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

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l FREDERICK S. S'EBERT Director, School of Journalism LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES L.A.S.-the largest of the college languages, of history . , . teacher of chemistry, of psychology, of bacteriology. Its dean, Mathew T. McClure, Dean ofthe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since l934 . . . doctor of philosophy ing toward shaping the policies of ALBERT J. HARNO Dean, College of Law 22 IUURNALISM The School of Journalism . . . a free press is the right of a tree people . . the lllio . . .The Daily Illini . . . oftering two curricula . . . editorial and ad- vertising . . .to prepare its students for actuating this ideal . . . its director.. Frederick S. Siebert . . . Director ofthe school since l94l . . . doctor of law . . . head of the American Association of Schools and Colleges of Journalism . . . aptly equipped to head a school whose functions are essential to the freedom for which we fight. s . . . 3,256 students . . . teacher ofthe . . .who applies his philosophical learn- a college mobilized for war. MATHEW T. MCCLURE Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences LAW The College of Law . . . blending the traditions of the past with the con- veniences of the present . . . Blackstone . . . Altgeld Hall . . . the contribution Illinois has made to the iurisprudence of the nation . . . its dean, Albert J. Harno . . . bachelor of law . . . magna cum laude . . . dean of the college since T922 . . . provost ofthe University since l93l .. . believing in democracy founded on iustice , . . in the freedom for which we fight in this war.

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EULLEGES HT Ulilililili Many an lllini . . . now l8,5OO to be exact . . . serves his country in foreign fields . . . in muddy foxholes in France and Holland . . . in India and China. But he dreams of the traditions . . . of the campus he left behind him. The days he strolled down the Broadwalk beneath the elms . . . perhaps the trees were budding in the spring . . . or it was raining . . . He used to think it could never rain as much as it did in Champaign . . . now he knew. Old Alma Mater . . . Homecoming . . . the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln Hall . . . Chemistry and Rhet . . . the sings at night in the University Auditorium . . . the fighting lllini. He left them. Now he was fighting . . . to preserve the American way of life . . . the lllini way of life he hopes to return to . . . to the research his University has contributed . . . is contributing . . . to the science and culture of the world. The first soil experiments in the country . . . the first instruction in architecture . . . the betatron. He knows it is a little different nowadays. 290 ofthe 2lOO instructors of the University are in service now. And there are more girls in school now . . . 3,862. And many of the men on campus are in uniform . . . 483 ASTR's . . . 374 V-l2's. And 350 veterans already returned from World War ll. The eight colleges at Urbana await the return of the lllini. They plan ac- celerated programs, new housing+even an airport. The Colleges at Urbana . . . the buildings . . . the traditions . . . will still be here . . . unchanged. The soldier dreams of the day he will come back. His school waits.

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DEHIIS ElJUlIllTl0N The College of Education . . . Only an enlightened people can be free. Instructor of those who will teach our children . . . the ideals and funda- mentals ofthe American way of life . . . English . . . history . . . mathematics . . its dean, Thomas E. Benner . . .doctor of education . . . Dean of the Col- lege of Education since 1931 . . . member of the presidential committee to investigate Puerto Rican education . . . a man in touch with the world . . . a world mobilized for war. others for total war. MELVIN l. ENGER Dean, College of Engineering J EXTENSIUN The Division of University Extension . . . providing courses for thousands of Illini-by-proxy, scattered throughout the world . . . in cooperation with the Armed Forces Institute, to the service men and women . . . and in the Engi- neering, Science and Management War Training Program, to hundreds of those employed in lllinois' war industries . . . its director, Robert B. Browne . . master of science and doctor of philosophy . . . in charge of the division since its establishment in T934 . . . a division geared completely to war-time needs. THOMAS E. BENNER Dcan, College of Education ENGINEERING The College of Engineering , . . dedicated to industry . . . its program in tegrated with the military . . . its enrollment predominately V-l2 and ASTR . . research in aeronautics . . . in metallurgy . . . in mechanics. Its dean Melvin L. Enger, Dean of the College of Engineering since i934 . . . master of science in civil engineering . . . head of the college mobilized above all ROBERT B. BROWNE Director, Division of University Extension