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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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1916] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THACHER HOWLAND GUILD MEMORIAL IO3 (8) A letter from a committee which has been collecting money for a Guild Memorial in the University of Illinois. September 18, 1916 President E. J. James, University of Illinois DEAR M R . PRESIDENT : As members of the Guild Memorial Committee we wish to turn over to the University of Illinois the fund collected by subscription and otherwise, amounting to $527.52. It is the desire of the committee, with the endorsement of the Department of English, that this fund, and any amount later added to it, be used by the University to establish a cash prize, to be known as the Thacher Howland Guild Memorial P r i z e ; that the prize consist of the sum of $25 deducted from the annual interest on this fund; and that it be given to the undergraduate student submitting a poem or one-act play, which, in the opinion of a committee appointed by the Department of English, shows the greatest originality and literary merit; provided, however, that in case no poem or play is submitted, or in case no one of those submitted is deemed worthy of a prize, the interest so accumulated in any year be turned back as principal to become part of the general fund. It is suggested that the name of the winner of this prize be printed in the commencement program. Sincerely yours, DANIEL KILHAM JACOB ZEITLIN CLARENCE V A L E N T I N E BOYER DODGE On motion of Mi\ Hoit, this sum of $527.52 was accepted as a trust fund for the endowment of the Guild Memorial, in accordance with the above request. SALE OF PART OF SMITH LANDS AUTHORIZED (9) A letter from Mr. Bruce Henderson, who has been asked to act as the agent of the University in the sale of the Smith Farms, stating that in his opinion tract No. 1, namely, the S t Joseph farm, containing 240 acres, could be sold for a price of $210 an acre. On motion of Mr. Carr, Mr. Henderson was authorized to sell the St. Joseph farm, consisting of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 20 N, Range 10 E, at a price of not less than $215 an acre. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, JULY 28, 1916 (10) A report of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees held July 28, 1916.
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