University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS The Y. W. C. A. building was occupied only last year and it is fulfilling its purpose equally well for the young women. The University has been fortunate in having the cooperation of the churches of the state. Through their efforts Osborn Hall, the girls' home built by the Episcopal church, the Presbyterian House for girls, and numerous church buildings near the campus have been erected. The University always has stood for clean athletics. During the period of which we are writing, athletics, under the leadership of George Huff, strongly supported by the President, has established still more firmly its reputation for high standards in all lines of athletic sports. Nor has the high moral standard been confined to athletics, the petty graft that used to cast odium upon student publi- cations has been eliminated. Higher standards of student code of action have been established. The significance of this can not be overrated for while it is difficult to raise a student code of action once established the laws of the Medes and Per- sians are no more firmly fixed. Singing Illinois Loyalty on the Bleachers 20

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TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS desired sound instruction for the sake of their bodies. The result was a reorgani- zation of the Medical College. Convincing people of a sore place and then helping them heal it is a better policy in the end than denying the sore place; just as a life saving operation is better for a patient, than a good, thorough post-mortem ex- amination. The University of Illinois endeavors to keep in vital contact with the best thought and movements in our own country and with those of foreign countries. One of the helpful means of accomplishing this has been the visits of many of the leading university professors and scientists of other countries. Among these are Professor Hans Cadow of Cambridge University, England, who lectured on Zoo- logical subjects; Professor Edward Meyer of the University of Berlin, who gave a series of lectures on Political Institutions and Ideas of Ancient Greece; Professor Josef Redlich of the University of Vienna and a member of the Imperial Parliament of Austria; Professor Bedier of the University of Paris and many others who are equally well known. Even a brief review is not complete without a few statements in regard to stu- dent activities during the decade. A healthy development of student life has been going on at the University of Illinois. As the number of students has increased and interests have become more diverse, there has been a consequent addition of student activities and organiza- tions. The number of fraternities and sororities have greatly increased. They are better organized and on the whole more nearly fulfil their purpose. Many of them now own their own houses, the properties being worth many hundred thousand dollars. New literary societies, new honorary and professional societies, and new clubs have been organized. The Cosmopolitan Club is an unique student enter- prise. The Students' Union, the most comprehensive organization on the Campus, has come into existence and is gradually taking up important functions and duties that concern the entire University body. Two important buildings, devoted to the development of the social and religious interests of the students, have been erected near the Campus. The first of these to be erected was the Y. M. C. A. building. With its dormitory, bowling alleys, auditorium, and parlors it has served for five years a great need of the community Tui. New Hortici ltur vl Buildings hi

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ILLIO 9 ffiecabe of Jllaterial (Srototf) of tfje Umtoersrttp of SUinois In 1903-'04 As It Was In 1913-14 3289 . Number of students 5529 351 . . Number of faculty 764 762 . Courses offered in colleges and schools in Urbana . 1000 20 . Number of Important buildings . ... 41 $1,383,000 Value of Buildings . .... $3,000,000 67,040 . Volumes in Library . 251,134 12 . . Number on the Library Staff . . 36 Comparison of Salaries 21 . . .1. Number receiving $2,000-2999 per year . 97 2 . .2. Number receiving $3,000-3999 per year ... 60 00 . . 3. Number receiving $4,000-4999 per year ... 9 1 ... 4. Number receiving $5,000 or over per year . . 24 1903-'05 1913-'14 $1,210,549.16 Amount of State Appropriations . . . $4,573,000 1,814,863.78 Total Receipts of University . 5,500,000 (Approximate) IMPORTANT BUILDINGS ERECTED Auditorium, Lincoln Hall, Commerce Building, Physics Building, Addition to Natural History Building, Addition to Woman's Building, Stock Pavilion, Trans- portation Building, Locomotive Testing Laboratory, Ceramics Building, and Ar- mory. SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS ADDED School of Railway Engineering and Administration, Mining Engineering, De- partment of Ceramics, School of Education, State Geological Survey, Mine Rescue Station. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES REORGANIZED Graduate School as a Separate faculty with special funds, College of Medicine and College of Dentistry become integral part of University, College of Literature and Arts joined with College of Science. IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEPARTMENTS AND COURSES Courses in business administration, organized, professorships in Psychology and Sociology created, important developments and increases in scope of work of Political Science, History, Economics, Modern Languages, English, Chemistry, Animal Husbandry, Agronomy, and the means of reaching the public through the various publications of the University. B. E. Powell. 21