Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870 [PAGE 41]

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Regent of the University, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction The examination will be held the first Friday in September, or at such time and place as the County Superintendent of Schools may appoint. Honorary scholars will be examined at the same time. Only a few of the counties have as yet provided for the prize scholarship, but it is hoped that a prize of greater or less amount will be provided in each county in which a worthy candidate shall be selected. STUDENTS' DORMITORIES AND BOARD. There are in the University building about sixty private rooms for students, which are rented to the students who first apply. Each room is designed for the accommodation of two students. These rooms are fourteen feet long and ten feet wide. They are without furniture, it being deemed best that the students shall furnish their own rooms. It is earnestly recommended, for health's sake, that each student have a separate bed. A study table, chairs and a small coal stove, may be provided in common by the-occupants of the room. Good private boarding houses are already springing up around the University, where either day board or board and rooms can be obtained, with the advantages of the family circle. A boarding club is maintained by the students in the University building at a cost of from $2 to $2 50 per weekSeveral students have provided themselves with meals in their rooms, at an expense varying from $1 to $1 50 per week. To avoid unnecessary litter about the grounds, coal is purchased by the University at wholesale, and furnished to students at cost. HOW TO ENTER THE UNIVERSITY. In answer to the questions often received, the following explicit directions are given to those wishing to enter the University : 1. You must be over 15 years of age and of good moral habits. If unknown to the faculty, you should bring a certificate of character. 2. You must possess a thorough knowledge of the common school branches, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography and History of the United States. You should be able to pass an examination in Algebra to quotations of the second degree, and in Natural Philosophy. The further advanced in study, the better you will be prepared to secure the full advantages of a residence at the University. Some of the departments require more preparation than others. 3. You should enter at the beginning of a term ; but you can enter at any other time if prepared to go forward with any of the classes. 4. If doubtful of your ability to enter the department you have selected, •write to the Regent, J. M. Gregory, Champaign, and state what branches you have studied, the progress you have made in each, and your wishes as to course and term of study. 5. If prepared, come on at once. You will find friends in the faculty to advise, and if necessary, to assist you.

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