Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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Patterns of Change Mr. Kenney E. William m, President of the Hoard of Trustee , lias asked me to submit a report on the state of the University. After four years, 1 am glad to do this, conscious of the fact that 1 un acting as spokesman for several thousand stall members and tens oi thousands o( students. The record is theirs, not mine. Even if the account seems long, it will barely touch upon tin main achievements of this great body devoted to learning, teaching, and public service. It is indeed a privilege to report on n nt events, to review major decisions, and to look briefly to the future. Few institutions o( higher education have experienced so much in so short a period of time — whether for better or worse, timi will tell. The Board is familiar with the patterns of growth at the 1 niversitj of Illinois. It has M t the policy and encouraged the moves, Step b) step, under the leadership o( Mr. Williamson and his pred( >rs. Mr. John R. I rnof and Mr. Park Livingston. The enrollmrn :uiin the four-year period, of more than 25,000 veterans brou !n a dramatic increase in the si. of the student bod) and signi nt chan es in its composition. These conditions called for new ff OH an impi l ntcd Si ale. < In I ( t\s > i ampuses were established through the combined efl its of University, State, and national authorities. Other rif-w pi ..ilt ilitics wei sorch needed and some have been contract Many new educational and service pi mis have b in established. Bci"p- aminii tin- fotu \eai record it ma) be helpful I ask Whal arc the aim md pur] ol the University? roward what . (! wr stii\ Mi- answers to th< questions will d inc th < Standi/'! I>\ • hi. h < han• m hi m< isured Vl\C\ will also assist in defining the of Ulinoi m which the I nivcrsity is relat I to th stati 7
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