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The officers of administration, therefore, number 155, of whom 59 are men and 46 women; the library staff comprising 7 men and 43 women.
NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF THE FACULTY
The university faculty, or officers of instruction at Urbana, is classi- fied as follows. according to colleges, schools and departments :
Liberal Arts and Sciences-Professors, 46 men ; associate professors, 9 men; assistant professors, 20 men; associates, 24 men and 1 woman; special lecturers, 3 men ; instructors, 44 men and 8 women; assistants, 87 men and 15 women; graduate assistants, 22 men and 8 women; student assistants, 6 men. Total in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 293; 261 men and 32 women.
One-Year Medical College-Professors, 3 men ; assistant professors, 20 men ; associates, 24 men and 1 woman ; instructors, 3 men ; assistants, 6 men and 2 women; graduate assistants, 1 man. Total, 21; 19 men and 2 women.
College of Commerce and Business Administration-Professors, 4 men ; assistant professors, 3 men ; special lecturers, 1 man ; instructors, 12 men; assistants, 7 men. Total, 27 men.
College of Engineering-Professors, 21 men; associate professors, 3 men ; assistant professors, 19 men; associates, 20 men; instructors, 35 men ; assistants, 19 men. Total, 117 men.
College of Agriculture-Professors, 13 men and 1 woman; associate professors, 2 men ; assistant professors, 18 men and 1 woman ; associates, 17 men and 6 women; instructors, 24 men and 7 women; assistants, 30 men and 7 women. Total, 126; 104 men and 22 women.
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School of Music-Professor, 1 man; assistant professor, 1 man; instructors, 6 men and 3 women. Total, 11; 8 men and 3 women.
College of Law-Professors, ? men; assistant professor, 1 man. Total, 8 men.
Library School-Professor, 1 man; assistant professor, 1 woman ; special lecturer, 1 woman ; instructors, 2 women. Total, 6; 2 men and 4 women.
Department of Military Science-Professor, 1 man ; assistant pro- fessors, 4 men ; student assistants, 10 men. Total, 15 men.
Department of Physical Training (separate departments, 1 for men, 2 for women)-Professors, 1 man and 1 woman ; assistants, 2 men and 2 women ; student assistant, 1 woman. Total, 16; 9 men and 7 women.
Department of Photography-Instructor, 1 man.
Total officers of instruction at Urbana, 641, as follows: Professors, 98 men and ? women ; associate professors, 14 men ; assistant professors, 69 men and 2 women ; associates, 68 men and ? women ; special lecturers, 4 men and 1 woman; instructors, 128 men and 23 women; assistants, 151 men and 26 women; graduate assistants, 23 men and 8 women ; student assistants, 16 men and 1 woman. Grand total, 641; 571 men and 70 women.
The officers of instruction in Chicago are divided as follows:
College of Medicine-Professors, 29 men; associate professors, 6 men and 1 woman ; assistant professors, 23 men and 1 woman ; associates, 8 men; special lecturers, 3 men; instructors, 59 men and 2 women; assistants, 15 men and 3 women ; student assistants, 5 men. Total, 155; 148 men and 7 women.
College of Dentistry-Professors, 8 men; assistant professors, 6 men ; associates, 2 men ; special lecturers, 2 men; instructors, 9 men ; assistants, 4 men and 1 woman; student assistants, 5 men. Total, 37; 36 men and 1 woman.
School of Pharmacy-Professor, 1 man ; assistant professors, 2 men ; special lecturer, 1 man; instructors, 3 men. Total, 7 men.
Total of officers of instruction in Chicago, 199.
Grand total of instructors in university, 840.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC BUREAUS
As most valuable adjuncts to the university are several experiment stations and bureaus engaged in practical research work.
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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
The most important of these institutions is the Agricultural Experi- ment Station, which has been in successful operation for nearly thirty years and now carries a staff of more than 100 instructors and officials. Its director is Dean Eugene Davenport and vice-director Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins.
By an act approved March 2, 1887, the National Government appro- priated $15,000 a year to each State for the purpose of establishing and maintaining, in connection with the colleges founded upon the congres- sional act of 1862, agricultural experiment stations, "to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and prac- tical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science." Under this provision the Agricul- tural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois was founded in 1888 and placed under the direction of the trustees of the university ; a part of the university farm, with buildings, was assigned for its use.
The Federal grant has since been increased to $30,000 a year. This is supplemented by State appropriations which make an aggregate fund of nearly $250,000 devoted wholly to research in agriculture.
Investigations are conducted in the growing and marketing of orchard fruits, the methods of production of meats and of dairy goods, the prin- ciples of animal breeding and of nutrition, and the improvement of the economic production of crops. All the principal types of soil of the State are being studied in the laboratory under glass and in the field. A soil survey is in progress which when finished will map and describe the soil of every farm of the State down to an area of ten acres. Between forty and fifty fields and orchards are operated in vari- ous portions of the State for the study of local problems, and assistants are constantly on the road to conduct experiments or to give instruction to producer or consumer. The results of investigation are published in bulletins, which are issued in editions of 40,000, and distributed free of charge.
Much of this work is of interest to students, especially of graduate grade, and it is freely available for this purpose, so far as is consistent with the interests of the station.
ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
The Engineering Experiment Station, established by action of the board of trustees December 8, 1903, is under the immediate direction
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of Dean Charles R. Richards, assisted by Clarence S. Sale and ten special investigators and twelve research fellows. The purposes of this station are the stimulation and elevation of engineering education, and the study of problems of special importance to professional engineers, and to the manufacturing, railway, mining and industrial interests of the State and the country. The control of the station is vested in the heads of the several departments of the College of Engineering. These constitute the station staff and, with the director, determine the character and extent of the investigations to be undertaken.
STATE LABORATORY OF NATURAL HISTORY
In 1885 the General Assembly passed an act transferring the State Laboratory of Natural History from the Illinois State Normal Uni- versity to the University of Illinois. This laboratory was created for the purpose of making a natural history survey of the State, the results of which should be published in a series of bulletins and reports; and for the allied purpose of furnishing specimens illustrative of the flora and fauna of the State to the public schools and to the State museum. For these purposes direct appropriations are made by the Legislature from session to session. Material of all classes has been collected in all parts of the State, field observations and experiments have been con- ducted, extending over many years, and fifteen volumes have been published in the form of bulletins and final reports.
The most important problem upon which the work of the survey is at present concentrated is the effect of drainage operations, sewage con- taminations, and other results of industrial occupancy upon the general system of life in our principal rivers.
THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST'S OFFICE
Dr. Stephen A. Forbes is director of the laboratory. He is also the head of the State Entomologist's Office.
The work of the State Entomologist's Office has been done at the University of Illinois since January, 1885: by legislative enactment in 1899 it was permanently established at the university, the trustees of which are required by that act to provide for the entomologist and his assistants such office and laboratory rooms as may be necessary to the performance of their duties.
It is the duty of this officer to investigate all insects dangerous to any valuable property or dangerous to the public health, and to conduct
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experiments for the control of injury to persons or property by insects, publishing the results of his researches biennially in his official report. He is required also to inspect and certify annually all Illinois nurseries and all importations of nursery stock, and to maintain a general super- vision of the horticultural property of the State with respect to its infestation hy dangerous insects and its infection with contagious plant disease.
Twenty-nine reports have now been published by the entomologist, fifteen of them since the transfer of his office to the university.
STATE WATER SURVEY
The director of the State Water Survey is Dr. Edward Bartow. A chemical survey of the waters of the state was begun in the latter part of September, 1895. Two years later the Legislature authorized the continuance of the work and directed the trustees of the University to establish a chemical and biological survey of the waters of the State. In 1911 the Legislature made an increased appropriation and imposed additional duties on the State Water Survey, authorizing it to employ field men to inspect water supplies and watersheds, and to make, free of charge, sanitary examinations of water for citizens of Illinois. The survey has collected data concerning the most of the water supplies and sewerage systems, and many watersheds, making chemical and bacterio- logical examinations to demonstrate the sanitary condition of water supplies and streams, and to determine standards of purity for drink- ing waters. The survey advises municipal authorities how best to obtain and conserve an adequate supply of pure water for domestic and manufacturing purposes. In 1915 a small appropriation was made for the establishment and maintenance of a sewage-experiment station.
The survey is a division of the department of chemistry of the University of Illinois. Offices and special laboratories are equipped in the Chemistry Building for conducting the work.
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The Forty-fourth General Assembly passed an act-in force July 1, 1905-providing for the establishment at the University of Illinois of the State Geological Survey. It is under the control of a com- mission, of which the president of the University is an ex officio member and secretary. Governor Frank O. Lowden is chairman of the com- mission and Professor T. C. Chamberlin, vice-chairman. The director
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of the staff is Frank W. DeWolf and he is assisted by fourteen chemists and geologists, an engineering draftsman and a geographer in charge of the topographical surveys.
The purpose of the survey is primarily the study and exploration of the mineral resources of Illinois. Field parties are organized for the investigation of oil, clay, coal, stone, artesian water, cement materials, and road materials, and for general scientific investigations. The sur- vey is charged also with the duty of making a complete topographical and geological survey of the state. Topographical and geological sur- veys are now being carried on in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. These will lead to the publication of a series of bulletins and maps, eventually covering the entire state.
The Forty-fifth General Assembly further charged the commission with the duty of making surveys and studies of lands subject to over- flow, with a view to their reclamation. Work has been carried on in cooperation with the Rivers and Lakes Commission, the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Department of Agriculture, along the Sangamon, Kaskaskia, Big Muddy, Little Wabash, Embarrass, Spoon, Pecatonica, and Saline rivers. Reports have been issued on the Little Wabash, Kaskaskia, Spoon and Embarrass.
The laboratory work is done in connection with various department laboratories of the University. The equipment includes a working library, maps, and a growing collection, illustrating the geological and the economical resources of the state. Thirty-five bulletins, a mono- graph, and a large number of maps have been published. Many tem- porary assistants besides the regular corps are employed each summer.
Under an agreement between the State Geological Survey and the Engineering Experiment Station on the one hand, and the United States Bureau of Mines on the other, a branch station has been located at Urbana for a cooperative investigation of the Illinois coal mining indus- try. The Forty-seventh General Assembly made appropriations to carry on the work for two years, and the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Gen- eral Assemblies repeated the appropriations for equal periods.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN ACCOUNTANCY
By a law passed in 1903 the State University is made an examining board of applicants for certificates as certified public accountants. To carry out the provisions of the law the board of trustees have appointed a board of three examiners to prepare, conduct, and grade examinations, and a University committee to conduct the routine work. Under the
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law one examination must be held each year, in May, but examinations have been held also in November or December of each year in which there were a sufficient number of applicants. All the examinations thus far given have been held in the city of Chicago.
Applicants for the certificate of Certified Public Accountant are required to pass examinations in the theory of accounts, commercial law, auditing and practical accounting.
The Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants offers annually a gold medal and a silver medal to be awarded to the persons passing the C. P. A. examination with the highest total marking in all subjects and with the second highest total marking in all subjects respectively.
The chairman of the board of examiners is James Hall of Chicago, and the chairman of the University committee, Dean David Kinley.
INVESTIGATION OF ILLINOIS COAL PROBLEMS
The Engineering Experiment Station, through the department of mining engineering of the University of Illinois, the State Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of Mines (of which Van H. Man- ning is director) are cooperating in the investigation of some of the problems connected with the mining of coal in the State of Illinois, under authority granted by the Forty-seventh General Assembly. This cooperative work is constructive as well as statistical, based upon accu- rate data and taking account of all existing conditions, to enable the operators and miners of the state to produce coal more safely, more cheaply and with less waste. A staff of trained mining engineers, geolo- gists and chemists has been placed at the disposal of the coal industry of Illinois.
ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS
Fifteen units of high school, or other secondary school work, are required for entrance to the University, without special examination, and the high schools of Champaign County which cover the prescribed units are these: Champaign, Fisher, Homer Township, Rantoul, Tolono and Urbana.
UNIVERSITY HONORS
The expression is not uncommon, in speaking of a university alum- nus, "he graduated with honors." To the university student this means much; to the outsider it is often an undefined phrase. It is to the latter that an explanation is due, as applied to the University of Illinois,
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which gives public official recognition to such students as attain a high grade of scholarship in certain years and in special lines. Preliminary honors are assigned at the completion of the sophomore year on the basis of the average of the grades received during the freshman and sophomore years in all studies except military and physical training ; final honors on graduation, based on the scholarship attained during the junior and senior years. Special honors are awarded at the close of the senior year on special courses, and no student is eligible for them who has received a grade of less than eighty per cent in any subject. An acceptable thesis must be prepared on the subject, or group of allied subjects in which the honors are proposed. The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts "with honors" in a particular subject. The student must have completed the work offered for his major with an average of not less than ninety per cent, and that offered for his minor with an average of not less than eighty-five; a thesis is also required in his major subject. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in the college are eligible for final and special honors. Especially high schol- arship also brings freshmen honors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
PRIZES AND MEDALS
The university engages yearly in four intercollegiate debates, the teams being chosen by competition. The I. M. I. Debating League com- prises the universities of Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa; the Midwest, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin; the Northern Oratorical, Northwest- ern University, Oberlin College, and the state universities of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin ; and the Intercollegiate Peace Association offers cash prizes on the outcome of the orations delivered on some phase of the peace question. Through the generosity of Wil- liam B. McKinley, a gold watch is presented to every speaker who rep- resents the University of Illinois, either in debate or in oratory.
A medal valued at $20 and two medals of the value of $10 each are offered annually by the University to the high schools of the state for the best orations delivered in a competitive contest between their representatives. The Thacher Howland Guild Memorial prize of $25 is offered by the friends of the former instructor in English for the best one-act play produced by an undergraduate of the University ; the St. Patrick's Day prize of $50 for the best essay on a subject connected with ancient Irish literature, history, or archaeology; the William Jen- nings Bryan prize of $25 for the best essay on the science of govern-
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ment, and the B'nai B'rith prizes aggregating $50 for the most meri- torious essays on Jewish subjects.
The department of architecture, a division of the College of Engi- neering, offers a fellowship of $1,000 through Francis J. Plym, a Uni- versity graduate, the holder being required to spend a year in study and travel abroad; an annual prize of $50 is established by Joseph C. Llewellyn of Chicago for competition in architectural engineering ; medals are also offered by the American Institute of Architects and the Scarab Society, while the American Academy in Rome holds out its grand prize of three years' residence and travel abroad for the study of classic and renaissance architecture. The department of military sci- ence is awarded various medals as rewards for individual proficiency in marksmanship and drill-bronze medals open to teams of the infantry, artillery and signal corps which shall make the greatest number of points and the highest scores at target practice; a gold medal for the best drilled student, with a minimum annual grade, and the Hazelton prize medal, also for individual excellence in drill, with and without arms.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
The scholarships with which the University is identified include the following : Under a legislative law passed in 1905, each county of the state is awarded a scholarship limited to a successful candidate for entrance to the University, at least sixteen years of age, and covering the matriculation fee of $10 and the annual incidental fee of $24; also a scholarship carrying the same advantages and confined to each assem- bly district of the state; a like scholarship in ceramic engineering offered to each county in Illinois on the nomination of the Illinois Clay Work- ers' Association ; to each county in the state, except Cook and Lake, and to each of the first congressional districts, one scholarship to prospective students in the College of Agriculture, upon the recommendation of the executive committee of the Illinois Farmers' Institute, and one for can- didates for the household science department in either the College of Agriculture or the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, upon the rec- ommendation of the county domestic science associations, or for coun- ties and districts in which there are no such organizations, on the rec- ommendation of the Illinois Farmers' Institute; four free scholarships in music provided by Capt. Thomas J. Smith of Champaign, preferably to candidates from that county, and covering all expenses for a musical instruction during one year ; the Joseph T. Ryerson & Son scholarships (two) of the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association, each
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providing for an annual stipend of $300 to be paid to the beneficiary during his four years' engineering course at the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, or Purdue University (next examination for scholarships in June, 1919) ; students who attain the rank of com- missioned officers of the University Corps of Cadets are entitled to annual military scholarships equal in value to the University incidental fees for one year; eight scholarships in the College of Law open to students of the first and second years, four of $12 each and four of $6 each ; sum- mer session scholarships exempting all teachers in the state who are qualified to matriculate as University students from the payment of the regular tuition fee, and scholarships and fellowships for graduate students who are pursuing such special research work as is pursued at the engineering experiment station and in literature. Among the latter is the research fellowship in Gaelic.
Through its president, Hon. J. P. McGoorty, the Irish Fellow- ship Foundation of Chicago has offered the University the sum of $1,000 as an honorarium for the fellow, whose duty it will be to pursue research in Irish language and literature at the University of Illinois. An addi- tional sum of $200 was given for the traveling expenses of the appointee. To this fellowship the University appointed the Rev. Andrew O'Kelleher, formerly of the department of Celtic in the University of Liverpool. The fellow is now at the University and is pursuing his work. His researches will doubtless in time be gathered and published as a contribu- tion to scholarship in the field of Celtic language and literature.
LOAN FUNDS
In 1899, Edward Snyder, professor of the German language and lit- erature, emeritus, gave to the University $12,000 to be lent to worthy and scholarly students of the junior and senior classes and the Graduate School who need aid to complete their work. The loans range from $50 to $150 (to a junior) and $200 (to a senior, or graduate).
The fund of $100 established by the class of 1895 is open to mem- bers of the freshmen classes.
The Graduate Club, in 1907-08, founded a fund of $75 for graduate students.
In 1910, the Woman's League, of the University, gave $409.44, which is available for any woman matriculated in the University.
In September, 1912, William B. McKinley turned over to the Univer- sity notes aggregating more than $12,000, to be used as a loan fund for undergraduate men, with preference to upper class men.
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Gordon Strong of Chicago has offered $250, for 1916-17, to be loaned to self-supporting students of high scholastic attainments.
In 1915, President James established the Margaret Lange James Loan Fund, in memory of his wife. His original fund of $5,000 was supplemented by other gifts until the fund now amounts to $5,650. The loans are made to matriculated students, preferably women, who have resided at the University at least one year, have reached junior rank, and who have declared their intention to graduate.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WORK
Extension work has not been organized as a separate administrative unit in the University of Illinois. Several departments, however, have initiated activities, both on the campus and in the state at large, which serve to make some of the facilities of the University available to groups of mature persons who are engaged in various industries and professions.
AGRICULTURE
Each of the departments of the College of Agriculture does extension work and, so far as possible, provides special men for this purpose. In addition to this, a separate service known as Agricultural College Exten- sion, offers courses in the principles and methods of extension work, conducts extension enterprises that do not deal with technical subjects, and co-operates with the other departments in projecting their work in the state.
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