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board of trustees

[March 12,

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Secretary submitted for record a report of the action of the Executive Committee on February 24, 1923, authorizing the President of the University to appoint a commission to advise him on the organization and work of the College of Medicine and concerning the staff for the new State Hospitals, and appropriating $500 for the expense of this commission and its report. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE A N D HOSPITALS (1) A report of his action in requesting certain gentlemen to serve on the Advisory Commission on the College of Medicine. This report w a s received for record.

DEATH OF PROFESSOR STOEK

(2) It is with great sorrow that I have to report the death of Professor Harry Harkness Stoek, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering, on March 1. I recommend that his salary for the month of March be paid to his daughter, Leigh, who is his only heir. O n motion of M r . Hoit, this recommendation w a s approved.

CARTER TRUST

(3) A statement concerning the proposal of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carter to give the University 3 50 acres of land in Vermilion County to create a trust fund to provide for loans to worthy students and to make possible some experimental work in agriculture. O n motion of M r . Trimble, this matter w a s referred to the Executive Committee with power to accept the deed w h e n such modifications as they are able to get are incorporated in the deed (see also page 149 below).

SCHOLARSHIPS

(4) A statement concerning the number of scholarships established by actions of the Board and of the General Assembly. T h e President of the University w a s requested to present further information o n this matter. PETITION OF THE URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SANITARY DISTRICT (5) A recommendation that the following resolution be adopted: W H E R E A S , the Board of Trustees of the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District of Champaign County, Illinois, has presented a petition asking permission to construct a sanitary sewer and connections thereto from Wright Street, in Champaign, across the grounds of the University, to connect with sanitary sewers in the city of Urbana, and W H E R E A S , the construction and operation of such sewer and sewers will facilitate the disposal of sewer waste from the University buildings, T H E R E F O R E , B E IT R E S O L V E D , that this petition be granted and that the legal counsel for the University be and he is hereby directed to draft a contract embodying the conditions under which said construction shall be made and protecting the interests of the University, to be executed by the President and Secretary of this Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District.