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Equal Suffrage Oratorical contest. J . H . Zearing won. March 11—Convocation held in Armory at 4:00 p. m. in honor of the founding of the University. Mr. Henry M.' Beardsley, '79, of Kansas City, gave the address on The Viewpoint of the Graduate. March 12—Albert V. Bleininger appointed Assistant Professor of ceramics, to begin work September 1, 1907. Board of Trustees established a laboratory of Physiological Chemistry in the Dept. of Animal Husbandry. Samuel A. Bullard, '78, retired from the Board of Trustees. L. H. Kerrick elected President of Board. Trustees gave permission to build a baseball grandstand on Illinois Field. March 14—Senator LaFollotte gave the concluding number of the Star Lecture Course. March 15-16—Players Club presented Goldsmith's " S h e Stoops to Conquer" at Morrow Hall. March 20—W. L. Abbott elected President of the Board of Trustees. March 26-28—Series of lectures by Prof. Edward Channing of Harvard University, in commemoration of the three hundreth anniversary of the founding of the colony of Jamestown. March 30—Ben Tomlison appointed Rhodes Scholar from Illinois. April 1—Kathorine L. Sharp resigned her position as Head Librarian and Director of the Library School. April 24—Class of 18 S2 celebrated silver anniversary of their graduation. Twelve members present. April 30-May 2—Dr. Julius Goebel of Harvard lectured before the students of the University of Illinois on Deutsche Volkslieder, Faust, and Longfellow. Director of the Library School. Baseball: April 17—Illinois 13, Wabash 0; April 20—Chicago 0, Illinois; 10; April 24—Illinois 4, Notre Dame 6; April 27—Chicago 5, Illinois 6. April 24—Class of 1882 celebrated silver anniversary of their graduation. Twelve members present. April 30-May 1-2—Dr. Julius Goebel of Harvard, lectured before the students of the University of Illinois on Deutsche Volkslieder, Eaust, and Longfellow. May—Campus Sings. May 2;—A cash gift of $175 a year for five years to the Oratorical Association by Congressman W. B. McKinley, to be offered in prizes to intercollegiate debaters and orators. May 4—J. H . Zearing, representing the University of Illinois, won the hundred-dollar prize in the State Equal Suffrage Contost in Chicago. May 6-11—Series of six lectures on the general subject of nutrition, by Prof. Russell H. Chittenden of Yales. May 8—Varsity " I ' s " voted members of the Polo Team. May 10-11—Second meeting of the National Commission for the Investigation of Nutrition Problems, held at the University. May 14— , Dramatic Club " M a s k and B a u b l e " presented Carton's " L i b e r t y H a l l , " at the Walker Opera House. May 15—Competitive Military Drill by the University regiment. May 16—Maypole Dance on Illinois Field. . May 18— Last saloon in the Twin Cities closed. John Farsbn of Oak P a r k gave a reception to Illinois alumni in Chicago. May 20-21—Annual May festival by the Choral Society. May 27—General Assembly approved the bill appropriating to tne University for the next biennium the sum of $710,845 per annum for general expenses, $51,100 for additions to the plant; $250,000 for the erection of a Physics Laboratory, and $150,000 for an addition to Natural History building. May 30—Memorial Day Convocation and Regimental Parade. Gen. William C. Carter delivered an address on Our Military Obligations. . June 4—Board of Trustees created the position of Supervising Architect and appointed Professor J. M. White to the position. Chester N. Greenough of Harvard University was elected Professor of English. June 9— Baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Samuel Fallows. June 10—Class day address by W. P . Trent on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Class of 1907 presented to the University a marble bust of Henry W. Longfellow. June 11—Alumni Day, address