Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - Status of University [PAGE 11]

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meat The lowest of the three lines, giving the relative value of total operating expenditures, makes allowance for the lower purchasing power of money. It is evident thai the enrolment of students—to say nothing of the increase in other activities imposed upon the University—rises far more rapidly than the increase in available money for expenses. The group of lines marked " C " shows the course of salaries. The lower line makes allowance for the decrease in the purchasing power of money. On page 12 is a diagram showing the increase in the size of classes in certain departments. The overcrowding needs no comment. If there is anything about the University of Illinois that you want to know that this leaflet does not tell you, write a letter to the Acting President of the University.