Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1882 [PAGE 21]

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ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS. Princeton High School Lake "View High School Champaign, West, High School Decatur High School Champaign, East, High School TJrbana High School Oak Park High School Chicago South Division High School Chicago North Division High School Chicago West Division High School Hyde Park High School Marengo High School Kankakee High School Mattoon.^East Side. High School Springfield High School Monticello High School Warren High School Peru High School Peoria High School Galena High School Shelbyville High School Sycamore High School Rochelle High School Rossville High School. Bement High School Oakland High School Jacksonville High School: Danville High School Marshall High School Ottawa High School H. C. McDougall, Principal. A. F. Nightingale, M. Moore, J. N. Wilkinson, I. L. Betzer, J. W. Hayes, B. L. Dodge, Jeremiah Slocum, H. H. Belfleld, George P. Welles, " Leslie Lewis, Superintendent. C. J. Allen, Principal. F. M. Tracy, John T. Hall, F. R. Feitshans. H. T. Baker, D. E. Garver, Joseph Carter, Charles A. Smith, R. L. Barton, " Florence B. Webster, A. J. Blanchard, P. R. Walker, W. A. Chamberlain, I. N. Wade, Charles I. Parker, D. H. Harris, Superintendent. S. Y. Gillan, Principal. D. S. Kilborn, H. L. Boltwood,

EXAMINING SCHOOLS. The Trustees have authorized the Faculty to designate one or more High Schools in each county of the State, of sufficiently high grade and good reputation, whose certificates of examination, in the branches required of candidates for the University, may be received in lieu of the usual examination of the University. These must be Graded, or High Schools of good reputation, and of sufficiently extended course to prepare students for the University. The principal teachers of the schools selected will be authorized to prepare questions and conduct examinations of any of their students desirous of entering the University, but the papers must be sent to the Universisy for final decision.

EXAMINING SCHOOLS. Rockford, West, High School Sterling, 2d Ward High School Belvidere High School Lanark High School Belleville High School Dwight High School Macomb High School Rantoul High School Xewanee High School Areola High School W. W. Stetson, Principal Alfred Bayliss, H. J. Sherrill, F.T. Oldt, Henry Raab, Jesse Hubbard J. F. Gowdy, N. J. Betzer, E. C. Rossiter, T. 0. Clendenin,

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PREPARATORY WORK.

To meet an urgent demand, the Trustees consented to provide for teaching the preparatory studies lying between the work of the common school and that of the University. Candidates for these classes should not be less than fifteen years old. They must pass satisfactory examinations in Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar, and History of the United States. The •examination in these branches should be equal to that usually