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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[January 21,

the excavation made in preparing for the foundations of Lincoln Hall be used to mark the grave of Dr. John Milton Gregory, the first regent of the University, on the University campus, and that a bronze tablet with a "suitable inscription be placed upon the boulder; this recommendation being submitted in response to a request for a suggestion with reference to a simple and appropriate method of marking this grave (see page 132). On motion of Mr. Trevett, this recommendation of the supervising architect's was approved.

STORE HOUSE TO BE ERECTED.

At the request of President James*, Professor White presented plans for a University Storehouse, to consist of a one-story structure, 30 feet by 180 feet, with a concrete floor and corrugated iron sides, to be erected, at an estimated cost of two thousand dollars ($2,000), at some convenient point east of Goodwin Avenue on the land recently acquired by the University. On motion of Mrs. Henrotin, it was voted to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for this purpose, and to authorize the supervising architect to erect a storehouse in accordance with the plans submitted. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Ho it, Mr. Trevett; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Miss Watson. At this point Dr. Montgomery rejoined the meeting.

MATTERS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY.

President James presented the following matters for consideration:

SUMMER SESSION—ADMISSION, S A L A R I E S , ETC.

(1) The following recommendations from the Committee (of the faculty) on the summer session, with reference to the summer session of 1914: 1. That the summer session extend through a period of eight weeks, as heretofore. 2. That admission to the summer session courses for which University credit is granted be limited to students who could be regularly admitted into the College of the University in which they would be registered in the winter session, and to special students who are at least twenty-one years of age. 3. That courses may also be offered, as circumstances may make feasible or necessary, which do not carry University credit, but to which teachers who cannot meet the above conditions may be admitted. 4. That the following schedule of salaries for the summer session be adopted: Professors $500 00 Associate professors 400' 00 Assistant professors 300 00 Associates 250 00 Instructors 225 00 Assistants $150 00 to 200 00 5. That graduate work for the summer session receive special emphasis in the departments of the University that are particularly concerned in preparing secondary school teachers and public school supervisors, principals, and superintenojents. * 6. That the sum of $25,000 be appropriated for the support of the coming summer session and be made a part of the budget for the coming year, 1914-15.

On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Superintendent Blair, the foregoing recommendations from the Committee, on the Summer Session were approved. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Trevett; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore, Miss Watson.

THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZED TO V I S I T ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.

(2) A statement that the President of the University is in receipt of constant requests from the various alumni associations of the University in different cities to attend the annual meetings of these organizations, that the only feasible method of responding to these requests in any systematic way would be to set apart a certain period during the academic year when such meetings are held to be given to this particular work, and that such trips covering the circuit of the alumni