Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - UI Senate Committee for Establishing UI Constitution (1915) [PAGE 8]

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Durin us irvi( I >mmit1 I memb Prof< or Gr< n \\ a com] l< b l l ill l hh I icember 2, 19] I. Profi r Thui the i il 8 idemic year L910 11, Pi 1 l li 13, and Director Mills al tin- close of L91 I I. I V ml ive of absent luring the 3 ir 1914-15 and died ] nl M rhe other members of the (lommittee sen I tini the \\ rk. Mr. McConn, who was asked bj Pri Jai a* s try, was later made a regular member of th 1 tl r [uest of the entire membership. All thee remainii lined in signing the letter (p. 23) by which the di doc irnent s transmitl I to the Senate herewith. During the period of its existence, approxima \y - tl ( mmitt has held 80 formal meetings. At firsl it r tv. month; during the latter half of its work m tin; Id near! py Monday night. At the same time the meml w in < vice on various sub-committees and otherwise contributed tim nd ei nr to tl inv 1 ion and discussion of the problems ai I I tl • 1 ulation of the report. Ther has thus been an earnest Fort into th» [uestion with the utmost thoroness and to secure a coi ellm I, and efficient plan of organization for the i itul TIJ«- w pk o f the C o m m i t t e e has a t t r a c t e d a t t e n t i o n 01 r own circle. As a matte]* of fact, a brief announ< iment -it nt nd purj is to be found in Science, March 24, 1911, ; • t is record emanated from the University and was pi Ia

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