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

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GRAD TE COLLEGE The Graduate College began in 1892 when the Board of Trustees authorized four fellow- ships for post-graduate work to . . stimulate in all departments the idea and habit of re- search .... U From this small beginning, the graduate student body has a present enroll- ment of 3,000, the third largest college on the campus. Graduate programs stressing independent work and individual research have been established in over sixty-five departments and divisions of the University. The four original fellowships authorized by the Board of Trus- tees have been increased to provide a sub- stantial number of awards for students of unusual promise. Other students of excep- tional ability gain valuable teaching and re- search experience through the many part time assistantships which are available. The Grad- uate College conferred about 750 masters, degrees in recent years and over 300 doctor- ates during the last calendar year. Dean Frederick T. Wall

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COLLEGE OF F I 1 A Dean Allen S. Weller E A D PPLIED RT The College of Fine and Applied Arts offers a wide variety of opportunities by teaching aesthetic knowledge and appreciation as well as preparing students for professional careers. There are more architecture students at Illinois than in any other school in the United States. The other teaching departments in the College are Art, City Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Music. In addition, the Small Homes Council and the Bureau of Com- munity Planning carry on research and exten- sion work. The University Bands are a sepa- rate division of the College. To promote interest in music, the College presents concerts by the various orchestras, choral and chamber music groups, recitals, public lectures, performances by the Opera Workshop, and a year-round exhibition pro- gram which maintains exhibitions in several campus buildings. The School of Music spon- sors radio broadcasts over Station WILL. Dis- tinguished visitors in the various teaching fields are frequently brought here. The Col- lege is also instrumental in the planning of the biennial Festival of Contemporary Arts. Te

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CHooL or joua ALI M A D COMMU ierxrio Director Frederick S. Siebert The objective of the School of journalism and Communications is to provide profes- sional education for men and women who plan careers in journalism, advertising, or broadcasting. This professional training is preceded by a preliminary program of general education, which the student usually obtains in the Col- lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Facilities for the School include an out- standing journalism and communications li- brary, special classrooms and laboratories, AM and FM radio stations and a VHF edu- cational television station. As a professional division of the University, the School has service responsibilities. It pro- vides headquarters for various press and broadcasting associations. The School of Iournalism was established i11 1927. The change in name was made in 1950 after the addition of the radio curricu- lum, which has since been expanded to in- clude television. xx I -- yi-?e: k semi, -.tgfl '