.

President James requested authority to confer degrees at the Fortysecond Annual Commencement to be held on Wednesday, June 11, 1913, on the persons recommended therefor by the faculties of the several colleges 228