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     It was moved and seconded that the Board of Trustees
take such action as may be necessary for the proller cele-
bration of the semi-centennial existence of the University, the
Chair to appoint a committee of five of which the President
of the University will be chairman, to perfect the arrangements.
Motion carried.

     The Chair appointed President Barker, Dr. Kastle, Mr. G.
G. Brock, Mr. H. M. Froman and Mr. R. C. Stoll to serve on the
committee.

     On motion made, seconded and carried, it was voted that
the committee, as organized, fix the date of the jubilee cele-
bration.

     The President's annual report was thlen read, which is as
followes:-

     To the Board of Trustees,
          University of Kentucky,
               Lexington, Ky.

     Gentlemen:-

          We are now at the close of the forty-ninth session
     of the University, and I herewith have the honor of mak-
     ing you my personal report as President, as by law re-
     quired.

          In as much as since your last meeting, the personnel
     of the Board has been so radically changed, it has seemed
     to me to be proper to make a more extended report than would
     otherwise be necessary. Having ill December last, prepared
     my Biennial report for the Governor and General Assembly,
     in 'which is set forth, in detail, a history of the Univer-
     sity during the two years immediately preceding January fi~rst-*.
     1916, which is the very information I wish you to have, I
     refer to it and make it a part of this report. A printed
     copy is now furnished you and I hope you will do me the
     honor to read it.

          In my Biennial report, I give a table showing the
     growth of the University from year to year since I have
     been President.  As this present year was then only half
     gone, I could only approximate the final number.    I gave
     the approximate number as fourteen hundred and thirty-
     nine, but as a matter of fact, there are, in all, as
     shown by the roster, fourteen hundred and forty-five stu-
     dents registered during the present session.

          The past session has been unusually satisfactory in
     every way. As shnown in the report, there has been a
     healthy growth in the number of students each year, and
     in the last six years, the number has doubled. In every
     department the teaching has been done in a highly efficient
     way, and our graduating class numbers in all one hundred
     and sixty-five (165). All of our graduates who desire