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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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microscope remains the property of the College of Medicine until all installments due on it have been paid. The student will be required to furnish a bond signed by two taxpayers of the State of Illinois acceptable to the Comptroller of the University. 3. Students may rent microscopes from the University by the payment of rental charges according to the following schedule: Microscopes having double nosepiece, $2.50 a semester. Microscopes having triple nosepiece and oil immersion lens, $4 a semester. Microscopes rented to students must be returned to the Secretary, or to the Curator of the College, for inspection and repair at any time upon request. Microscopes rented to students must be returned by them in good condition at the close of each semester. The student will be required to furnish a bond signed by two taxpayers of the State of Illinois acceptable to the Comptroller of the University. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Superintendent Blair, the proposed regulations as to ownership, sale, and rental of microscopes in the College of Medicine were approved, and the Comptroller was authorized to put the proposed scheme into effect. % At this point, Mr. Meeker joined the members of the Board and, after hearing the reading of the actions previously taken, recorded his vote in the affirmative in each case.

P E T I T I O N FOR A N A C A D E M I C COLLEGE I N CHICAGO.

(11) A petition to the Trustees and President of the University of Illinois from certain school teachers and others in the city of Chicago that the Trustees shall open an academic college, a branch of the University of Illinois, in the city of Chicago. Mrs. Mary K. Plumb and Miss Eleanor M. Mahany appeared before the Trustees and presented a petition signed by 3,300 teachers in the Chicago schools, that the Trustees establish such a department in Chicago. No action was taken on this subject.

E X H I B I T AT PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION.

(12) A request from Francis G. Blair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, for an appropriation of $1,500 to provide for an exhibit of the University in the Education Department of the State of Illinois for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mr. Meeker, this appropriation was made. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett.

H O S P I T A L BILLS FOR OTTO K R E I G L E .

(13) A recommendation from Prof. White that bills amounting to $288.50, for hospital services, etc., be paid for Otto Kreigle, an electrician in the employ of the University, who was injured by falling into the pit in the room where we ordinarily store the electric test car. An operation proved necessary, but Mr. Kreigle has since recovered and is back at work. He offers the following receipt to the Trustees : Received from the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the sum of $288.50, the amount agreed upon as settlement in full of all claims which I hold against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for injuries received while in the employ of said board as electrician on the 9th day of September, 1914. On motion of Mr. Meeker, the Comptroller was authorized to pay the hospital and other bills amounting to $288.50, for Mr. Kreigle. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Miss Watson; noes none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett.

ROOM FOR S A L E OF ICE C R E A M .

(14) A letter from Prof. H. A. Harding, head of the Department of Dairy Husbandry, recommending that an enclosed balcony be placed over the low masonry structure in the angle between the dairy wing and the west central division of the Agricultural Building which formerly contained the stock pavilion, thus providing a room for the retail sale of ice cream made by the Dairy Department in the course of its experimental work. The plan is approved by Dean Davenport and the blue print submitted by Prof. White shows the estimated cost of the work to be $870. It is proposed to provide for the expense out of Dairy Funds. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mr, Meeker, the sum of $870 was appropriated as requested, provided the agricultural budget and the dairy appropriation when approved can provide for the expense. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett.