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Dr. E. C* Brooks, at request of President Graham, brought up the matter of the erection of a stadium at State College with funds to be borrowed from the R. F* C* as per act of the last Legislature, whole matter. Prof. T. S. Johnson, of State College^ explained the Mr. Grier moved that a committee be appointed to draft a proper resolution to present to the board. Carried, Judge John J. Parker, A. H* Graham and Irvin B. Tucker were appointed on this committee and after retiring drafted and presented the following resolutions ^ "Resolved that the Board of Trustees approve the filing of the application to the R. F. C. for a loan of $40,000*00 for the purpose of building an athletic stadium for State College to be repaid only out of athletic receipts of State College, and that the matter be referred to the Executive Committee with power to carry out the provision of this resolution, but without power to pledge the faith or credit of the University or of the Board of Trustees, other than as above stated." On motion, the above resolution was adopted. The following memorial to the late Bishop J. M* Homan was presented: JUNIUS MOORE HORNER Junius Moore Horner, son of James Hunter Horner and Sophronia Moore Horner, was born in Oxford, N. C* on the 7th day of July, 1859, and spent his entire life except while at school, in his mative State. ' His father, James N * Horner, was a native of Red Mountain, 0range;0ounty, North Carolina, and in early manhood was known for his unusual ability. it is said that he was such an apt student and possessed such marked ability that he prepared and passed his junior r,nd senior work in one year and graduated with distinction at the University of North Carolina. He was essentially a teacher and in 1857 founded the Horner Military Academy at Oxford, which was and remained the leading preparatory school in North Carolina for more than sixty years. His, wife, the mother of Bishop Horner, was a woman of superior education and many accomplishments. She was the sister of Reverend Junius P, Moore, one of the ablest Methodist Ministers in North Carolina and a chaplain in the Confed­ erate Army. Bishop Horner was educated at the Horner Military Academy and was a classmate of Woodrow Wilson at the University of Virginia. He was graduated from Johns-Hopkins University and the General Theological Seminary. The University of the South (Sewanee), conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1899* Bishop Horner was ordained a Deacon in 1890 and a Pries A year^la^?,r, and a few years later was appointed Bishop of a newly created missionary district of Asheville, by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting in Washington, D. C* For several years after his ordination into the ministry, Bishop Horner, with his Brother, Professor J. C. Horner, of Oxford, was eo-Prineipal of his father*s school at Oxford doing missionary work in that vicinity, and his activities were con­ siderable factor in his selection as head of the Ashevillw Mis­ sionary District. Being vitally interested in education it was quite natural