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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1873
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18 the scrip was sold or located, necessary alterations were made in the buildings, apparatus and library were purchased, a faculty partly selected, and preparations made for active work. On March 2d, 1868, the University was opened for students, and on the 11th formal inauguration exercises were held. In the Autumn of 1871 the University was opened for the instruction of female students, and now it offers its advantages to all classes of society, without regard to sex, sect or condition. LOCATION. The University is situated in the city of Urbana, adjoining the limits of the city of Champaign, in Champaign county, Illinois. I t is 128 miles from Chicago, on the Illinois Central Eailroad. The Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Eailway passes near the grounds. The county is one of the most beautiful prairie regions in the West. The two contiguous cities, constituting really only one community, have together a population of nearly 10,000, well supplied with churches and schools, and affording boarding facilities for a large body of students. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. The domain occupied by the University, (see map of the grounds on opposite page), embraces about 623 acres, including stock farm, experimental farm, orchards, gardens, nurseries, forest plantations, arboretum, botanic garden, ornamental grounds and military parade ground. The old University Building, (A,) now occupied partly by class rooms, library and laboratory, contains some seventy dormitories for students. It is 125 feet in length and five stories in hight, with a wing of 40 by 80 feet, four stories in hight. This building was donated by the county. The New University Building, (see E ; ) is one of the most spacious and convenient to be found on this continent. It is 214 feet in length, with a depth on the wings of 122 feet. It is designed wholly for public use. The library' wing is fire-proof and contains \ five large halls, devoted to the PlanIof New Building. library and various cabinets and museums. The chapel wing affords a large physical laboratory and lecture room, and spacious draughting rooms. In the main part are thirty class rooms of good size, and also cloak and washjooms for bothte sexes, store rooms, and several large
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