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

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The Board MEMBERS EX OFFICIO Adlai E. Stevenson, governor of Illinois. . . .Springfield Vernon L. Nickell, superintendent of public instruction Springfield Adlai £. Stevenson, governor of Illinois Vernon L. Nickell, superintendent of pttbtic tnstrticlion Walter W. McLaughlin Robert S. Hickman Mrs. Doris L. Holt ohn R. Fornof Dr. Karl A. Meyer

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January 25, 1951 1 am happ - ro extend greetings to Illini over the world. By the time this reaches you, many of you will be completely involved in tlie new defense effort. The short years of prosperity and peace have been transformed into a period of urgency ' . Our nation — and all nations that believe in security through freedom — can ward off the growing danger only through extraordinary united effort. This does not mean that the University of Illinois will cease to be a going concern. Quite the reverse. It is true that there will be some shifts in the program. Inevitably graduates in medicine, dentistry, pharmac - and nursing will be acutely in short supply. We shall, therefore, redouble our efforts to secure the new building on the Chicago Campus. This additon will enable us to increase our student body there by 500. Similarly on the campus at Urbana-Champaign we shall try to secure the Life Sciences Building. In this great structure will be housed laboratories and classrooms affecting a dozen different depart- ments in the general biological area. The new facilities will be a tremendous aid also to students and facult - in agriculture and medicine because of their dependence upon the basic biological sciences. Various research and instructional programs related to security measures will be stepped up. Both in Chicago and Urbana-Champaign we need additional housing for students, and strenuous efforts will be made to secure it. Very likely the University in the next few years will be smaller in size. The slack should be taken up rapidh after three years. Should all young men be inducted for military service for a period of 24-30 months, we may assume that they will start college work, or return to it, with increased zest. This was our experience with the G.I. ' s returning from World ' ar II. At the same time, the increase in births which has thus far affected the elementary and secondary schools by 1954 will affect college populations. More important than either of the factors mentioned above is the growing conviction among civil and military leaders that our nation cannot reach full strength without the optimum education of all its young people. The United States cannot depend upon massive group force, either for in- ternal development or for safety against external enemies. There are not enough of us to go around. If there is to be peace we as Americans must achieve it through integrity and the power of inven- tion and organization. If there is to be war we can win it only by a devotion to such aims. Our- selves and our allies do not constitute tiie most massive political or national group, but we are again the hope of the world — at least the hope of that portion of the world that believes in decency and liberty. Illini everywhere have played a glorious role in peace and in war. On the campus or off, we have come to expect no less of everyone associated w ' ifh our great and beloved University. George D. Stoddard President 17

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of Trustees Kenney E. Williamson, president of the Board of Trustees ELECTED MEMBERS Kenne ' K. Williamson, preside nt. . .Peoria Anthony J. Janata, secretary Urbana Irvin L. Porter, trciisiirer Chicago Liosd .More) ' , comptroller Urbana W alter . .McLauglilin Decatur Dr. Karl A. Aleyer Chicago John R. Fornof Streator Mrs. Doris S. Holt Flora Park Livingston Chicago irt Herrick Clinton Robert Z. Hickman Danville Mrs. Frances B. W ' atkins Chicago Anthony J. Janata G. Wirt Herrick Park Livingston Frances Watkins Irvin L. Porter Lloyd Morey [ -