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Eosa Olitzka of the Boston Concert Company gave a concert on the evening of the 2nd. The Chorus sang " K i n g O l a f " and " H i a w a t h a " on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, accompanied by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with Emil Oberhoffer conducting. May 4—Bryant Bannister was elected President of the Illinois Students' Union. May 8-9—The Argos Club became Deuteron chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. May 10—Professor Thomas W. Hughes resigned as Professor of Law. May 19—Dr.- Theobald Smith of the Harvard Medical School lectured at the University on The Eelation of Bovine to Human Tuberculosis. Twelfth annual Maypole Pageant on Illinois Field. May 20—Eiehard Price Morgan, member of the University Board of Trustees from 1891-7, died at his home in Dwight, Illinois. Frederick O. Sylvester of St. Louis displayed, over a hundred of his views of landscape in the foyer of the Auditorium. May 20-21—The National Nutrition Commission met in the University chemistry laboratories. May 28—The Aztec Club became the Omicron Chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. June—The Chicago & Northwestern Ey. Company presented to the University of Illinois a locomotive testing plant. The Illini played a total of fourteen intercollegiate games and won them all. The University Athletic Association presented each of the players a solid souvenir Illinois watch fob. June 1— Annual initiation of Sigma Xi. June 4—John Mills Pearson, a former Trustee, died. June 6—President James spoke at the annual banquet of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the gold room of the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago. June 12—Eev. W. S. Plumor Bryan gave the baccalaureate sermon on The Problems of Eeligion. June 13—Dedication of the memorial urn presented by the graduating class; class day exercises in the Auditorium a t 9:30; military band concert on the lawn at 1:30 p. m.; Senior Ball in the Armory a t 8:00 p. m. Trustees approved a recommendation that, beginning with September, 1911, a college degree should be required for admission to the Library School. The Trustees appointed Frederick M. Mann Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department. Colonel Edmund G. Fechet requested to be relieved from duty as Military Commandant and Professor of Military Science, as soon as his successor could be found. Major Benjamin C. Morse was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel Fechet. Charles M. McConn was chosen to be Assistant Eegistrar of the University, and Eegistrar from October 1, 1910. June 14—Alumni D a y : Eeunions of the followin gclasses were held: 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1900, and 1905. President and Mrs. James gave their annual reception to the graduates and their parents and friends in the University Auditorium. June 15—The thirty-ninth annual commencement was held in the Auditorium. Address by President James on The Fellowship of College Men. The honorary degree of L L . D. was conferred on Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. The honorary degree of Doctor of Engineer was conferred upon Professor Lester Paige Breckenridge, and Hon. Isham Eandolph of Chicago. Dean David Kinley sailed for Buenos Ayres, Argentine Eepublic, to represent the United States at the Fourth Pan-American Congress. He was accompanied by Mr. Herman G. James, his private secretary. June 28—:Mrs. Mary E . Fawcett was appointed Acting Dean of Women in the University of Hlinois. July 4—The Library School Alumni Association met a t inac Island, in conjuncture with the annual conference of Association. July 25—Thirty-four alumni from New York clambake at Coney Island. July 29—The Trustees accepted of the various editions of E v a n s ' Map of the American the Grand Hotel, Mackthe American Library and vicinity enjoyed a the gift of a collection Colonies, dated 1755,