THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 105 



Summary. 



Amounts required to supply the Urgent Needs of the Agri- 

 cultural College of the State of Illinois : 



Annual Appropriations. 



Salaries $135,000 



Maintenance 96,100 



New lines of work 96,000 



$327,100 



Deduct Federal appropriation $ 40,000 



Total Annual Appropriations by the State $287,100 



Appropriations To Be Made But Once. 



New Equipment $ 35,500 



Buildings 635,250 



Total $670,750 



Total appropriations to be made for the coming bi- 



ennium '" $1,244,950 



The Committee early decided that in view of the rapidly 

 increasing number of students anything like temporary methods 

 were not only inadequate and futile but were bound to result in 

 a waste of money. Accordingly, the purpose has been to look 

 ahead as far as may be in order that the recommendations may 

 become a part of a comprehensive plan, and in several instances 

 recommendations are divided between what must be provided 

 at once on account of the life of the institution and those needs 

 that are cleary coming in the future. The above may probably 

 be made to cover the requirements for a period of five years. 



We believe it should be the policy of the college to take part 

 in public exhibitions of an educational nature, but are firmly 

 convinced that the established policy of not entering into com- 

 petitive exhibitions should be commended and continued. 



The attention of fairs and expositions especially is called 

 to the fact that the work of the collee and station affords much 



