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1928)

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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again was presented to the Board. The matter was again referred to the Committee on the College of Medicine, but was never reported upon. Sometime ago I received a letter from the President of Battle Creek College recalling the matter and asking for further consideration of this request I referred the request to the faculty of the College of Medicine for consideration and recommendation. The Medical Faculty recommends that graduates of the American Medical Missionary College be not made alumni of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. I concur in the recommendation of the Medical Faculty that this request be not granted. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this recommendation w a s adopted. F E B R U A R Y MEETING T h e date of the February meeting w a s set as Wednesday, February 29, 1928. PRESIDENT'S H O U S E M r . Barr, for the Committee o n Buildings and Grounds, m a d e the following report: To the President and Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Your Committee on Buildings and Grounds, to w h o m was referred the matter of the "President's House," beg leave to report that they have given the matter their careful consideration, have called upon and have received valuable information and suggestions from Professor James M . White, Supervising Architect, and from Mr. Piatt. It is the view of your committee that a suitable president's home should be provided; that Mr, Piatt and the adviser in landscaping should consider and make suggestions with reference to the location for the "President's House" and that preliminary plans should be prepared for a president's home suitable and adequate for the probable needs and duties of the President of the University. Your committee, therefore, recommends that it be authorized: First, to request Mr. Piatt and the person having charge of landscaping to make suggestions at their convenience as to the location of a president's home. Second, to obtain preliminary plans for such a home to be prepared by the supervising architect and Mr. Piatt for the "President's House," to be reported on to this Board at a later meeting. All of which is respectfully submitted. George A. Barr Helen M . Grigsby W . L. Noble J. W . Armstrong Laura B. Evans Anna W . Ickes O n motion of Mr. Barr, this report was adopted. DORMITORIES FOR MEN O n motion of Dr. Noble, the Supervising Architect was requested to ascertain a desirable location for a dormitory for freshmen men, and to report his findings at a future meeting of the Board, in order that the Board may study the policy involved. O n motion of Mrs. Evans, the President of the Board was requested to appoint a special committee to study and report on the matter of dormitories for men.