Caption: Magazine - Illinois Magazine Selections #4 (1917)
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Th Mimois CHRISTMAS NUMBER Volume 9 azme Number 3 DECEMBKIt. L917 AN APPRECIATION OF DR. BURRILL ARTHUR H. GOTTSCHALK "Spend not the remnant of tin/ days in thoughts and fancies concerning other men, n it is not in relation to same common good, when by it thou art hindered 'rum sorm other better WOrk." —MARCUS AURELIUS VERY institution of higher learning can point to one salient figure through whose effort the institution was nursed through its stage of infancy and brought to the portal of greater usefulne J. The University of Illino' looks to the late Professor Thomas Jo ithan Burrill as the man through wh labor and integrity the present org ligation of the University is largely due. A :ting regent of the institution in L891, Dr. Burrill recommended and originated m; ny things which have proved to lie po- After completing the course of study at the Rockford, Illinois High School, T. J. Burrill entered the Illinois State Normal School at Normal, Illinois, from which he got his first degree. Although he never attended any other colleges, several other degrees were conferred upon him by other Universities in recognition of his work in the scientific field. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was given him by* the University of Chicago: Northwestern conferred the Doctor of Paws degree in 1893 while President -lames was at the head o( that institution. The University o\' [llinoi t Jal in insuring the successful future < f the school. Doctor Burrill's entire life was devoted primarily to education. He was horn on April 25, L838 a t Pittsfield, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , also conferred the honorary law degree, The University of Illinois first received the services of Dr. Pun-ill on April 20, L868, when he left his position as the supc r i n i e n d e n t of t h e U r h a n a High School to nd at a wry i rly age came to the west, become the instructor of Algebra at the
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