, 1866-07-12
NQR1NWEs1ERn UNIVERSITY.
Fifteenth Anniversary Exerofses.-%
Meeting OF the Board OF Trustees
.-Reports.-.Cheering Progress
ELECTION Of Oflcers--
Degrees.

osAepUIlse~eNUctIAU EluSIE5a
ELECTION of Officers.
Degrees.
The Alumnl-Ffrn Annual Rcun1on'.
Eighth Annual Commencement
To-day.
There were eicns Of Life In Evanston 7esterday.
Sletpy Hollow awoke as II from d long nap to 3
ktrd Of eubdued human activity. It was The oo-
ca.1uu Of The anniversary commandment exercises
OF Tho Northwestern College, md The event pro
| dueed something almost approaching TO excite
mcnt In that quiet suburban eeat o. learning.
Door were eeen opening, WHICH seemed 70 h1ve
been pertnnlal1y cio,ed, the hotel hsd m3ay visit
or, The E1a.ty avenue. were tfodden BY the etsat
Ects fcolt and The euu1d OF human talk was neafd
IN the eolitudes. There was q decoFons kind Of
s9s hut q asason of aa
members Of the Alrmni Association. the proceed
ince were regarded nj b nerc than usual Interest,
snd stee plumber o. r. 9ae5 ss'os
On Tuesday eyeKirc the pr1ze contest declama-
ton fthe Aaclphic and Ainman Literary Societies
odist Churcb. Dtclauations on various themes
were gwen ty ,bc gzaduae- and the Ket1se pr7zes.
eslabiiebed bs J. Il. kedze Tese awarded, The nrst
to Nilnam Il Raymond. and ihe second to Charles
BoARD or TRUSTEES.
Yesterday forenoon tt ten O'Clock the Board of
1t1s,ete Of Tie University neld thc1r fifteenth an
Vice Prer'dept, J. g. Hamilton. Egg, occupied The
chair. Hey. q: :: No;es u.s lappointed sece,ars,
and Prof. F. ". Flick n. .istant secretary.
The minutes Of the tourtreath annual nectiue
were scad and approved. also the proceeding. Of
the Executive Commi tee during The past ysar.
"A petition was received IRON the stndsn's Of he
University aEk,ng the board TO elect Plcsldeat be-
fore they aeiontn. Referred 10 committee Of
1hnpe.
M. T. c. Hong, the Treasurer. presented his
nj NM ff1rt hH
ycar a. t1llows:
tecepss.......- "
Cash on hand. ...-~... $33f7.0
The rpor, wss accepted aud placed on tie.
t,ons or schos1rhIps rcpor,eaha they bud eol!ec,-
&c, the sum Of saa9.3t; leaving s., s51.sl A. The
on account OF principal, md $9si.si on ACCOUNT or
interest. They have made, In n, ecttlernensa With
tlxt1one different pesrons. and nase taken np s11.
teen school bonds for Which they tave allowed
rcholnr: hip roies be collected as fast as possible
without cong injustice TO the makers.
/. Tho rC port Nas accepted aud placed on file.
The Faenlty oi tue triversiiy tubm.tied Their re-
port, Of which the following Il an abstract:
The 1Ite11al working OF the Institution has been
hundreo and my e1x students have ben N attend.
aLce, forty ut whom were connected with The COL
lese sssscs the remainder being IN the preparatory
Nfp4ftulCIf. IDe EIAIA&44 u SEUO4&1-uIp, u4lu Ii
TACT aud IN the aim Of The studeut is more elevated
than htre.otore. End the rekalt Ia indicative Of
large anc carly 1ncase Of the college classes. The
n s1,os o4 s'ss sss e Il ss: sSen
'oenty over. The lower preparatory classes fur
ntsh ample 1caron TO anticipate Steady progress In
Hent,ou II called 10 lie state Of the,israry. aud
| the Importance Of making appropriations lot its
| improvement The atten'ion os The Boatd Il also
dlrrcted 10 the continued vacancy in the :tdeDcy,
nrd urges the advantages which would aecsre 10
| ihe Unycsr.ty ~ having Inc po.ttiou Worthi!y
MD: n view Of .he present improved cosd!.,on
u1rc5 10 1nkc INTO terfoue consideration tie q7es-
ton OF Gliitg the vacancy during the present res
1he scport YVES accepted and The fuc-e.tions
1betin coutalned referred 10 appropriate connie
lees. ----.
The Secretary presented report sho1ins The
follows:
Productive property. 81
Cuptoduct'e property -.... ---...-.-.. isl6s5 u o.
Total asttsf..............-...... ...S4saTa1 81
TIE aggregate ezles OF lots fo7 the past year were
reported al <3a, 90.
| The total income from all sources wss re-
Expense. ,or iui:ion, etc. s,l5ssl
LeaSing surplus unc1pcnded, Of. $2,7s5 G.
The report was accepted and pl2ced on file.
The committee or domination OF tus:eef re-
pos.ed the namct Of IL d. Hurd, George F. Foster
sno ". II. Lunt. nho were unanimously elected
The Boatu then proceeded to the election OF OH.
ccre Tor the tneuing year, with the follosins re-
sell:
Pre>idcnt-Goye1nor John Evans.
, N,ss Iaes'dsn'S-!x; G xG:Ia =: Hamilton.
EsI-n. r-H,,:1!!, .. tMoyes; p...r... oa,.,c
t,ocE :. - Hnen snd f,Tinr1nn 1,nt "
lie comn,:s,ee appo,n;cd 10 conslde. The peti.
non o ane s.uaeais !a5 .ne eecson oi tsiueai l.
uttee Of tt1e 10 consi6er he eub!ect or tbe pe,1
'ao1 ,sa Aaoptea ana ne ": Eg;iaens
xar,.n..ar VI ~ .ssanon - LIE .as
;son r. s1m;iee ri,b 3rco1mtpgs,ion nan 5fs 'si
M !, ne 1e!es1eo 70 ] nc Executive Committee VILE
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a ItsoiNuuu %aS FaeseuS eAt1sSs!la. tuE eoatt
y. he pSA4 NatG s4el1 uHa1!A a2Gais
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" mouon tne Execu1tHe IommIlee "gse uiiect-
Ga 10 plocefo VIII TIE Cecuon o. ne uMseEfliy
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The exercises Of 1ne Alumni Association com.
u,eneed n ihree o-clocE in fhe arte :noon IN In
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Assosisiions apa e choir of .,rdsnts VINO lsd vol
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