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Feb. 3—Athletic Board of Control adopted graduate system of coaching. Death of Prof. A. W. Palmer. Feb. 4—Reorganization of Dramatic Club. Feb. 7—Chicago College of Dental Surgery withdrew from University. Feb. 16—Inter-fraternity tournament organized. Feb. 22—Organization of chapter of Sigma Xi. Mareh 4—Indiana-Illinois Debate won by Illinois. March 11—Organization of Macgruder chapter of Phi Alpha Delta. Mareh 15"—Beta Theta P i house quarantined on aceount of scarlet fever. Mareh 25—Electrical Engineering Soeiety organized. April 1—Work begun on Woman's Building. April 5—"Miss H o b b s " presented by Dramatic Club. April 1 2 — " E r m i n i e " presented by Opera Club. April 13—Tennis Club organized. April 28—Trustees voted to establish professorship of Political Science. April 29—Missouri-Illinois Debate won by Missouri. May 4—"Twelfth N i g h t " presented by English Club. May 26—University Regiment went into camp at the World's Fair in St. Louis. June 3—Hahnemann Medical College applied for affiliation. June 5—Baccalaureate. President Draper's farewell. June 7—Commencement address by Charles W. Fairbanks. Trustees deeided not to affiliate Hahnemann Medical College. Aug. 19—Resignation of Miss Jayne, Dean of Women. Aug. 23—Election of Edmund Janes James of Northwestern University to Presidency. 1904-5 Sept.—Music School moved down to rooms in basement of University Hall. Sept. 24—Chemistry Department reorganized. Sept. 26—Six men suspended for hazing. Department of Forestry and Landscape Gardening established. Oct. 7—Organization of Mechanical Engineering Society. Oct. 8—University of Illinois Day at World's Fair. Oct. 25—Commercial Club organized. Nov. 5—President James assumed eharge. Nov. 18—Installation of Illinois Delta of Phi K a p p a Psi. Nov. 19—Visit of Chicago Press Club to University. Agricultural School won Grand Prize for Live Stock exhibit at World's Fair. Suspension of publication of Illinois Magazine. Nov. 24—Adoption of Conference rule barring freshmen from athletie teams. Dee. 3'—Organization of Illinois Alumni" Association in New York City. Dec. 8—Slight lire in Agricultural Building. Dee. 14—Organization of Students' Cooperative Association. J a n . 9—Regiment attended inauguration of Governor Deneen. J a n . 10—Ralph O. Roberts, captain of baseball team, killed in wreck on Big Four; several other students returning from holidays injured. J a n . 11—Illinois Magazine resumed publication. Mareh 2 8 — " G l o r i a n a " presented by Dramatie Club. April 7—First annual Law School dance. April 28—Illinois-Missouri debate won by Illinois. May 8-^-Presentation of " F r i e r Bacon and Frier B u n g a y " by English Club. May 25—Watcheka League dissolved and new Woman's League formed. June 7—Commencement address by Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Postmaster General. June 8—Resignation of Deans Forbes, Ricker, and Burrill. Professor Townsend appointed Acting Dean College of Science; Professor White, Acting Dean College of Engineering. Miss Kyle appointed Assistant Dean of Undergraduates. 1905-6 Sept.—Adoption of Daily Absence rule under which no absences are excused. Opening of Inseetory, six days a week. Sept. 29—Organization of School of Edu-