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474

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 17,

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT The Executive- Committee presented the following report which, on motion of Mr. Trees, was adopted. Your Executive Committee held a meeting with the Faculty Committee on the matter of X-ray equipment, in accordance with the action of the Board at its last meeting. The recommendations of the Faculty Committee accorded fully with the views of the Executive Committee as to specifications for the apparatus. W e therefore request an appropriation to proceed with the purchase. REPORT ON CARTER-PENNELL TRUST O n recommendation of the Committee on Agriculture and on motion of Mr. Trees, the report of the Carter-Pennell Trust (page 447) was accepted. INSURANCE ON CHICAGO BUILDINGS Mr. Trees reported progress on the investigation of the matter of insurance on the Chicago buildings. USE OF WOMAN'S BUILDING Mrs. Evans, for the Committee on Student Welfare, reported progress on the investigation of the use of the Woman's building for public exhibitions. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTING Mrs. Blake, for the Committee on Horticultural Planting, presented the following report: The Committee on H r i u t r l Planting met on Friday, May 16, 1924. otclua Present: Dr. Noble, Mrs. Busey, and Mrs. Blake; also Mrs. Evans, Professor Blair, and Professor White. The Committee recommends that the forestry tract shall now be treated as a decorative grouping of trees, that some trees be thinned out, allowing the others to develop more fully, and that new specimens be planted on the west side, thus developing an attractive grouping for a background for the campus. The Committee recommends that a service drive be constructed from Lincoln Avenue to the rear of the Hospital. O n m o t i o n of M r s . E v a n s , these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e adopted. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. LAW JOURNAL (1) A recommendation concerning the p b i a i n o a Law Journal. ulcto f Action on this matter was deferred until the next meeting. PROFESSORSHIP IN SECONDARY EDUCATION (2) A t the meeting in April I received authority to appoint a professor of Education to succeed Assistant Professor Paul E. Belting, at a salary not to exceed #4.000 a year. This should have been $4,500. O n consulting with the President of the Board I have appointed Professor John A. Clement, of Northwestern University, to this position at a salary of $4500 a year. O n m o t i o n of M r s . B u s e y , this action w a s approved.