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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1884
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42 valuable knowledge of various departments of literature and science, of prominent authors, and the extent and scope of their writings. Of special value, as an incentive to, and the means of practice in, English composition, should be mentioned THE ILLINI, a semimonthly paper edited and published by the students of the several colleges, each of which is appropriately represented in its columns. A printing office has been provided in the Mechanical building, and is furnished with all requisite material. T H E LIBRARY. This is a general collection of books and papers for the use of all departments of the University. It contained September 1, 1882, thirteen thousand five hundred and ten volumes, an increase in two years, since the last report of the Trustees of the University, of one thousand and sixty volumes. There are also between two and three thousand pamphlets. The number of the latter varies, since the more valuable ones are bound from time to time. The library receives regularly, at present, eighty-seven periodical publications, divided as follows: Agricultural and Horticultural Engineering Scientific Literary and news 17 .18 27 25 The amount expended in the library has been fifteen hundred dollars a year, for the two years, being the State appropriation for the library. The fine Library hall is used as a reading room, from which, however, students are not allowed to take books, except by special permission. It is open five days in the week, from eight A. M. to five P. M., and Saturdays from two to five P. M. The use of the library is urged upon students in all the classes; and any person is welcome to consult the books, under the same conditions as are imposed upon students. GENERAL STUDIES. Mathematics, History, Philosophy and Logic are more or less included in all the courses of study in the University; they are as appropriately mentioned here as elsewrhere. PURE MATHEMATICS. The completion of this course requires two years of study. Advanced Geometry.—Applications of Algebra to Geometry; Transversals; Harmonic Proportions, etc. Trigonometry—Analytical and Plane. Eelations between the functions of an arc. Formation and use of tables; Solution of plane triangles. Analytical Geometry.— Construction of equations; Discussion, in a plane, of the point, right-line, circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola; Higher plane curves, cycloid, cissoid of Diodes, etc. Differential Calculus.—Differentials of algebraic and transcendental functions; Maclaurin's
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