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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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associations have become a regular feature of university administration in other institutions; with a request for instructions from the board in regard to this matter. On motion of Superintendent Blair, it was voted that the President of the University be authorized to attend such meetings of alumni associations, at the expense of the University. Mrs. Busey asked to be recorded as voting no. RESOLUTIONS OF T H E ILLINI CLUB OF CHICAGO IN COMMEMORATION OF PRESIDENT JAMES' T E N YEARS OF SERVICE. At this point President Abbott presented a set of resolutions passed at the annual meeting at the Illini Club of Chicago, on Tuesday, January 20, 1914. * On motion of Mrs. Henrotin, it was voted that these resolutions be printed in the minutes of the board: RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE ILLINI CLUB, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1914. WHEREAS, The presentation of the detailed expense budget of the University, at the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees to be held tomorrow, will mark the completion of the financial side of the tenth year of the administration of Edmund J. James as President of the University of Illinois; and WHEREAS, During his decade of service the University has made wonderful progress in equipment, faculty, reputation for scholarship, number of students, multiplication of departments, and the number and solidarity of student interests and activities; and WHEREAS, The financial condition of the University has been made more stable than ever before by the law setting aside for University revenue a tax of one mill on the dollar of assessed property in the State—a law whose passage was mainly due to the persistence with which it was urged by President J a m e s ; now, therefor, be it Resolved, By the Illini Club, that we hereby tender our hearty congratulations to the President of the University, Dr. Edmund J. James, on the successful and happy completion of ten years of service, marked by so great a degree of prosperity and success; and be it further Resolved, That we look forward with confidence to the continued success and progress of the University under the administration of President James, and trust that at the end of another decade it shall be our pleasant privilege to congratulate him again on a still higher and wider development; and be it further Resolved, That we commend the wisdom of the, trustees in extending their continued confidence to the president and his administration; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Board of Trustees through the president of the same, with the request that they be entered in the minutes of the board. President, Illini Club. President James continued his presentation of matters for the consideration of the board. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROF. M. H. ROBINSON. (3) A request from Dr. Maurice H. Robinson, Professor of Industry and Transportation, for leave of absence, on half salary, for the academic year 1914-15, for the purpose of study in Europe. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, it was voted to grant this request.

R E F U N D OF F E E S TO C A N D I D A T E S FOR T H E PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DEGREE. GEORGE R. CARR,

(4) A recommendation from Dr. David Kinley, Vice-President and Dean of the Graduate School, that the following regulations be made with reference to the refund of fees to candidates for the professional degree in engineering who withdraw from such candidacy: If a candidate for a professional engineering degree in the Graduate School desires to withdraw his application for the degree at any time within the current semester in which he has made application, the entire fee shall be returned to him, and he shall cease to be a candidate for the degree and his name shall be stricken from the list. If any candidate requests that his name be withdrawn and his fee returned within a period later than one semester after registration, one-half the fee shall be returned to him, and the rest shall be held by the University.