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B O N D F O R M U S E U M ARTICLES I M P O R T E D (16) A recommendation that the following resolution be adopted. R E S O L F E D : That Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, and H. E. Cunningham, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, be and hereby are authorized to execute a bond in the name of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to the United States of America in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) covering articles being imported for exhibition in the Museum of European Culture at the University of Illinois, described in entry No. 6469 of the port of New York, as a guarantee that these articles will not be sold or offered for sale. O n motion of D r . Noble, this resolution w a s adopted. OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE AND McKINLEY HOSPITAL (17) Each member of your Board received some time last month a copy of a letter from McCormick, Kirkland, Patterson & Fleming, Attorneys, through Mr. Louis Caldwell, presenting an agreement concerning the regulations adopted by the Board setting a standard for admission to practice in the McKinley Hospital. Our Legal Counsel informs me that the Board i within its rights in this matter and I s recommend, therefore, that the Legal Counsel be authorized to inform Mr. Caldwel! that the Board does not think it well to change the standard which i has set up t in this matter. O n motion of M r s . Ickes, this recommendation was adopted. MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE LIBRARY (18) The Supervising Architect informs me that Mr. Charles A. Piatt and Mr. Barry Faulkner were at the University on Friday and Saturday, the 16th and 17th. for conference on the plans for the new Architectural building and the mural decorations in the Library. He reports some definite progress on the former. Agreeing with Mr. Piatt, Professor White recommends that Mr. Barry Faulkner be engaged to do the mural painting in the new Library and that Mr. Faulkner is willing to accept the commission for the remuneration provided in your appropriation—namely $8,000—plus his necessary traveling expenses which according to Professor White, will probably mean two trips. Professor White quotes Mr. Faulkner to the effect that it will take at least eight months to complete our work. O n motion of D r . Noble, this matter w a s referred to the C o m mittee on Buildings and Grounds for investigation and report. INSPECTION OF STUDENT ROOMING HOUSES AND C O N D I T I O N S O F LIVING (19) I request an appropriation of $500 from the Reserve and Contingent Fund in order to make an inquiry into the conditions of living, lodging, and other conditions among our students. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Barr, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Small, M r . W h a m ; no, none; absent, M r . Armstrong, M r . Blair, M r . Trees. REQUEST OF Y.M.C.A. COMMITTEE TO PURCHASE DAVENPORT HOUSE (20) A committee c n i t n of Mr. Roger Zombro, Mr. A. M. Burke, and Mr. ossig Louis B. King, representing the Board of Directors of the Y. M . C. A. asked informally whether the Board would consider selling the Davenport property in order that they might build on that corner, their intention being to purchase the sorority house at the corner of Daniel and Wright streets.