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appropriation was set aside for this purpose. It is unnecessary to K\%S{ II upc n rlu important of tfu e records M Jn.it< ri..l IM* tin- future historian of the University and as sources of inspiration to the coming generation of University men. (5) War Memorials. T h e Committee has given some thought to the subject of permanent memorials at the University for those of its memhers who h.ive mven their lives in the military and naval services. Ultimate decisions respecting a really adequate memorial naturally lie outside the jurisdiction of an emergency organization like our own. Two steps, however, have heen taken looking in this direction: (1) Mr. II. S. Magill, director of the Illinois Centennial Commission suggested that the University might take a certain quota ot the Illinois centennial coins (fifty cent pieces coined by the United States mint in recognition of the centennial anniversary or the admission ot Illinois into the Union) and sell them to students and others as souvenirs a t a charge of one dollar each, using the profits of the transaction either for some specific smaller memorial, such as a bronze tablet, or as the nucleus of a larger fund. With your approval, we agreed to undertake this enterprise and Assistant Dean Warnock was appointed a committee to carry out the plan. It is proposed at present to take 1,000 of these coins, which, if all are sold, will net $500 for the proposed fund. (2) I t has seemed also worth while to initiate a discussion respecting the larger memorial which the University will undoubtedly wish to dedicate to those who have fallen in the Great War. A special committee has been appointed to consider this subject consisting of Dean Kinley, chairman, Dean Clark, Professor J. M. White, and Director G. A. Huff. (6) Conservation Activities. The events of the past quarter have naturally lessened the need for this kind of service. T h e special Committee on Fuel of which Professor A. C. Willard is chairman prepared a short circular to members of the University staff designed to prevent waste in University buildings. The War

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Forbes-Robertson Hale. J (7) University Lectures on War Topics. These were necessarily reduced to a minimum because of the influenza epidemic and the preoccupation of faculty and students with the S. A. T. C. T h e most notable events of this kind were the meetings held in* honor of the British and French Missions and the series of lectures Riven by Lord Charnwood. A special service was held under the auspices of the War Committee on the Sundav after Thanksgiving to e e l ? brate the signing of the armistice. The exercises under the direction of Professor Erb a address by Professor S. P. Sherman.

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