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

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9 5 3 nl P tal .EP If ara EE IE ADMII TRATHI WHAT MAKES THE UNIVERSITY TICK . . . F ' The primary objectives of the University are carried out in three programs -educational, academic, and research. A fourth program operates quietly in the background, namely, that of administration. Many officers included on the administrative staff of the University do no teaching or research. They are the managers, the welfare officers, the public relations officers-the operators of the University. Chief administrator is the President of the University. He is the co- ordinator of all academic and operational work of the Unversity. A group of specialists, each with his own staff and field of operations aids him. This group of specialists consists of the Provost, the Comptroller and his staff, the Director of the Physical Plant, the Registrar, the Dean of Students, and the Public Relations officer. Other administrative ohicers guide the Illini Union, the Personnel Bureau, the Alumni Association, the Athletic Assocation, the Bureau of Institutional Research, the High School Visitor's ofiice, the Press and Information Office, the Radio Station, and the Retirement System Ofiices. ll.

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T0 THE Tlllllllll 0F 'PHE UNIVEII ITY 0F ILLI Ill The University of Illinois welcomes home its re- turning faculty, students, and alumni who have con- tributed so much to the winning of YVorld YVar II. Of the 19,946 Illini who have served in the armed forces of our country, over 639 Illini will not return - they have given that Ulast full measure of devotionn for their country and for the preservation of our American way of life. Conscious of its obligations to the State and the Nation, the University has met fully and patriotically the calls of txvo VVorld VVars, giving unstintingly of its manpower in combat, in research, and in programs related to military instruction and training. While we are proud of the achievements of the past, we recog- nize the responsibilities of the present and the future. The varied educational problems of reconversion in the post-war period, now upon us, will require great skill and ability in their solution. Among these prob- I6 lems, none is more vital and pressing than serving the needs of the thousands of returning veterans who are already appearing on our campus in ever increasing numbers. Every resource of the University will be devoted to the assistance of these men and women in securing a college education in a minimum of time. The Division of Special Services for YVar Veterans is now in full operation with a most capable and sympathetic staff directing the many activities of the Division. YVe face all these problems with the full conidence that the University will meet and solve them. XV ith a scholarly and loyal staff, with greatly increased facil- ities now being designed and about to be constructed, and with the desire and will to do all that is expected of it, the University Will, in the future, as it has in the past, justify the confidence reposed in it by the people of the State of Illinois.