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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1918
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1917] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 549 First, to testify to the devoted service which Mrs. James gave to the University and its students and the members of its faculty, a service as single-eyed and whole-hearted as if she had been personally appointed to this work. In the second place, the tablet is a recognition of the fact that women who have no official connection with the University, except through the fact that their husbands are members of its staff, may form a very real source of strength and power in the accomplishment of those ends for which the University exists. September 27, 1917 M Y DEAR DR. J A M E S : I consider the tablet to Mrs. James one of the best things that have gone out from these studios. The beautiful idea was yours and Mrs. Ingels has given it worthy embodiment. H e r composition is lovely and most sympathetic and the execution leaves nothing to be desired. I congratulate all concerned, including the University, for these are the things which enrich the background of college life. May I not ask that Mrs. Ingels be given adequate recognition in all public notices of the work? It is her work and not mine. Your friend, LORADO T A F T President DEAR S I R : E. J. James, 355 Administration Building I consider the bronze tablet which you have placed in the foyer of the Auditorium to be a work of art and of such a size that it is in scale with the interior of the room and in my opinion it is, therefore, very appropriately placed. The workmanship upon it seems to be first class and I congratulate you upon the successful completion of your conception of this memorial. Yours very truly, J A M E S M. WHITE Supervising Architect On motion of Mr. Carr, the Executive Committee voted that in accepting this bronze tablet, which commemorates so beautifully the life of this noble woman, and the inspiration her mind and character were to our President, and to the thousands of students and friends of the University, who knew and loved her, the Trustees acknowledge a debt of gratitude to President James for the splendid memorial. LEGACY FROSV! MR. JESSE BARKER (17) A statement from Mr. John J. Simmons, probate clerk of Peoria, Illinois, that the University is one of the legatees of Mr. Jesse Barker, who died in the city of Peoria at 820 Moss Avenue on or about the seventh day of October, 1917. I have referred the matter to Judge Harker, the Counsel
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