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UNIVEKSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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[August 23,

the said indenture, and that the College of Physicians and Surgeons does waive all claims of every sort or description against the University of Illinois on account of the condition of the said property, plant, and equipment; and is further conditional upon the receipt by the comptroller of a satisfactory guarantee from the College of Physicians and Surgeons to pay any outstanding accounts against the Medical School and to assume any liabilities that may arise against the University as a result of its relations with the College of Physicians and Surgeons. It was voted, also, to authorize the comptroller to turn over to the College of Physicians and Surgeons two thousand dollars ($2,000) in bonds of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, representing an investment for the benefit of two missionary scholarships, founded by the Northwestern Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which are to be continued in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in accordance with the wish of the donors of these scholarships. It was voted, also, that two thousand dollars ($2,000) in bonds of the College of Physicians and Surgeons be retained by the board; these bonds representing the money given to found two other missionary scholarships, one by the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest, and one by the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior of the Congregational Church, which money has been returned to the donors thereof, upon their request, since the University closed its Medical School, on June 30, 1912. It was voted, further, to authorize the President of the University to dispose of the property purchased for the College of Medicine during the year from September 1, 1910, to August 31, 1911, which, under the terms of the contract in force during the period named, belongs to the University, on such terms as seem to him to be advantageous to the University. Dr. D. A. K. Steele, President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, was present during this part of the meeting, participated in the discussion, and consented to the actions taken as recorded above; the said actions involving the understanding, made explicit in the discussion, that the cash balance of five thousand one hundred sixty-two dollars and thirteen cents ($5,162.13) for the year ending August 31, 1911, and the two thousand dollars in bonds of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, representing the money which has been repaid by the University to the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest and the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior of the Congregational Church, belong to the University.

POSSIBLE REOPENING OF T H E MEDICAL SCHOOL A L U M N I RESOLUTIONS. IN CHICAGO;

Dr. Charles Davison, of Chicago, a former member of the Board of Trustees, who was present, presented the following set of resolutions unanimously adopted by the Council of the Alumni Association of the Medical School of the University of Illinois:

To the Trustees of the TJniversity of-Illinois: We the undersigned, representatives of the alumni of the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois and practicing physicians in the State of Illinois, desire to express our sincere regret that the University of Illinois was compelled to close its medical school in Chicago because of the lack of suitable quarters and the requisite funds for maintenance. We regard this step as a serious blow to the interests of medical education and public health in this commonwealth and in the nation. We respectfully request your honorable body, therefore, to reopen the Medical School of the University of Illinois in the city of Chicago. In case you are willing to do this, we on our part undertake to do what we can to secure for the University of Illinois the donation of the stock of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, by which the University of Illinois will secure the control of one of the best sites for a medical school in any American city. We pledge our best efforts, moreover, to assist by every legitimate means in our power the trustees of the University of Illinois in developing a medical school which will be the peer of any similar school in this country or in Europe. It has become apparent that the interests of public health can be adequately cared for in this country only when the State is willing to assist in the support of medical science and art as it now assists in the support of agriculture, engineering, teaching, and law. The University of Illinois will in our opinion

CHICAGO, August 27, 1912.