Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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1920] U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S 755 INCIDENTAL FEE INCREASED TO $25 A S E M E S T E R On motion of Mrs. Blake, the incidental fee was increased from $15 to $25 a semester. The vote was as follows: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blake, Mr. Carr, Mr. Herbert; no, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit; not voting, Mrs. Busey; absent, Mr. Lowden, Mr. Trimble, Mr. Ward. DR. BURLISON APPOINTED HEAD OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY (14) A recommendation that Dr. W. L. Burlison be appointed Head of the Department of Agronomy, at a salary of $5,000 a year, beginning at the expiration of the term for which Dr. L. H. Smith was appointed Active Head. On motion of Mr. Hoit, this appointment was made. RATES FOR BOARD IN WOMAN'S RESIDENCE HALL (15) A request for authority to fix the rate for board in the Woman's Residence Hall during the summer session, and to make whatever increase in the rate for next year the circumstances may demand. On motion of Mr. Blair, this request was granted. VOTE OF T H A N K S TO D. A. R. On motion of Mrs. Busey, the Secretary was instructed to telegraph a vote of thanks to the State Convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the gift to the University of a United States flag and an Illinois flag. DEGREES CONFERRED IN AUGUST, 1919 The Secretary presented for record the following list of degrees conferred at the end of the summer session of 1919; T H E GRADUATE SCHOOL The Degree of Master of Arts In Classics Helen Sidney Steed, A.B. In Education John Alva Alexander, A.B. In Mathematics Joseph Bernhardt Rosenbach, A.B. In Romance Languages Cordelia Reed, A.B. The Degree of Master of Science In Chemistry Wendall Horace Griffith, B.S.
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