Today in the History of the University of Illinois

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Today in the History of the University of Illinois

Welcome to the new "Today in the History of the University of Illinois" feature! This is an extremely experimental project to build a database of major events in the University's history, currently totaling more than 500,000. The current database below was compiled using software programs that identified all dates in the pages on this site and in its more than 70,000 pages of digitized historical material. Since all dates were 100% automatically identified, there may be errors, and many date references may refer to routine events. This is a work in progress, please contact University Archives with comments, questions, recommendations, etc. A total of 13 events are recorded for today.

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1855: ...ng a copy of joint resolutions introduced into the Oregon assembly by Mr. Bayley of " Tappan to Turner, April 6, 1854, Turner manuscripts, Springfield. " Bidwell to Turner, February 16, April 13, 1855, Turner manuscripts. ,90 History University of Illinois Yamhill asking that additional lands be appropriated, "in the establishment and endowment of an industrial university to be known as the 'Indus... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
1868: ...ay University opened, 1868 April 6, Mon., 4:10 P.M University Senate Meeting, Urbana April 9, Thurs., 12 M Easter recess begun, Urbana April 9, Thurs., 5 P.M Easter recess begun, Chicago April 13, Mon., 8 A.M Instruction resumed, Chicago April 14, Tues., 1 P.M.. . . . . .Instruction resumed, Urbana May 8, Fri., 10 A.M Honors Day Convocation, Urbana May, between 15 and 3 1 . . . .Hazleton prize dri... (Booklet - Your First Year the University (1935))
1868: ...wer tper, fresh from the engrosser's hand: ntai. the B 1 m iters relating to vour election as lhesi dent. It earli- t da is March 3, ISIJ.J, and it latest ,2g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, one April 13th of the same year, the last date being the one upon which you were elected to your high position. May it be long before that other date, which must inevitably be sometime added, is written by the stern h... (Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper))
1894: ...OLFE, M.S., Professor of Geology. 201 West Green Street, U. DONALD McINTOSH, V.S., Professor of Veterinary Science. 505 West Church Street, C. Andrew Sloan Draper, LL.D., elected Regent April 13, 1894. Will be present August 1, 1894. tU indicates Urbana; C, Champaign. JEvarts Boutelle Greene, Ph.D., appointed Assistant Professor of History, March 13, 1894. Will be present September, 1894. 7 ,o UNI... (Course Catalog - 1893-1894)
1894: ...lt that the important thing was to find the right man, no matter how much time it might require. Finally after three years of inquiry and discussion, the Board tendered the appointment, April 13, 1894, to Andrew Sloan Draper of New York. The title of Regent as .applied to the chief executive of a collegiate institution was found to be Alamni Quarterly, V. II, Oct., 1908, Makers of the Univ., by C.... (Book - Early History of University (1916))
1897: ...Grant Endowment Fund 11 On March 9, 1897, the Hoard of Trustees approved the report of the Finance Committee upon its examination of the report of Charles V. Spalding, Treasurer; but on April 13, 1897, it was discovered that the Treasurer had hypothecated 412,310 of the bonds belonging to the University endowment fund. Eventually four of the banks holding these bonds relinquished their claim to th... (Book - History of Illinois Land Grant Endowment)
1903: April 13 Tennis Club organized (Book - Early History of University (1916))
1907: April 13 James Park Slade, Trustee of the University from 1869-73, died at his home in East St. Louis (Book - Early History of University (1916))
1914: " April 13 Phi Beta Kappa initiation. R. R. Thomas elected editor and P . W. Freark business manager of Technograph (Book - Early History of University (1916))
1929: Bougher, April 13, 1929. Her address is 903 Locust Avenue, Fairmont, West Virginia. Lois Crouch, '25-'26, has resigned her position in the University of South Dakota and has returned to the School to study for her A.M. degr... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 13)
1937: y, April 13, 1937. Entered as second-class matter December 11, 1912, at the post office at Urbana, Illinois, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in sect... (UI Foundation Series - Need for Student Union (1937))
1938: ...after n, year." In May Miss Crawford joined the new publishing house, J JJ t0T Sloane Associates, as associate editor. A note about Miss C " . career, with her photograph, appears in the April 13 issue of Fubhsiict Weekly. Class of 1925 Alice L. Beach resigned her position as librarian of Friends Linyersity, Wichita, Kansas, last July, to join her father in Hutchinson, win sota. Her address is 548... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 38)
1956: ... OF LAW ALUMNI DINNER Champaign Country Club 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the College of Law Alumni Association in honor of retired and retiring members of the law faculty. FRIDAY, COLLOQUIUM APRIL 13, 1956 LAW AND SOCIETY Auditorium of the Law Building 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Morning Sen on. LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY The Honorable Charles . Wyzanski, Jr. Judge of the United States Distr... (Dedication - College of Education Dedication)