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

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Gieo Art toiii .1 COLLEGE OF LAW The College of Law concerns itself primarily with training men for the legal profession. The cur- riculum gives an adequate preparation for the practise of law in any American state. In all courses some special attention is paid to Illinois statutes and de- cisions, but this in no way lessens the value of such courses for students coming from other states. The aim is, through the study and analysis of cases, to de- velop a legal mind and to ground it in legal principles. In the process, law is viewed not merely as a means of gaining a livelihood through its practise, but its func- tion as a social institution is stressed, and its great un- derlying purposes and growth are detailed. Through this method the design is not only to prepare men well for the practise of law, but to develop a profes- sional character and to inspire an appreciation of the duties of a lawyer as a public servant. Secondarily, the College of Law furnishes excellent training for business. Albert J. Harno Dean Harno J n , .. jet ? « ' - j4 i F? i » Harker Harno Fifteen

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COMMERCE Dean Thompson The undergraduate work in the College of Commerce concerns itself primarily with funda- mentals rather than with technique. Yet its pur- pose is twofold: training in the broad field of gen- eral education, and an introduction to more spe- cialized fields. The departments of the College of Commerce offer ample opportunities for advanced work in many fields leading to a Master's Degree. The cause of this development toward specialization in Commerce beyond the Bachelor's Degree is the rapidly increasing demand on the part of industry for men and women who have spent a year or more in advanced study. Graduate work in Commerce at Illinois, then, is graduate work in the proper sense, and not mere professional training in which specialization is attempted without a thorough grounding in the fundamentals. Charles M. Thompson « g

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HE,°llS g4.oIlL1MO o $c£W - txztf mf The College of Agriculture is specifically charged with the responsibility of teaching agriculture to the students who register in the College; with in- vestigating, through its Experiment Station, agricul- tural conditions and problems which are of economic importance to the agriculture of the state; and finally, through its Agricultural Extension Service, with ex- tending its teaching and the results of its research to the farmers throughout the state. Because of this responsibility, the College is brought into very close touch with the people of the state. The relative ease with which the value of its work can be demonstrated has made its work a pop- ular and extremely helpful phase of the University's activities. The agricultural depression of the past two years has had a marked effect upon the registration in the A considerable number of students who would normal- ly register in the College are entering other colleges of the University. This condition will probably continue until the farming business is restored to a normal basis. Every effort is being made to make the several departments in the College meet the urgent demands made upon it not only by its students, but also by the farmers thruout the state. H. W. MUMFORD ■ ■OOnHHH MUMFORD RANKIN SX3c iifeMi M.