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Caption: Newspaper - The Independent and the Observer (Selections 1937)
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UIU W O I K OI Illiler Kdgar Hal )JI, to m e tvuionco evr show in;; President Willard ( mmeni I, "\ ho ng-h Jso inter- have with US tonight ;i. student Is pr< iilent Of the Indent Sen 1 in afcOIK'lOS WOIv and of Mil i \ high regard, i am proud of J ig r Center £l< \ 1 iti< i on the cam- Barton, He has an Intel st In mani and lfc"o f the bill 1 - kind, lte belie\ s In the ma: B or In h of thfl is working for the Independents on result. But the our campus Referring to the relationship beling house survey tween Illinois students and faculty ionnaires are be- members, President Willard said, L are expected to "Here a t the University of Illinois que.OS concern- there is the conception of a dual sitatmosphere for uation of every boy and girl on the )f landlady, bath- campus. Beyond the class room there ount of rent and is t h e informal situation in which we have extra-curricular activities. I n rear. nt s t a t e m e n t s by the class room we h a v e , the formal ve have reason to attitude between the professors and idministration in the students. As a result t h e stuthe bill." said dents have a formal situation t h a t I feel t h a t with surrounds their informal living conthe dormitor- ditions. cr Le an actuality in ' T h e students have no solution to ime. this problem. Dormitories a r e one solution, and I a m in favor of them. We have also a need for a student union building where students and faculty can meet in an informal attitude. Both Barton and I a r e moving in the direction of these two solutions, dormitories and a student center." President Willard confined his closing r e m a r k s to possibilities in improving rooming conditions of Independents a t the University. "The enrollment here is now 12,408. Dormitories where faculty and students live together would combine the formal and informal attitudes in living and studying conditions. We have 5,360 students who are not propriy houfl I. Ji is questionable whether the state will appropriate the Initial cost Of dormitories. 1 think that dormitories for freshmen would be a good thing M lx IVI ON * i Along with dormitories we ne« i a common meet in; place Of all 1 he s( lint i. i immunity i center.'*
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