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

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The main building was wrecked by a wind storm in 1880. Completed in 1873, University Hall had large rooms on the V-hanging l aC6 Ol CaPipUS t op floor for student activities. Gregory had seen to this. , t. »« -• W - ' .? .. '• ! t L. Burs, j ' iiMfl'' - -12 : ? ft . . - r - '; »•• jr. r- W ■ a.; •

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Graduate School Reorganizes In 1904 the liberal arts departments were concerned about the imbalance between the humanities, and engineering and agriculture. Following the inauguration of President Edmund Janes James, the Graduate School was reorgan- ized to correct this imbalance and to emphasize research and better teaching. Only those de- partments whose staffs were considered capable were allowed to offer the masters and doctors degrees. The Illinois Legislature, in 1907, ap- propriated five thousand dollars a year for the establishment of fellowships and scholar- ships, and for the equipping of research lab- oratories. James recruited some of the best scholars available. Among the additions were Gustav Karsten, founder of the JOURNAL OF ENG- LISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY; Wil- liam Albert Noyes, chief chemist of the Bureau of Standards; and Stuart Pratt Sherman, lit- erary critic. With the advent of the Engineering Experimenl Station, many besting machines such as this one were used. Edmund J. James, president from 1904 to L920, wafl distinguished scholar in welfare economics. IK

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4m ' Harker Hall, built in 1878, was originally Chemistry Hall. Looking north onto the campus in the L890's shows tha though Champaign was growing, fences were still needed 20