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to make arrangements for our next annual
Commencement ,and to make all necessary
arrangements in regard thereto with full
power and authority to act, which motion
was duly seconded and adopted.
The [?appeal?] bond of A. J. Frame as Treasurer
of the Ohio University was presented to the Board
and said bond [inserted] and [end inserted] the sureties therein were approved
and said bond was received and accepted
by the Board.
Mr Foster offered the following resolution:
"All male
students in attendance at the Ohio University,
who are over the age of fifteen, and are ranked
lower than the junior class, shall be required to
drill, under the direction of the U. S. Army [inserted} Officer [end inserted] to be
assigned to said Ohio University.
All male students of the Senior or junior classes
may drill under the direction of said Officer.
These provisions shall be mandatory, conditional on the
arrival of said Army Officer; understanding, however, that
the President of said Ohio University, may on the advice
of said Army Officer, excuse from drill, in extreme cases"
and moved to adoption which [inserted] motion [end inserted] was duly seconded
and said resolution was unanimously adopted by the
Board.
The Chair announced as the Committee on College
Commencement Messrs. Wood Welch + Foster.
On motion duly seconded and adopted the Board
adjourned without [?day?].
Attest L. M. Jewett
Sec'y. O. U.