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PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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The Chief of the Bureau shall be personally responsible to the Commandant for the proper administration of the bureau. Together with the Commandant he shall disseminate such information as is required by the press of the University and its community and shall aid the Commandant in the advertising of summer camps of the War Department and shall similarly advertise any other measures of the United States Government taken by it to increase the efficiency of the Army and Navy or to inform the people of the country upon military affairs. Through the bureau he shall be required to answer all questions from all sources pertaining to any or all data compiled as hithertofore required. The Junior assistants and the. Clerks shall do all such work pertaining to the maintenance of the bureau as the Commandant and the Chief shall direct. In consideration of his services the Chief shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10) per month for the nine months of the school year. In consideration of their services each Junior assistant shall receive the sum of four dollars ($4) per month for the nine months of the school year. The Clerks shall receive no compensation for their services. The salaries of the different officers of the bureau shall be paid out of the general funds appropriated by the University for the use of the Military Department and charged to the account of "clerical help." The headquarters of the bureau shall be in the office of the Military Department where and by which the necessary equipment shall be furnished them. The bureau shall in no way support any political party.

• Jos. N. GREENE,, *

Colonel and Brigade

Commander.

20, 1915.

MILITARY DEPARTMENT^ January

President E. J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : This scheme advocated by Col. Greene is, I think, a very good one. Please consider it and if you think it practicable, give me authority to start it the coming semester. The amount of money necessary to finance it the balance of the year would be about $56, which can be paid out of the appropriation for clerical work. Very respectfully, Major of Infantry and Professor of Military

F. D. WEBSTER,,

Science.

On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Miss Watson, the Commandant was authorized to organize this bureau and the sum of fifty-six dollars was appropriated therefor. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett. At this point Mrs. Busey withdrew.

S A L E OF T E L E P H O N E STOCK.

(10) A letter from the Comptroller announcing the sale of the last of the Michigan State Telephone Company stocks and bonds: January 21, 1915. President Edmund J. James* University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : The Board of Trustees, at the meeting held on June 25, 1913, authorized me to sell for $25, the $25 certificate of the Michigan State Telephone Company common voting stock scrip, owned by the University. I beg to advise you that I have sold this scrip to N. W. Harris and Company of Boston, and that their draft for $25 in payment has been deposited with the University Treasurer, and credited to the principal of the Edward Snyder Loan Fund. This sale completes the disposal of approximately $3,600 of Michigan State Telephone Company stocks and bonds, in which a portion of the Snyder Loan Fund was invested in 1900. Very truly yours,

This report was received for record.

S T A T E A U D I T O R ' S A U D I T OF U N I V E R S I T Y

GEO. E. FRAZER. ACCOUNTS.

(11) A letter from the Comptroller enclosing a letter concerning the audit of the University accounts made at the instance of the State Auditor by the United States Audit Company: January 21, 1915. President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : For your information, I hand you herewith a copy of the letter in the report addressed to the State Auditor by the United States Audit Company, under date of January 18. You will remember that the State Auditor employed the United States Audit Company to make an audit of the accounts of the University for the fifteen months ending September 30, 1914. The report of the United States Audit Company is very satisfactory to me. In the first place, the auditors call attention to our detailed analysis of receipts and disbursements, and state that our records of receipts and disbursements "have been kept in an accurate and efficient manner, and a great improvement has been made over the system in use at the time of last audit for your office, April, 1913." In the second place, the auditors call attention to the need for better accounting on our part as to the inventories of University property. I have gone over the inventory question from all possible angles, and have come to the conclusion that our present inventory methods are satisfactory, providing we can find time and