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Caption: Booklet - Handbook of Student Housing (1950)
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CHOOSING A STUDENT HOME W H A T ARE THE FIRST STEPS IN FOR A PLACE TO LIVE? ARRANGING Before you do anything about housing, you will need a permit to enroll in the University of Illinois. If you expect to enter as a new student, you should write to the Director of Admissions and Records for detailed information on entrance requirements and on the University in general. If you are transferring to the Champaign-Urbana campus from the Navy Pier Division, your transfer will be handled by the Examiner and Recorder at Navy Pier. Shortly after you write to the Director of Admissions, it would be a good idea for you to write to the Housing Division, asking for general housing information. Depending upon what the Division tells you, in their answer, you can decide whether or not you should make a trip to Champaign-Urbana. If you do decide to visit the campus, you should allow time for interviews with staff members of the Housing Division (108 Illini Hall, 725 South Wright Street, Champaign), who will give you whatever help you need in making final arrangements for housing. H O W CAN I BEST USE THE H O U S I N G D I V I S I O N SERVICES? to do when you arrive is to go to the Housing Division for a conference. During this conference you will get help in bringing your particular problem into focus, in getting specific recommendations, and in having some of your more difficult questions answered. After the interview, you'll probably begin looking at rooms, and a lot of questions about contracts, prices, approved standards, and the like may come up. If any of these questions are not answered to your satisfaction, get in touch with the Housing Division supervisors right away. Their job is to give you timely advice and information. W H O M SHOULD I WRITE ABOUT EACH TYPE OF H O U S I N G ? Write to the Housing Division, 108 Illini Hall, 725 South Wright St., Champaign, about: The University Residence Halls Private Homes for Single Students Housing for Married Students. Write to the Dean of Men, 152 Administration Building (W), Urbana, about Fraternities. Write to the Assistant Dean of Women, Panhellenic Adviser, 100 Bevier Hall, Urbana, about Sororities. W H A T FACTORS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED C H O O S I N G A PLACE TO LIVE? IN To use the services offered by the Housing Division to the best advantage, you should make your first inquiry about rooms by mail. If you want housing for the Fall Semester, write your letter sometime after April 1; for the Second Semester, write early in November; for the Summer Session, write in April. You'll receive an answer supplying you with general housing information. You can make these early contacts before you receive your permit to enter from the Director of Admissions, but you should never sign a room-rental or room-and-board agreement until you have your permit to enroll in the University. Look over the information sent to you, and study this Handbook. Then you may decide to visit the campus. The first thing 22 One of the first things you should consider in choosing a place to live is COST. The best way to figure what you can afford is to analyze carefully how much money you are going to receive and how much money you are going to spend over the entire school year, a period of approximately 8% months. This comparison will give you some, idea of what you will be able to afford for housing. While you are considering cost, you should keep in mind that some units furnish room only, while others furnish room and board. If you decide to live in a student home which furnishes room and board, you will have to make a further choice, because both services are furnished in three distinct types of 23
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