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ANNALS LI Jan. 16—Organization of the State Natural History Society at Normal. Professor T. J . Burrill, Vice President, Professor S. A. Forbes of Normal University, Secretary. Mar. 11—Committee of Board of Trustees reported its approval of Woman's Hall, but no money with which to build it. Dr. Gregory re-elected Regent and directed by the Board of Trustees to submit the Constitution and By-Laws of the Student Organization for self-government to the Attorney General for an opinion as to whether they conflicted with State Laws. May—University received gold medal for exhibit at Paris exposition. J u n e 5—I. 0 . Baker made Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. 1879-80 Oct. 2—Sixth Annual Contest of Illinois Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association held in the University Chapel. First inter-collegiate Baseball game. Score, Hlinois Industrial University 12, Illinois College 5 . Dec. 1—Professor Peabody resigned. Trustees decided to employ an Instructor in Free-Hand Drawing. ' • Jan. 27-30—Agricultural Institute held at the University. Feb.—Natural History Society organized. Mar. 9—Cadet uniforms changed from gray to blue; seniors and juniors released from drill. Military departments reorganized on account of student troubles during the past term. Decision to close Preparatory Department after June, 1881. June 7—Closing Concert of Musical Department. June 8—Dr. Gregory resigned; the resignation to take effect September first. Professor S. H. Peabody reappointed to the chair of Mechanical Engineering and appointed Regent •pro tempore. Old Dormitory Building decreed unfit for occupancy. 1880-1 Oct. 2—Baseball: Illinois Industrial University 14, Knox 8. Dec. 14—U. S. Signal Station established. Feb. 24—Publication of " T h e Vindicator," of four pages as a result of class troubles. I t died after a second issue on the fifth of March. Mar. 9—Action of previous year in regard to Preparatory Department rescinded. Acting Regent Peabody made Regent. Old Dormitory offered for sale. Legislature appropriated money to help out the endowment fund. May 31—Kappa Kappa chapter of Sigmi Chi organized. Competitive drill of battalion. June—Regent reported to Board the formation of a new seeret society and requested action. Board resolved that the Regent and faculty should take steps to secure the abandonment of the society. Petition to re-establish School of Domestic Science refused. 1881-2 Dec. 13—Regent reported to the board that the faculty had passed rules providing that no student could enter the University until he had pledged himself not to join a fraternity; and that no student should graduate until he had certified that he had not belonged to any while in the University. The adoption of these rules had disclosed the existence of four societies, whose members petitioned the faculty to rescind these rules. The faculty turned the petitions over to the Board, which recommended