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

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Board of Trustees I-ION. HENRX' HDRNER G0l'0l'7T0l' of Illnzou Gozfewzor of Illinoix SllPE1'iI71fE7Zd6l7.f of Public HON. HIiNRY HORNER Imtrfzction S pringfeld HON. JOHN A. WIELAND Sprifzgjielcl OFFICERS OE THE BOARD OSCAR G. MAYER, Chicago .................. Prexriderzff HARRISON E. CUNN1NGHAM, Urbana. .. .... Secretary FRANK M. GORDON, Chicago ....... ...... T mmzrer LLOYD MOREY, Urbana ........ ..,. C omplroller ELECTED MEMBERS HOMER MAT ADAMS ORVILLE M. KAIKRAKER Louis C. MOSCHEL Sprifzgjield Hczrrifburg Pekin JAMES M. CLIEARY OSCAR G. MAYER MRS. GLENN E. PLUMB Chicago Chicago Chicago FRANK A. JENSEN KARL A. MEYER HAROLD A. POGUE Ln: Salle Chicago Demzm- ADAMS CLEARY XVIELAND Momw Moscmsr. POGUE Page 27

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To the Students of Illinois V Oscfm G. Maven Premient, B The year just passed has been gratifying to the Trustees in the progress it has brought in the University's building program. Gregory Hall, which will be as fine a classroom building as any university can boast, with its air-conditioned rooms and auditoria, will be a boon to the summer students. The Library stacks and the addition to the McKinley Hos- pital are splendid and much needed facilities. The beau- tiful Illini Union Building when completed will open a new era in University student life, and with its mag- nificent rooms and veranda, should thrill the hearts of all Illini. What will probably be one of the most modern and most economically operated power plants in any Ameri- can university is now under construction. Finally, the Trufteer need of men's residence halls is not being overlooked by the Trustees. State funds are not at hand to provide these facilities, sorely needed at Illinois, but means for erecting at least one unit may be found. All the above are merely physical. It remains for the Student Body and Faculty to translate them into the edu- cational and spiritual values for which the University strives. Illinois has always exemplified sound educational policies and the high ideal of service to one's fellow men. The Student Body are to be congratulated upon their earnest, wholesome viewpoint and their appreciation of the opportunities afforded them by the people of Illinois. Li ' .Cf KARRAKER GORDON PLUMB Page 26 I ' , JENSEN CUNNINGHAM MEYER

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Th College of Engineering Page 28 The College of Engineering was formally organized in 1870. The first class, which graduated in 1872, con- tained six members from the College of Engineering. The undergraduate enrollment in the College has grown to a total of approximately 1800 this year. The curricula in Engineering are designed to give a thorough training in the mathematical and physical sciences and their application to the design, construction, and operation of engineering and industrial works. A moderate amount of specialization is provided through options. or special arrangement of courses, in the senior year. The Engineering Experiment Station, the lirst in any engineering college in the United States, was organized in 1903. Under its auspices important researches have been carried on in many helds of engineering. The re- sults of the investigations have been published in about 360 bulletins and circulars, .Qin DEAN MELVIN LORENIUS ENGER Melvin Lorcnius Enger, Professor of Mechanics and Hydraulics, since 1934 Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Ex- periment Sration, was born May 5, 1881, in De- corah, Iowa. He attended the University ot' Min- nesota and the University of Illinois where he- received the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1906 and later the C.E. and M.S. degrees. He came to the University in September, 1907, as instructor in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and has served on the faculty since that time. From 1926 to 1954 he was Head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Dean Enger is an honorary member of Triangle and is a member of many engineering societies and honorary fraternities.