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presented by Dr. Otto L. Schmidt of Chicago to the University Library. July 29— William Low Pillsbury, Registrar of the University of Illinois since 1893, and Secretary of the Board since July 1, 1888, resigned, to take effect October 1, 1910. August 10—The corner-stone of Lincoln Hall was laid. President W. L. Abbott of the Board of Trustees presided; Dean R J . Townsend spoke for President James, and Dr. Charles Davison, a Trustee, laid the cornerstone. 1910-11 Sept. 17—President James was guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Illini Club of Peoria at the Creve Cceur Club. Sept. 19—Registration day. Sept. 20—C. M. McConn was elected Secretary of the Board of Trustees from October 1, 1910. The Daily Illini began its tenth year of publication. Sept. 21—A thousand freshmen attended the first convocation in the University Auditorium. President James welcomed them. Dean Thomas A. Clark and Mr. Ray Warnock, Assistant Dean, spoke briefly. Sept. 26—Military drill began under the new Commandant, Major Benjamin C. Morse. Sept. 29—President James gave the principal address at the installation of Dr. Frank McVey as President of the University of North Dakota. Oct.—The 1909 Memorial Fountain, between the Men's Gymnasium and the Armory, completed. By special action of the Carnegie Foundation Board, Mr. William L. Pillsbury was given a retiring allowance. Oct. 3-15—Dr. Josef Redlich, • Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Vienna, gave a series of lectures. Oct. 14-15—The First Annual Homecoming a t the University occurred. The weather was warm and fair; the Twin Cities were decorated with Illinois colors in honor of the occasion. The main features of the Homecoming were the AlumniVarsity baseball game; the pushball contest; the mass meeting on the bleachers; class reunions; the football game with Chicago, won by Illinois by a score of 3 to 0. At the mass meeting President James announced that Francis J . Plym, class of 1897, had established a traveling fellowship in architecture of the annual value of one thousand dollars. Oct. 15—The first regular meeting of the University of Illinois Alumni in St. Paul and Minneapolis held in the Commercial Club rooms in the Radisson Hotel in Minneapolis. Nov. 4—U. S. Congressman David J . Foster spoke at a University Convocation on the new peace movement. Nov. 10—The first annual dinner of the University of Illinois Club of Springfield was held at the Colonial Cafe in Springfield with Professor James M. White as guest of honor. Nov. 12-17—Dr. William Morris Davis, Professor of Geography a t Harvard University, gave a course of six lectures on Geography as a Subject for University Study. Nov. 16—Colonial Ldmond Gustave Fechet, fpr ten years Commandant of the University of Illinois Regiment, died at the Burnham hospital in Champaign. Nov. 17—The funeral of Colonel Fechet was held in the University Auditorium. Nov. 17-19—Annual High School Conference. Dec—Seventy-six members of the Illinois Faculty at Urbana were listed in the new American Men of Science. Seventeen of this number were included in the starred list of a thousand most eminent men of science in America. Dec. 9—Junior Promenade in the Armory. Dec. 10— The Annual concert of the Glee and Mandolin Club. Matinee and evening eon-, certs were given in the Auditorium. Dee. 15—Professor Charles F . Moore of Purdue University lectured before the College of Engineering. His talk on Blasting Powder