Today in the History of the University of Illinois

• 1915: By June 30, 1915, the total valuation of the Chemistry Laboratory had reached 541,970.65, with 32,095.08 in major laboratory equipment, 23,000 in chemicals and small laboratory equipment, 1,241.95 in office equipment... (Chemistry)
• 1940: ...rting, under systems approved by the Business Office. The recommendations were approved on the motion of Mrs. Grigsby. ftnref1 1 Campus Planning Map November 1937 ftnref2 2 Balance dated June 30, 1940 ftnref3 3 Board of Trustees Proceedings - July 17, 1940 ftnref4 4 Board of Trustees Proceedings - January 26, 1944 ftnref5 5 Board of Trustees Proceedings - July 17, 1940 ftnref6 6 Clark Hall corners... (Fourth Street Residence Halls / Men's Residence Halls)
• 1940: ...er recommended that the money be placed towards the construction of the Men's Residence Halls. ftn3 3 On May 28, 1940, the Trustees directed that beginning with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1940, the surplus was to be appropriated over two years, which ended up totaling 60,806.93 and on July 17, 1940 the Trustees appropriated 50,000 of it towards the construction. ftn4 4 It was determined th... (Fourth Street Residence Halls / Men's Residence Halls)

• 1860: ...price of the lots at an average of 200 per lot was exorbitant but as shares in the seminary building were included it was considered not so bad. This is shown in three deeds, two made on June 30, 1860 and the third of August 17, 1860, purchased from William H. Romine James S. Wright, and the Busoy heirs. ,Jonathan C. Stoughton 1820-1900 was a native of New England who, through early choice of the ... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1860: ...F. Columbia, John H. Thomas and James S. Wright of the county of Champaign, Illinois.89 "Central Illinois Gazette, Juno 20-27, I860. "Chicago Weekly Times, June 27, 1860. Urbana Clarion, June 30, 1860 confirms this by saying that a project was under consideration to have the state agricultural college occupy the building. "The contract is printed in full, below p. 458. ,200 History University of I... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1890: ...act of 1862. In 1890 a second Morrill Act was passed by Congress, by which there was appropriated for the support of each of the land-grant colleges the sum of 15,000 for the year ending June 30, 1890, and in each succeeding year a sum larger by 1000 than the amount of the preceding year until the amount should reach 25,000 a year. Thereafter 25,000 was to be paid annually. The sum of 25,000 has b... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1893: ...gs and grounds, of which Messrs. Bullard, Morgan, and Morrison were the members, to secure plans for the new building, and two days later the committee called for designs, to be presented June 30th, restricting the call, in compliance with a request made by alumni of the University, to graduates from the course in architecture. F o u r premiums were offered, one of 500, one of 300, one of 200, and... (Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper))
• 1906: ...s Act, approved March 16, 1906, provided for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations. Under its provisions the University received 5000 for the year ending June 30, 1906, and for each of the next five years an increase of 2000 over the amount of the preceding year. Since 1911 the University has received under this Act 15,000 annually. In 1907 Congress provided for th... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1908: ...00 annually. In 1907 Congress provided for the more complete endowment and maintenance of the agricultural colleges by appropriating for their support the sum of 5000 for the year ending June 30, 1908, and for each succeeding year for four years a sum larger by 5000 than the amount of the preceding year. Thereafter 25,000 was to be paid annually under the provisions of this law known as the Nelson... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1912: ...ment and pay Mio expenses, with the approval of the legislature, out of the general funds appropriated t. the University. The University of Illinois discontinued its medical department on June 30,1912, I MH use it could no longer lease the property of the college of Physicians and Surgeons, find the continuance of medical teaching under the name of the College of Physicians mid Surgeons of Chicago... (Book - History of University of Illinois at Chicago (1921))
• 1912: ...The Trustees voted to close their medical and dental work conducted in the city of Chicago in the plant owned by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, on the expiration of the lease on June 30, 1912. April 12 Professor Wilhelm Paskowski of the University of Berlin delivered a series of lectures at the University on The German Theater and Drama. April 30 Following a petition of the Pan-Hellenic C... (Book - Early History of University (1916))
• 1912: ...e improvement and reorganization in the past few years. Because of failure to receive appropriations for the operation of its medical department, the University was compelled to close it June 30, 1912. The College of Physicians and Surgeons again opened a school on the same site. This caused such consternation among medical alumni and friends of medical education in Illinois that they proceeded to... (Book - Early History of University (1916))
• 1912: ...ized by the University as a department of the College of Medicine.6 In 1905 the School of Dentistry became a separate college. The Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry were discontinued on June 30, 1912, but were reopened in 1913 in February and October respectively. In 1897 the School of Library Economy which had been established in 1893 at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago was transfer... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1913: ...They have also authorized me to continue the appointment of all members of the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons as members of the University faculty until the same date, June 30, 1913. Due notice will be sent to each person so appointed. I am also authorized to conduct the medical school upon the basis of the budget authorized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons for the pres... (Dedication - Chicago Medical Center Reopening)
• 1913: ...ool of the University of Illinois. The trustees have authorized me to accept the employes of the College of Physicians and Surgeons as University employes in the medical department until June 30, 1913. They have also authorized me to continue the appointment of all members of the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons as members of the University faculty until the same date, June 30, 19... (Dedication - Chicago Medical Center Reopening)
• 1914: ...es Grant in Grant In Actually unsold Scrip on Land received 6 30 14 240,000 150,000 Acres unlocated on 6 30 14 Capital of t h e Bund Total sale price of l a n d or scrip Total capital on June 30, 1914 Amount invested at less than 5 Invested funds est on deferred payments Income ft from inter- from inter from other est en Remarks TOTAL yearly income 20,280.001 In what w a y i s t h e state i n defa... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1915: ...owing estimate of the present valuation of the entire plant of the department the items relating to the old building and the stock are taken from the report of the university comptroller June 30, 1915, and the data concerning the new building were supplied by the office of the supervising architect April 25, 1916: Chemistry building old portion Laboratory apparatus Office equipment ' Furniture Sma... (Dedication - New Chemistry Building)
• 1917: ...eventy-five in number that are being sold to as m "i a fifteen different university laboratories, to the Bureau of Chemistr W hington. and to large distributing h and mmcivial firms, ince June 30. thr : aditional ambulance units, one hundred d men in all, recruited from Uinois lumni and students, have left th 'nivei ity for Allentown, Pa. t go into an army ti ng np prior to tl ir departun for "Som... (Booklet - UI Response to WWI (1917))
• 1918: , June 30, 1918, p. 64 ,60 Sixteen Tears at the University of Illinois thence E 80 rods, thence N on the half section line to the place of beginning, containing 53-13 20 acres, more or less, the same being so much o... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1918: ... people killed in railway accidents annually would be killed anyway. It is a remarkable fact that if there hadnot been a single accident to a train in the United States in the year ended June 30, 1918, niaety-two percent of all the people who were killed on our steam railways would have been killed anyway. That means that for every person kijbled in a train accident there are over 12 killed in oth... (Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses)
• 1918: ...y 23, 1917, provides for the promotion of vocational education and the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects. By this act the Federal Government appropriated for the year ending June 30, 1918, the sum of 500,000 and for each succeeding year up to and including that ending June 30, 1925, a sum exceeding by 250,000 the appropriation of the next preceding year. Beginning July 1, 1925, the su... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1918: ...s enrolled in all about 120 students, the majority of whom promptly enlisted in the Federal service after completing this work.47 The most extensive military instruction undertaken up to June 30, 1918, was that given in the School of Military Aeronautics, the organization of which was authorized by the Board of Trustees on May 1, 1917. The University had already begun work in this field, having es... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1918: ...t amount. The result has been a rapid in crease in the size of the Library. Numbering 70,000 volumes in 1904, in 1918 this has been increased fivefold; to be exact, to 387.999 volumes on June 30, 1918. The sums actually ex- ,100 Sixtwi Ytors ai tkt University of Illinois ponded for books during tho last six years have boon approximately as follows: 1918-18, ... . 40,000 1918 14 00,000 1914-16 58,0... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1918: ... in substantial additions to the number of volumes owned, is indicated by the fact that whereas there were but 66,239 books on the shelves of the Library in 1904, the number had risen by June 30, 1918, to 387,999 volumes,2 an increase of over 485 per cent for the fourteen year period. A very complete account of the development of the Library during this period is given in the following statement b... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1919: ... Colleges, Agriculture shows the most remarkable increase, having furniture 'Department of Economics only 'Includes equipment loaned by U. S. Government valued at 10112.65. 'The total on June 30, 1919, was 2,402,108.64 ,Buildings and Equipment 99 and fixtures valued at 48,971.27 in 1918 as against only 77.80 in 1904. The total value of departmental equipment, exclusive of departmental furniture an... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1920: On June 30, 1920, the University possessed land amounting to 1,959.45 acres and having a value, on the basis of its original cost, of 987,437.29. The actual value at that date was, of course, much greater. 8CMMARY O ... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1923: ... last preceding United States census, on the condition that the allotment of funds to any state shall not be less than a minimum of 5,000 for anyfiscalyear up to and including that ending June 30,1923, nor less than 10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter, and that for each Federal dollar so expended for the maintenance of such vocational training, the State or local community or both shall expend a... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1925: ...of vocational subjects. By this act the Federal Government appropriated for the year ending June 30, 1918, the sum of 500,000 and for each succeeding year up to and including that ending June 30, 1925, a sum exceeding by 250,000 the appropriation of the next preceding year. Beginning July 1, 1925, the sum is to be fixed at 3,000,000 per annum. These appropriations will be allotted to each state in... (Book - 16 Years (Edmund James))
• 1925: ... will be Hotel Chelsea, Los Angeles. Returning to U r b a n a late in July she expects a visit from Emma Rhoads ickolay. Bessie E. Stover, '06-'07, is retiring from active library work on June 30th. Early in May the staff at the University of Iowa gave a beautiful afternoon party for her at the University Club. Besides the catalog department, the older m e m b e r s of the staff who have known her... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 24)
• 1927: ...tate College for Women at Denton. Lucy R. Foote, '26-'27, has been appointed head cataloger of the State University of Louisiana Library at Baton Rouge. Frances Simpson, '03, will sail on June 30th on the S. S. Lituania, Baltic American Line. She will be a member of Dr. Koch's Bibliographical Tour. Nell Young, '27-'28, withdrew from the school in December and recentlv has been married to Mr. Alber... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 11)
• 1934: ...andivcr, s.s. '25, is no longer in library work but is now .Irs. Summers. Mr. and Mrs. Summers are living at Andrews North rcn C rolina. ' Kitchel Florence Adkins, 1924-25, was married on June 30 1934 a t Grinnell, Iowa, to Mr. Oliver Ottis Hawk. Mrs. Hawk was formerly employed in the Public Library at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Vivian G. Reynolds Boughter, 1924-25, is attending Columbia University Schoo... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 21)
• 1934: ...lic Library, Evansville, Indiana nH was recently married to Mr. Howard McMurtry. They are makinI'thlZ M P at Oakland City, Indiana. making their home Ehse Gathings, B.S. '30, was married June 30, 1934 to Mr. Franklin Duane Robinson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are at' home i King' n Mansion Apartments, Jamaica, New York. Lucy C. Hart, B.S. '30, has just notified the Library School Off ,Alumni News L... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 21)
• 1937: ...ial stadium was dedicated in 1923 to the former students i lost their lives as a result of the World war. It is a 2,000,000 gift of the umni and seats approxima The university had, as at June 30, 1937, endowment funds totaling 1,115,745. The recently organized University of Illinois Alumni Foundation is ngaged in encouraging gifts for the university's use. 11. ILLINOIS CAMPUS HAS 90 FRATERNITIES '... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1937: ...more than 3,775. To study all of the courses offered by the University of Illinois uld take one individual at least 150 years ,U i i v . of 1 m I p fl L PLANT VALUED AT 30,703,991 as a t June 30, 1937 . , 10 . . 46 a c r e s ill Urbana, Chicago, and Experimental farms throughout s t a t e .... 1 64 008 Buildings BO major, 34 minor, 26 houses ttK .ompleted b u i l d i n g s Othe improvements, l i g... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1939: ...: land and building in Chicago for the departments t h e r e , ai ex rlmental lands cf the College of A g r i c u l t u r e nlch are located In r parts of the s t a t e . t a i l s as of June 30, 1939 a r e : 1,6 fc8,811 Land, 2,318 acre , Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, e t c . Buildin , 77 major, 35 minor,23 houses 1 7,369 leted b u i l d i n g s 1,616,179 p 1 movements, l i m i t s , sidewalks, m :c... (Reference Folder - 1939)
• 1941: ... was advised by the Chief Clerk aforesaid t h a t the same rule would be applied in the case of vouchers drawn in favor of petitioner Hodges Pet., pp. 26, 27 i ; 8. That the Board, as of June 30, 1941, held and administered in t r u s t as trustee loan funds aggregating approximately 359,000; t h a t on the same date and in the same capacity it held and administered endowment and t r u s t funds f... (Booklet - UI Charter of Freedom (1942))
• 1942: ... his position as reference librarian of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, to teach at the 90th Army Air Forces College Training Detachment from December 1942 until June 30 of this year, when the unit was dissolved. Kathleen Irish, B.S 41, has been made head of the book cataloging sec ii i of the Army Map Service Library. She is studying Russian at Georgetown Universitv. 'er... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35)
• 1942: ...a cost of 239,636. Razed in 1939. COLLEGE OF PH1RMACY B I l L D i l G S Chicago ,S T A T E M E N T OF COSTS OF N E W BUILDINGS AND E Q U I P M E N T BY SOURCES OF FUNDS. JULY 1, 1933, TO JUNE 30, 1942 Total State Tax Revenues University Income Fund United States Grants Loans Gifts from Private Sources Metallurgical Laboratory Addition ... 49 998 49 Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy Building, Second... (Book - Building Program 1934-1942)
• 1943: ...ifred Knapp writes that she retired from her position as th KCatalog Department of Harvard Graduate School of Business f uuug department of Harvard Graduate School ot DUN . ministration, June 30, 1943. On August 1 she began her new work as general assistant in the MilHcent Library of Fairhaven. Massachusetts. d.lress there is 14 William Street. Vera J. Snook. M.A.'IJ. i s pictured, with the Little... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 33)
• 1944: ...ROLL OF NEW LIFE MEMBERS CliARI.KS J. BOORKMAN, FRANCES KENNEDY, CORA CASE PORTER ,Alumni News Litter Cr RSITY OF I L L I N O I S LIBRARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REPORT July 1, 1943-June 30, 1944 e brought forward Annual memberships Life memberships Interest Repayment on loans Gifts to Association 37874 198.00 65.00 44.71 304.50 13.00 3.00 30.00 94.50 4.76 Jarge er oom enr 0 f t l toSM ne Lib... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35)
• 1944: ...ibrary School p U N D K A T H A R I N E L. S H A R P S C H O L A R S H I P Financial report of the Trustees of the Katharine L. Sharp Srh,i l S c h r fllllcIi covmn. the year July 1, 1943-June 30 1944: During tlif period an addition of only 30 wag made to the princina sum. Harnings on investments during the year were 339.04. The only change during the year in the investment of Association fund t h... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35)
• 1944: ...ILLINOIS LIBRARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Abridged financial report for the Trustees of the Katharine L. Sharp . Scholarship Fund as of June 18, 1945 Transactions since the last annual report, June 30, 1944: Rectipts Interest collections from investments 317.44 Additions to principal fund received 7000 387.44 Disbursements To University of Illinois for eleventh annual scholarship July 10, 1944, for use ... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 37)
• 1945: Approved June 30, 1945. L. 1945, p. 1753; title as amended by Act approved July 21, 1947. Said bonds will be callable on 30 days' notice on any interest d a t e at the following dates a n d prices: Noncallable to F e b r u... (Book - Housing Bond Issue of 1952)
• 1946: ... ; i I T. : r i 2 '" 00 '- vi I w - 00 I'' ' - 21Z " 2 ,UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Combined Statement of Income and E xpense BUSEY-EVANS and M E N S RESIDENCE HALLS for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 1946 TOTAL INCOME EXPENSES 1947 1948 1949 1950 617,9 1951 6 396,961 630,216 627,976 Ope . I V es R od . . upplies I'ti Laundry Insurance M llaneous Genera '1 al O p itions Administration Student Service :... (Book - Housing Bond Issue of 1952)
• 1948: ... 3J 325 rties held by U. of 111. Foundation 2-ii tal investment in plant in use by University ;i, -:5 , ; Less indebtedness on properties held by Foundation 242, Net investment in plant, June 30, 1948 61,615,161 I N buildings and their estimated cost Dec. 1, 1948 NEW BUILDi:."';.: including equipment: At Urbana-Champaign-C emistry and Chemical Engineering, ready Sept., 1949.... 3,402,000 Electrica... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1948: ...48 approximately 1 for ever 5 r ruction they received. lllnols citizens paid In taxes ..73 cents per p son in the 1 j nr r r op it Ion of the University. M ,Page 3 l a n t and equipment, June 30, 1948 rLAHT r La ,131 a o r e s , i n c l u d i n g l , 9 8 - a c r e farm a t UrbanaCharr . a c r e s In o t h e r farms, 771-acre a i r a: : . l e r t o n Park, 1,744 a c r e r 3,252,114 J g 32 major. S8... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1948: ...e r s i t y was a p p r o p r i a t e d 74,440,972 for 1947-49Handling t h e s e funds i s under d i r e c t i o n of Lloyd Moray, c o m p t r o l l e r . Income. f i s c a l year ending June 30, 1948 Stare a p p r o p r i a t i o n s from tax revenues 2 2 , 5 5 1 , 35 " . 5 F e d e r a l funds f o r t e a c h i n g , r e s e a r c h , e x t e n s i o n . . 3,162.302 9-5 Student fe-s 5,686,337 17-... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1949: ... current expenditures, 1948-49 40,392,636 lncludes 428,565 for books and supplies paid by U.S. Veterans Administration under "G.I. Bill." By campuses, the expenditures In the year ending June 30, 1949, were: Urbana-Champaign, including statewide extension and experiment fields ..,... 27,019,702 68.7 Chicago professional units . 7,546,524 19.2 Chicago Undergraduate Division 3,108,881 7 9 Galesburg ... (Reference Folder - 1949)
• 1949: ...ds and from its own income, the University was appropriated 85,218,856 for the blennium. Handling these funds is under direction of Lloyd Morey, comptroller. ,Page 8 Plant and equipment, June 30, 1949 PLANT Land, 5 532 acres including 1,698-acre farm at UrbanaChampaign, 711 acres in other farms, 771-acre airport, and Robert Allerton Park, 1,744 acres... .. ..... 3,420,725 Buildings, 84 major, 72 m... (Reference Folder - 1949)
• 1949: The June 30, 1949 report shows 2,802,178 items in its collections. This includes books, 2,283,501; pamphlets, 455,083; films, 1,519; manuscripts, 4,136; music scores and parts, 22,958; maps, 27,512; prints, broadsides... (Reference Folder - 1949)
• 1950: ...s earned by students of the University of Illinois during its 82 years have been granted in the last four years. The grand total is 105,959 21,868 being awarded between July 1, 1946, and June 30, 1950. The 4,720 graduate degrees given during the same period represent one-fourth of all the University's advanced degrees. In June, 1950, the number of graduate students 4,162 exceeded the total enrollm... (Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950))
• 1951: ...he principal support of the University STATE APPROPRIATION, 1949-51 comes from state tax revenues. The tax " " " ", "" " " sum for the two-year state appropriation period July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1951, is 52,271,742. Also appropriated to the University are its own receipts from student fees and other sources, but not to exceed 15,000,000 for the two years, such appropriation of income is necessary... (Reference Folder - 1949)
• 1955: ....... housing, union buildings, bookstores, etc 6,086,039 Gilts and endowment income for scholarships,etc.. 320,916 Grand total current income 55,246,9. 0 EXPENDITURES, fiscal year ending June 30, 1955 Instruction and departmental research 16,040,556 Organized activities of educational depts 4,494,031 Organized research experiment stations, etc .... 10,327,684 Statewide extension and services 5,816... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1955: ...niversity contains more books and other materials than that of any other state university; is third among ; 11 Amrioan universities, exceeded only by Harvard and Yale. Its i collections, June 30, 1955, total 3,551,292 items. Included are 2,808,557 volumes, 422,976 pamphlets, 10,700 films, 4,267 manuscripts, 12,688 music scores and parts, 173,101 maps, 6,705 prints and broadsides, 2,218 sound recor... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1955: ...ipp i Children Division 40,47 956 The division Is a Statewide service with headquarters in Springfield, operating with the Chicago Prol lonul unit ,i age 7 IjV W E , t i soil year ending June 30, 1955 State appropriation from tax revenues 34,233,242 1 .2 nit oil States grant 2,178,960 4.5 Stu ant f 3,092,186 6.3 Private gifts, grants, contracts incl U.S. 7,079,266 14.5; Sales and services of educa... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1956: ...ty farm and home advisers. For new buildings, the Legislature appropriated 0,055,000. All told, the University was appropriated 97,021,400 for 1955-57. lor operations of the July 1, 1955-June 30, 1956 year, the University h if budgeted 1,021,478. This includes nearly half f th 4m approprlat i by the Legislature for this purpo.se f the b nnium, plus mom; in research contract , deral f" oj , and aux... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1957: ...392,559 APPROPRIATIONS to the University are made by the state General assembly on a biennial two-year basis. The principal support comes from state tax revenues. For the July 1, 1955 to June 30, 1957, biennium, this is 74,277,600. Also appropriated is 9,830,000 from student fees and other income, by law deposited in the state treasury. This makes the total biennial appropriation for educational a... (Reference Folder - 1955)
• 1958: ... and other materials than that of any other state university, is third among all American universities exceeded only by Harvard and Yale , fifth among all American libraries Collections, June 30, 1958, totaled 3,865,,9 1 items. Included are 3 12 ,882 volumes, 12,55 pamphlets, 15 3 2 films, 6,480 microcards, 5 7 o manuscripts, 50,366 music scores'and parts, 195 113 maps, 33,351 aerial photographs, ... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1958: ...pled Children Division 1 1,51 ,610 The Division is a statewide service with headquarters in Springfield operating with the Chicago Professional units. ,Page 8 IHCOffi, fiscal year ending June 30, 1958 Student fees including from U. S. Gov't. . . . State appropriations from tax revenues United States Government grants Gifts, Grants, contracts inc. U.S. contracts Sales and services of educational de... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1958: ...8 2.191 . . . . . . 161,6 2,966 Does not include 6,069 acres held as assets of endowment funds. In addition, University leases 555,000 square feet on Navy Pier. BY LOCATION plant in use, June 30, 1958 Urbana-Champaign and statewide activities 120,128,356 Chicago, including Crippled Children Division 1 1,51 ,610 The Division is a statewide service with headquarters in Springfield operating with the... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1958: ...cademic, 5 315 nonacademic. The non-salaries staff includes military, cooperating high school, clinical, and affiliated nursing staffs, and is not included in totals PLANT and equipment, June 30, 1958 Land, 5,898 acres Buildings, 116 major, 626 other Uncompleted buildings. . . . . . Improvements--service lines, etc Movable equipment including library Properties held by U. of I. Foundation . . . . ... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1959: ... Research. For new buildings, the Legislature appropriated 1 ,275,000. All told, the University was appropriated 118,957,280 for the 1957-59 biennium. For operations of the July 1, 1958 -June 30, 1959 year, the University budgeted 77,0 3, 86. This includes approximately half of the sum appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose during the Biennium, plus money from research contracts, federal... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1959: ...081,332 APPROPRIATIONS to the University are made by the state General Assembly on a biennial two-year basis. The principal support comes from state tax revenues. For the July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1959, biennium, this is 91, 57,000. Also appropriated is 12,000,000 from student fees and other income, by law deposited in the state treasury. This makes the total biennial appropriation for educational ... (Reference Folder - 1958)
• 1963: ...supply of engineering graduates can be allayed by the statistics on the present employment situation as reflected in the fact that in 1963 there were 50,000 engineering graduates, and by June 30, 1963, all but 1.87 were committed to a job or were going to go to graduate school. Of practical interest to us is the statistic that 717, of the women and only 187, of the men were planning on graduate sc... (SWE - Proceedings of the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists )
• 1963: ...h University are reported. Teal's results are always viewed with interest and respect. His findings of interest here, based on a national sample of over 50,000 graduates, show that as of June 30, 1963, all but 1.8 of engineering graduates were committed either to a job or to graduate school. Among engineering graduates 71 of the women and 187o of the men were expecting to enroll in graduate school... (SWE - Proceedings of the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists )
• 1964: ...more books and materials than that of any other state university, is third among all American universities exceeded by Harvard and Yale , fifth among all American libraries. Collections, June 30, 1964, total 15,111,930 items. Included are 3,747,871 volumes, also pamphlets, prints, films, microtexts, manuscripts, music scores, maps, aerial photographs, broadsides, and sound recordings. In main and ... (Reference Folder - 1965)