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

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THE COLLEGES COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences serves four groups of students ; regular undergraduates who want a general humanistic or scientific training with an A. B. degree ; students who desire four years of somewhat specialized training for business teaching, journa- lism, applied chemistry, or household science ; students who must have two years of college work preparatory to professional work in law or medicine ; and graduate students who seek advanced instruction in the departments represented in this college. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is also the great service college of the university. In it the underclassmen of the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Commerce obtain their instruction in such departments as English, Mathematics, Chemistry, or Modern Languages. In 1915-16 the College registered 1549 students, but more than one- half of this enrollment was from students registered in the other col- leges of the university. DEAN BABCOCK COLLEGE OF COMMERCE The aim of the College of Commerce and Business Administration is to provide the fundamentals of a professional business training in a four-year course. It is not the function of the college to train clerks, but rather to lay the foundation of successful careers as managers or administrators. The curriculum is planned to train young people who are ambitious to obtain high positions in business life. The chief demands are knowledge and efficiency in organization and administration. The College recognizes the nature of this demand and attempts to meet it. Naturally the future development of the work of the College may be expected in the field of business organiza- tion, operation, and practice. The enrollment of commerce students has more than doubled in the last five years. It was 219 in 1912-13 and 581 in 1915-16. DEAN WESTON OEAN OF WOMEN The most vital problem facing the Dean of Women is the improve- ment of living conditions of the Women at Illinois. By more careful inspection of rooming houses, by greater cooperation between house- holders and the office, and by the establishment of modern rooming houses, a University Dormitory, and cooperative houses, soon more comfortable quarters at l ower costs will be provided. The Dean of Women seeks to improve the general health of the women by urging the need of thorough medical and physical examinations, by having a University physician, and the establishment of an infirmary. Through vocational talks and personal advice, Dean Gates is endeavoring to im- press upon the women to make more use of their university opportun- ities and to devote less time and energy to the more superficial social life, emphasizing the need to develop a spirit of unity in social life and to create a more democratic loyalty to the University. DEAN GATES COLLEGE OF LAW Why is the State justified in maintaining a Law school, when there are already too many lawyers ? It is not because we need more, but because we need better lawyers. If we can equip our students with progressive ideas, if we can imbue them with the vital principles of individual and social justice, better courts and better laws will result. The majority of the young men who seek admission to the bar of this state prepare to pass the bar examinations in the commercialized night schools of Chicago. The official state university law school does not teach men Law merely as a trade, but aims by scientific method s to train men so that they will be worthy to be, not only counsellors and advocates, but leaders in the movement which will bring our legal methods and institutions abreast of the times. DEAN BALLANTINE Twenty-one University

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THE COLLEGES THE GRADUATE SCHOOL In education, private industry and public service, the present ten- dancy is towards the increasing employment of people of specialized efficiency. An expert is a man who brings to the solution of any given problem the best information anywhere obtainable. The Graduate School is that division of the University which in- cludes the work of all the departments beyond that required for a bachelor's degree. The function of the Graduate School is to train people to meet the demands described above. Its service, therefore, is three-fold; to train teachers for positions beyond the grades ; to train research experts ; and to conduct research through its own members. From 1892 to 1906 the total number of graduate students in the university was 169 ; from 1906 to June, 1917, the number will be 1081. DEAN KINLEY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE While the University of Illinois was organized under the Land Grant Act in 1868 and while agriculture was always taught, the first real steps toward a modern agricultural college were not taken until thirty years later, in 1898, when the legislature appropriated $150,000 for a building and determined to devote half the income from the federal endowment to a faculty and equipment for teaching even though the registration at that time was fewer than a dozen. This first step was followed by a campaign for students by the Illinois Farmers' Institute. Subsequent appropriations caused an increase in attendance until the 1250 mark was passed last year, making the col- lege one of the largest in America. These figures, in themselves, speak for the standing and progress of the Agricultural School. No more can be said. DEAN DAVENPORT DEAN OF MEN It is the aim of the office of the Dean of Men to build character and to turn out good citizens. Discipline is not its only function. Of course, discipline is necessary to better carry out its purpose. The Student Hospital Association found its origin in, and still is managed by, the office of the Dean of Men. Supervision of rooming houses: aid in finding employment for the students who are working their way thru the University; information and advice on every conceivable subject; all these come within the scope of this office. Perhaps a better title to adorn the door would be Student Welfare Bureau. Not more than ten per cent of the students who visit the Dean's office are summoned, and of these by no means the majority are called for discipline. DEAN CLAItK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The activities of the College of Engineering and of the Engineer- ing Experiment Station of the University of Illinois are designed pri- marily to be responsive to the needs of a state which in itself nearly equals in population and area the whole of New England. The College of Engineering has thus far graduated over three thousand men and double that number have profited by its instruction. As organizations maintaining cooperative relations with the engi- neering industries of the state, the College and Station promote the welfare of a large number of people. One-half of all the people of the state are associated with manufacturing, mining and transportation in- dustries. The College trains men for these industries ; the Engineering Experiment Station conducts researches, the published results of which supply facts of immediate value to a large part of the population of the state ; and together the College and Station have an important part in advancing the standards of engineering practice. DEAN GOSS University Twenty

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