Repository: UIHistories Project: Reference Folder - 1939 [PAGE 13]

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Sc :ol : : — E a c h spring an Honors day convocation is held to recog. nize the leading students. All leading national honorary organizations have c t PS at the Univei lty. Two national honor : y organizations to encoui e ^ high LOlarshlp among freshmen, Phi Eta Sigma for men, Alpha Lambda Delta for women, were founded at Illinois and nc have chapters throughout the nation. ecc pltion is ven annually to fraternities, sororities, and inde indent ^rou ranking high in scholarship. Military training--: 3 years of military ^raining are required of und te men exec t those specially ex .pted. The University s 3.O.T.O. rig ne of the largest in the nation. Present enrollment Is 3,988, /elusive of University bar. ,. Of thii nrollmenl, 563 men are in .e 0] ' nal "-wo-ye p advanced work 1 ding to a commission as second lieutenant in the . . my re rv . Units con in,* the Illinois .O.T.C. brigade ar Lnfant , cavalry, field rtillery, cca irtlllery, engineer , signal corps. >.el ; :^u~ •, .p rtunltl« : -- Lthourh the Univer Lty of 111) : ™[ | >ect , v . Lous religlour grou 3 have tabll i d Foundations or c h i / f ' jacent to bhe canpus. The church I un d Jrt In 1913 -hen the * y >undatlon • bli • Now 1 s i e nin Ligious Foun tlons n< r the University oa pus; t ' • • * Urban ~C al n J id, chief] by studenl • 'acu: y mer^ . A -0, . . . . building v edicated ln 1 » • The Y.W.C.A. also is a large building Jacent to the c

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