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                                    April 2, 1945

    President H. L. Donovan
    University of Kentucky

    My dear President Donovan:

          I attach hereto a check in the amount of fifty
     dollars from Mirs. Annie C4 Neely, with letter from
     MIss IIargaret I. King Librarian.  Since this is a
     gift, I believe it should be submitted to the Board
     for acceptance and record.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    (Signed) Frank D. Peterson
                                             Comptroller.


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           3. On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
              the above gifts are ordered received, and
              the President is directed to write a letter
              of appreciation of the University to each
              of the donors.
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     H. Honorary Degrees.

     President Donovan submitted for consideration of the Board the
nominations of the University Faculty of persons for honorary de-
grees.   The persons and the honorary degrees were recommended by
the Graduate Faculty.   The Board received the recommendation of
the University Faculty And the Graduate 'Faculty, and upon motion,
seconded and carried, authorized the President to confer upon each
person the honorary degree indicated. . It was further ordered that
the list be filed with the Secretary of the Board and that the
names of persons recommended for honorary degrees and the degrees
authorized be recorded in the minutes of the June meeting of the
Board, and that the niawes also be published along with the list of
regtular graduates of the University at the June Communcemont,


     I. Establishment of an Award to Members of the Universit    taff
for Meritorious Services .

     President Donovan presented a recommendation of the Graduate
Faculty, which hald been approved by thle University Faculty, to per-
mit the University Faculty to have the privilege of recommending
to the Board of Trustees of the University each year one member of