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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD 

 IN THE INSTITUTE ROOMS, SPRINGFIELD, AUGUST 24, 1921. 



Pursuant to the call of the president, the meeting of the Board of 

 Directors was held in the Institute rooms, Springfield, August 24th, 1921, at 

 10 o'clock A. M. 



Present: Directors Barrett, Burroughs, E. W. Burrows, J. B. Calhoun, 

 Curtiss, Gregory, Hopping, Mann, Mason, J. P., Mason, S. B., Pickett, Switzer 

 and Tullock. Dr. Wilson, president of the Household Science Department 

 was also present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



The secretary presented the following report: 



To the Board of Directors: 



As a result of the spring conferences, which were exceptionally well 

 attended, the county and local institute schedules and assignments have 

 been prepared and published as Bulletin No. 28. This bulletin contains 

 schedules for 96 counties, and lists a total of 823 institute sessions, the 

 total number of speakers assigned to these meetings being 163 of which 116 

 are from the institute and 47 from the University and State Departments. 

 The schedule lists 340 days of institutes, at 211 meeting places, representing 

 a total of 1,024 days services which will be rendered by the state institute 

 during the coming season. 



Of the 6 county schedules not listed in this bulletin, at least 3 will be 

 completed later. We are therefore assured that of the 102 counties in the 

 state all but a possible two or three will hold two or more days of insti- 

 tutes this year. Several counties which did not hold institutes last season 

 are in line again this year, and increased interest in the work is noted in 

 many others. 



The schedules are being mailed to all the county institutes, and House- 

 hold Science Department officers, the speakers, county superintendents of 

 schools and county advisors. Copies are also going forward to the directors. 



Several new publications have recently been issued, including bulletins 

 on corn disease investigations, phosphate and limestone storage bins, and 

 a southern Illinois bulletin. The one on corn diseases is the first of the 

 kind to be issued in Illinois, and the need and demand for same promises 

 to be great. Already over 10,000 copies have been distributed, practically 

 all on request. Several thousand copies were supplied the University, and 

 a good many calls from county agents have been filled. 



Copy of the 1921 annual report is already on the press and we are 

 assured of its early delivery. The report of the Household Science depart- 

 ment will be in the hands of the printer soon, and it is expected that both 

 reports will be available for use at some of the fall institutes. 



Distribution of last years' report is about completed, and the supply 

 for general distribution is practically exhausted. 



The appropriations for the Institute for the biennial beginning July 1st, 

 1921, were made by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor, 

 in accordance with the requests submitted in the budget through the State 

 Finance Department. It is expected that those amounts will amply pro- 

 vide for the present work of the Institute, and possibly allow for some 

 needed lines of extension, especially in the way of wider dissemination of 

 institute publications. 



Your attention is again called to the free scholarships in Agricultural 

 Household Science at the University of Illinois through the State Institute, 

 and the importance of interesting as many young men and women as 



