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Oyster House. Illinois Day, address by Professor James W. Garner. Dec. 8—The *Board of Trustees adopted a revision of their by-laws. The Board of Trustees adopted the following regulations in regard to rebate of students' fees: If a student withdraws from a course or college within ten days from the beginning of a semester, all his fees for the work dropped shall be refunded; after ten days, and before the middle of the semester, a rebate of one-half of the fees shall be m a d e ; after the middle of the semester, no rebate shall be allowed. Dec. 9—L. & A. Assembly commemorating the birth of John Milton. Dec. 11—Illinois defeated Minnesota in a debate, and lost to Nebraska. Dee. 12—Junior promenade in the Armory. Dec. 14—The Commission on Country Life held a session at the University of Illinois. Dec. 18—The second annual presentation of football " I V in the Auditorium. The Illinois State Horticultural Society held its 53d annual convention at the University of Illinois. Dec. 28—The Board of Trustees adopted a revision of t i e University Statutes. Dec. 29-30—The American Society of Agricultural Engineers held its second annual meeting at the University. Jan.—Seven "hundred and fifty-five students registered in the short course in Agriculture. J a n . 4—Second Annual Banquet of the University of Illinois Club of Pittsburg was held at the Eittenhouse Hotel in Pittsburg. J a n . 7-8—Dean David Kinley represented the University of Illinois a t the meeting of the Association of American Universities held a t Cornell University. J a n . 11-15—Professor Graham Taylor delivered a series of lectures on the general subject of Civic Eenaissance. J a n . 15—Professor Stephen A. Forbes resigned his position as Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Zoology, on account of the increasing press of work in connection with the offices of State Entomologist and Director of the State Laboratory of Natural History. J a n . 18-19—Exhibit of the researches in progress in the chemical laboratory. J a n . 19—Exercises in commemoration of the hundreth anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allen Poe. Professor Chester N. Greenough presided. Addresses by Professor Raymond Weeks, Professor Julius Goebel, and Assistant Professor Harry G. Paul. J a n . 19-22—The Twenty-first annual meeting of the Illinois Clay Workers' Association and the Illinois Clay Workers' Institute. J a n . 22— A Conference of the Presidents of the Colleges of Illinois with the President of the University and the Dean of the Graduate School.. J a n . 23—Norman Hackett, the actor, gave a lecture before the students of the University of Illinois, on " D r a m a t i c Activities in American Universities." Jan. 25-27—Professor Jagadis Chunder Bose of the Presidency College, Calcutta, gave a series of three lectures of special value to students of physics and physiology. Feb. 1—Mr. Ralph C. Wilson of the Bankers' National Bank of Chicago gave a series of three lectures before the business students of the University. Feb. 6— Sophomore Cotillion in the Armory. Feb. 7—Third Annua] Post-Exam. Jubilee in the Auditorium. Fob. 8—The regulation of the Council of Administration, prohibiting students who are on probation from serving on the staff of any student publication during the period of probation, went into effect. The hundreth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln was observed by exercises occupying one or two hours a day for four days. These exercises included a general University Convocation, an exhibit of books, pictures, and other Lincolniana, and addresses on several aspects of Lincoln's service to the country. Feb. 10—The Fifty-sixty General Assembly passed a joint resolution endorsing the request of the University to be put on the list of institutions to the members of whose faculties retiring allowances will be granted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Fob. 15—