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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1926
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290 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 28 COMMITTEE O N FURNITURE Mrs. Evans, for the special committee on the purchase of furniture for the West Residence Hall, reported progress. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT JAMES (l)In accordance with the direction of the Board at the meeting on June 26 I have drawn up a resolution on the death of President Emeritus Edmund Janes James, a copy of which has been sent to his family, and which I present herewith for record. RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT EDMUND JANES JAMES After a long period of poor health President Emeritus Edmund Janes James has passed away, God in his wisdom has called him home. His death brings a sense of personal loss to thousands of students who passed through the University in his administration as well as to thousands of other fellow citizens and friends in the State and Country. His great work in the cause of higher education and particularly in the University of Illinois i a contribution to the educational life and history of s the Country that will permanently endure. H e will live not only in the memory, but in the affections, of all who are interested in the great cause of education. We, his official colleagues, with grateful remembrance of him personally and high regard for his great work at the University, hereby place our appreciation on record by this resolution. W e express our common sorrow at his loss and our deep sympathy with the members of his family, who mourn his passing away. Therefore be it R E S O L V E D that the above expression of appreciation and sympathy be entered upon the records of the Board of Trustees as a testimony of their high appreciation of Dr. James personally and officially and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the family. This report w a s received for record. EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR THE McKINLEY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (2) In accordance with the policy adopted by the Board on April 8, 1925, I recommend that Drs. J. H. Beard, Maude L. Etheredge, and V. A. Ross be reappointed as an Executive Staff for the McKinley University Hospital to serve from July 1, 1925 to August 31, 1926. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this recommendation w a s concurred in. STERILIZATION APPARATUS (3) A recommendation that a central sterilizing plant be established and operated under the direction of the Supervising Architect, that a charge be made to the departments for such use as they may make of this apparatus, and that $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the purchase and installation of this apparatus at a place to be selected by the Supervising Architect. O n motion of M r . Trees, these recommendations were approved. T h e appropriation w a s m a d e b y the following vote: A y e , M r . A r m strong, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Trees, M r . W h a m ; no, D r . Noble; absent, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Busey, Mr. Small.
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