Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1864-1870)

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On motion of Regent Sweezey, Regent Sill was made chairman of the Committee on the Scientific Course and the Chemical Laboratory, in place of himself.
A communication and memorials relative to the appointment
of a Professor of History, were presented and referred to the
Committees on the Classical and Scientific Courses.
A communication was received fiom the Medical Faculty,
recommending the following names for the degree of Doctor
of Medicine:
Daniel M. Dill, Albert E. Foote, Ira B. Reed, and John B.
Tyler.
The communciation was accepted, and the degrees ordered
to be conferred as recommended.
A communication was presented from the Medical Faculty,
unanimously recommending the appointment of Henry S.
Cheever, M. D., as Demonstrator of Anatomy and Curator of
the Medical Museum, and George E. Frothingham, M. D., as
Prosector of Surgery, and Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy,
with a salary to each of five hundred dollars per annum.
The communication was received, and, ol motion, the appointments recommended were made oy the following vote:
Ayes-Regents Sill, Johnson, Sweezey and Walker. Nays
Regent Stockwell.
The Steward presented his annual report, which was read,
accepted, and referred to the Executive Committee.
Regent Willard appeared and took his seat with the Board.
The President submitted a report of the Academic Departmen1t, recommending a complete revision of the courses of
study in the Department of Science, Literature and the
Arts, embracing one additional course, which was referred to
the Committees on the Classical and Scientific Courses.
Professor Douglass submitted his annual report of the
Chemical Department, with the account of receipts and vouchers for expenditures during the year, which was referred to
the Finance Committee.