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INTRODUCTION

After receiving your permit to enter the University, your first concern is to locate a place to live. The cost of room and board is the largest item in your University budget and represents an investment which can pay large returns in efficiency as a student and a member of the University community. You will probably want to compare several types of residences before making a final selection, and it is advisable that you inspect the rooms personally rather than make reservations by mail. It is the purpose of this booklet to give general information about student housing, and to familiarize you with the types of residences available. The University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign is one of the world's largest student communities. It lies between and adjoining the two cities which have a total population of 37,000 persons. Approximately twothirds of the University students live in Champaign, the remainder in Urbana and nearby communities. In both Champaign and Urbana, the large majority of students reside in privately operated student homes, fraternities or sororities, and residence halls. Housing units vary in capacity from one to several hundred. As a student you cannot do your best work under unsatisfactory housing conditions. The Division of Student Housing was established by the University Board of Trustees to supervise standards of health, safety and comfort in residences for students. Approved student homes are supervised by a person recognized by the University, and responsible to it for making effective housing regulations and standards of the University and of local and state agencies. All unmarried undergraduates, both men and women, are required to live in University approved houses unless they are living with relatives or have special permission from the Division of Student Housing to reside elsewhere. Room rental agreements for the semester period are provided by the University in the interest of uniformity and sound business procedure, and are optional with both student tenants and housemothers. If an agreement is signed by both student and housemother, the Division of Student Housing will enforce the contract, and will assist in the settlement of damage claims. Fraternities and sororities, as a rule, do not use specific agreements, although residence in these houses implies the obligation to meet house bills and other charges. University rules provide that students should become acquainted with and observe University regulations governing them in their place of residence. University officers and housemothers are responsible for requiring observance of these regulations. Housing information may be secured from the Division of Student Housing, 102 Illini Hall, Urbana, Illinois. Men and women staff members are available for personal interviews from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. These offices are also open on Saturday afternoons and Sundays during the pre-registration period.

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Types of Residences for W o m e n Students

Five types of college homes are available for women students: University residence halls, cooperative type houses, privately-operated residence halls, approved student homes, and sororities. All of these student residences are supervised by approved chaperons. Undergraduate women students, not residing with parent, guardian, or near relative, are required to live in these houses unless they have permission from the Division of Student Housing to reside elsewhere. University Residence Halls are now under contract to the armed forces. Under ordinary circumstances they offer room and board for three hundred undergraduate women at rates from $350 to $400 an occupant for the academic year. They are located near the campus and afford cultured, comfortable college homes for women students.

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