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UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S .

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in the same style as hitherto and that the expense be defrayed from public funds as provided by law. In the interests of economy, it was voted also to accept an edition of two thousand copies of the report instead of the four thousand copies supplied in former years.

R E L A T I O N S W I T H I L L I N O I S N A T I O N A L GUARD,

(8) A letter from Adjutant General F. S. Dickson concerning the legal effects of a declaration by the Governor that the University of Illinois is a post of the Illinois National Guard: March 81, 1916. Hon. Edmund J. James, University of Illinois, TJroana, III. MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Your letter of some time ago with reference to your possible desire to request the Governor under the provision of the Statute to declare the University of Illinois a Post of the Illinois National Guard, comes to my attention on my return from considerable absence in Washington. I note that you desire, before taking any action in this matter, information as" to what particular obligation toward the Illinois National Guard such action would impose on you or on the University. As a matter of fact, I cannot see that it would impose any additional duty or obligation than that which now exists. The declaration of the Governor constituting the University of Illinois as a Military Post would not carry with it the inclusion of its military student body in the Organized Militia of the State as recognized by the W a r Department. It would not, in my judgment, impose any obligation of service in the National Guard as that can only be had by direct enlistment of the individual men in such service, which enlistment establishes a contractual relation between the individual and the State. The effect, therefore, would appear to be more moral than physical, and would carry practically only a degree of supervision without interference with administration, etc. Yours very truly,

F. S. DICKSON.

No action was taken in this matter.

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A M E R I C A N I N S T I T U T E OF A R C H I T E C T S M E D A L .

(9) An offer by the American Institute of Architects of a student medal to be awarded by the Faculty of the University to the member of the graduating class whose record for the course in architecture is the best.

On motion of Mr. Hoit, this offer was accepted, and the President of the University was authorized to express the thanks of the University to the American Institute of Architects.

A N C I E N T ORDER OF H I B E R N I A N S ST. P A T R I C K ' S DAY P R I Z E .

(10) A gift from the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mr. James F . O'Donnell, Editor of the Bloomington Bulletin, has sent to the University a check for fifty dollars, as a gift from Division One. of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, to be used as a prize to be awarded for the best essay written by an undergraduate or graduate student in the University on a subject connected with ancient Irish literature, history, or archeology. It is hoped that a fund of one thousand dollars may be established from the interest of which such a prize may be made permanent. I recommend that this money be accepted and that the President of the University be authorized to tender a formal expression of the thanks of the board for the gift; that the prize be announced for the present year, and, in case the requisite funds are forthcoming regularly, that it be continued. I suggest the following rules for the assignment of the prize: 1. The prize shall be known as the St. -Patrick's Day Prize of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. 2. The prize shall be awarded yearly, if the requisite funds are provided by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, for the best essay written by an undergraduate or graduate student in the University of Illinois on a subject connected with ancient Irish literature, history, or archeology. 3. The essay must consist of not less than five thousand words and must be submitted in the form required for an honor thesis for the A.B. degree, with modified title page. 4. The complete file of the essays shall be kept in t h e ' Library of the University of Illinois. 5. The prize shall be regularly awarded on the day before St. Patrick's Day (in the year 1916 on June 1). Essays must be in the hands of the President of the University on or before March 1 of each year (in the year 1916 on or before May 17). 6. The judges shall be appointed by the President of the University of Illinois. 7. In case no one of the essays submitted proves to be of sufficient merit, the judges may withhold the prize and the money shall be allowed to accumulate toward a fund for the establishment of a scholarship in Irish literature.

On motion of Mr. Hoit, these recommendations were approved.

S E N A T E R E P O R T ON N E W L I B R A R Y .

(11) At a meeting of the University Senate on April 3, 1916, the Senate Committee on the University Library presented an extended report on the proposed new