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UNIVERSITY OF JLLINOIS.

[Oct. 31,

THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

To the Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—Since the absorption of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago by the University, the number of students attending that institution has increased from 308 to 510. The comparative thoroughness of its curriculum is set forth in the recently issued decennial report of the Minnesota State Board of Examiners. In Minnesota all applicants for license to practice medicine are required to pass the examination of the State Board, no matter how many diplomas they have. Of the graduates of the School of Medicine of the University of Illinois who have taken this examination, fifteen per cent have failed; whereas, twenty-two per cent of the graduates of the Northwestern University Medical School and thirty and one-halt: of the graduates of the Rush Medical College, subjected to the same ordeal, failed. Our School of Medicine includes a well organized and well sustained Medical Society, under the control of students, which meets bi-weekly, and has an average attendance of forty. The Quine Library now contains 2,500 standard medical treatises and a wealth of periodical medical literature. It is believed to be the most active medical library in Chicago, the average daily attendance being 85. Co-education in medicine, a problem that was regarded with much anxiety by the medical faculty, has proved a gratifying success. There are now thirty ladies in the classes and they sustain themselves-very creditably in every department of work. Separate parlor and dressing rooms are provided for them and they are treated with every consideration by the young gentlemen of the school. They have just organized a Creek letter society. The College Gymnasium is, as yet, somewhat primitive as to quarters and equipment, but it is none the less appreciated and used by the students of both sexes. It is the only medical school gymnasium in Chicago. Bath rooms are connected with it. The Y. M. C. A. parlors in the school are comfortable and commodious and not equaled by any like institution in the Mississippi Valley. The College Museum is growing vigorously and the equipment of the school is rapidly enlarging in every direction. The enthusiasm of students and harmonious cooperation of teachers make a cheering prophecy of the future of the school. A little more than one-third of the students have degrees on admission, and the number of these has noticeably increased of late years. It is expected that arrangements will be made before the opening of another session, whereby the entrance requirements of the School of Medicine will be exactly the same as those of other departments of the University, and students may obtain a degree in science and a degree in medicine, on six years of work—three of which shall be done in Urbana and three in Chicago. The Football Team is the champion medical team of this section of the country. The College Glee and Mandolin Club recently organized, is in the throes of preparation for its -first public performance in Studebaker Hall, February 15th, proximo. For competitive examinations, for hospital appointments, participated in by the students *of all the medical colleges of Chicago, the students of the School of Medicine of the University of Illinois may be confidently depended on to sustain the credit of their alma mater. Respectfully submitted,

W. E. QUINE, Dean.