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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Sept, 27,

AUTHORITY TO SIGN W A R R A N T S . Mr. Abbott stated that he had given the Comptroller of the University, Mr. W. B. Castenholz, authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to all warrants drawn on the University Treasurer from August 15 to September 15, 1915. This action of Mr. Abbott was approved.

A P P O I N T M E N T OF PROF. A. V. B L E I N I N G E R .

On nomination of President James, Mr. A. V. Bleininger was appointed Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering for the term of five months, from September 1, 1915, to February 1, 1916, at a salary of five hundred dollars a month. The Executive Committee adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, Chairman.

O. W. HOIT.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. A meeting of the Executive Committee of ,the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the office of Mr. W. L. Abbott, in Chicago, on Tuesday, September 7, 1915. All the members of the Executive Committee were present; namely, Mr. W. L. Abbott, Chairman, Mr. R. F. Carr, and Mr. O. W. Hoit. Mrs. Laura B. Evans, a member of the board, and President James were present.

S I T E FOR T H E SCHOOL OF P H A R M A C Y .

The question of the purchase of certain property in the city of Chicago for the use of the School of Pharmacy was carefully considered in conjunction with the report of the Committee- on the College of Medicine, which was to the effect that this property should be purchased if it can be bought for what the Board would consider a reasonable figure. Letters' from W. B. Day, Acting Dean of the School of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois, indicating that in his opinion the building under consideration could be made usable for the School of Pharmacy by the addition of a structure for the laboratories ; a letter from Prof. J. M. White concerning the physical condition of the building with an estimate of the cost of putting it in order for use by the School of Pharmacy; and a letter from Mr. N. Rooneberg, Industrial Engineer, expressing the opinion that the building is throughout in a good state of preservation, were presented. On motion of Mr. Carr, Mr. Alexander Prussing was authorized to ascertain whether the holders of the first mortgage on this property would accept an offer of fifteen thousand dollars for their rights in the property, provided these rights carried with them the power to give a satisfactory deed, and to report the result of this inquiry to President Abbott.

P R E S I D E N T ' S B I L L FOR T R A V E L I N G E X P E N S E S .

The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Abbott, presented the bill for the sum of $4,141.28, for traveling expenses incurred by the President of the University in the course of conducting University business from July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1915, which had been referred to the Executive Committee with power to audit and, if found correct, to order payment [page 810]. After examination and audit, the bill was approved and ordered paid. The Executive Committee adjourned. W. L. ABBOTT, Chairman.

R. P. CAER. O. W. HOIT.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 28, 1915. A meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was held in the Trustees' Room, at the University, in Urbana, on Saturday, August 28, 1915. Mr. W. L. Abbott, Chairman, Mrs. Mary E. Busey, and Mrs. Laura B. Evans, members of the committee were present; also Mr. O. W. Hoit, a member of the board, President James, and Prof. J. M. White, Supervising Architect. After a careful inspection of sites proposed for new agricultural buildings and an inspection of the progress achieved in the erection of the Ceramics and Vivarium Buildings, the committee took up the following items of business:

A C C E P T A N C E OF A D M I N I S T R A T I O N B U I L D I N G .

A recommendation from the Supervising' Architect that the Administration Building be, accepted as of the date of July 15, 1915, so far as English Brothers contracts are concerned, and that the bonus earned by English Brothers, of one thousand and fifty dollars, be paid. After Mr. English was heard upon the subject, a recommendation was made and referred to the Board of Trustees for final action.