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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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1920] ($) UNiyj&RjSI^Y OF JLUl^JS 775 The following letter: CHICAGO, May 25, 1920 President, University of Illinois, Vrbana, Illinois DEAB SIB: On account of the Remise pf (the esteemed president of the Chicago Veterinary ppijege, the late I)r. tfosjeph Hughe$> ;tfte^ ^irejlbrs have decided to discontinue tlie school. \We have, 62 . microscopes and t lenses /for sale. All but, aeven, 11 > think, • are i n good order. We wish to dispose, of them, iWe *also have ,a large lantern slide machine which was purchased three years ago. dEhiS; machine is in good, order. sWe also ,wish ; to sell *tbe ^property. The ground M * 100x125 tfeet The - original,;cost ,&ttthe building was ^$80,000. ilt 4s -well .divided apd equipped with ipathpjoglcal :and »oxmal specimens for.teaching v veterinary science. il^e pp.uM be pleased to fcear^frpnuyou in regard to. i formatter. •Veiiy Jruly yours, E. $£. DUfFY, i%$jbfa letterwas received Jor record. DR. DAVID K I N L E Y ELECTED PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY At t&i£jjqfi*t, rpue ^pe^kcQ^ftMttee t <p the $ejte$tjk>|i M $fee President of the University presented t&e following report: Yo$r, ijoecjai Committee appointed to make nominations for the presidency o t - ' ^ e ' l j ^ and after September 1, 1920, respectfully reports and^^^rie9om|iien|js ^as follows: It was the vB$£PQse upf the Committee to make such a study of the field as to recommend i to you the best candidate available for this important position. Many of our leading universities are looking for presidents, including Yale, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, 3^assaj$LUsetts Institute of Technology,,andaKansas. Such an unusual cdmbihation of .salifications .arje Required ; for a man: tp. assume ,tbe^ ?lea4ership ,;#f a gre^t-.u^Yer^ny ig^t candi^a^s Jo, rill these fimany v^acanc^es seemrdilficuit to secure. Suggestions have been received from a great number of our local alumjii.a£oscia$ta^ States. Great i n t e n t tytg^n slio/pro by |tnpprtaiit graduates of the University in Jetjt^rs a ^ d ' ^ f s ^ s ; received. Leading educators of the country have .either beeji limited pepp^lljipr cpmmunicated wwith, .and suggested names have been"caref u j ^ $pn#i4er^d. / Many of the Faculty of, pur y ^ in fact, the general sentiment of our University and our Alumni flJias bee^^are^uyy.sp^njed. * "w * The feeling existing among our Faculty people, and the sentiment in the great body of the Alumni of the University, is that Doctor David Ki^y,^hp,has-b^en,a inej$er of: the faculty for^ majiy .ye^rs^who^ has served at different periods as Dean of the College of Literature am}
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