PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AT THE 

 ANNUAL MEETING HELD JANUARY 23, 1901. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents, adopted 

 January 8, 1890, by which its annual meeting- occurs on the fourth 

 Wednesday of each year, the Board met to-day at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present: The Chief Justice, the Hon. M. W. Fuller (Chancellor), in 

 the chair; the Hon. O. H. Piatt; the Hon. William Lindsay; the Hon. 

 R. R. Hitt; the Hon. Robert Adams, Jr. ; the Hon. Hugh A. Dinsmore; 

 Dr. J. B. Angell; Dr. A. Graham Bell; the Hon. Richard Olney; the 

 Hon. George Gray; and the Secretaiw, Mr. S. P. Langley. 



Excuses for nonattendance were read from the Hon. William P. 

 Frye and the Hon. J: B. Henderson, on account of illness. 



At the suggestion of the Chancellor the minutes of the last annual 

 meeting were read in abstract, and there being no objection, they were 

 declared approved. 



The Secretary announced the death on October 17, 1900, of Dr. 

 William Lyne Wilson, and stated that Mr. Henderson had very much 

 desired to present some personal remarks on the occasion, but that 

 his illness had prevented him from attending the meeting. 



Mr. Bell then offered a scries of resolutions, which will be found 

 under the heading "Necrology,'" on page 51 of this report. 



The resolutions were adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Hitt then stated 

 that he had received a request from Mr. Henderson to ask the Board's 

 permission to hie later a memorial to be spread upon the minutes. 

 On motion, the permission was granted. 



The Secretary read acknowledgments from Mrs. Margaret A. 

 Johnston and Mrs. Jennie T. Hobart of the resolutions adopted by 

 the Board on account of the death of Dr. William Preston Johnston 

 and of Vice-President Hobart. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



At the last meeting the Secretary announced that a resolution 

 appointing the Hon. Richard Olney a regent to succeed the late Dr. 

 William Preston Johnston had passed Congress, but was still in the 

 hands of the President. The President's approval was given on the 

 day of the meeting, January 24, but it was then, of course, too late 

 to notify Mr. Olney and secure his attendance. 



