Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892 [PAGE 191]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Drill practice shall count 100 if every drill is attended and all duties well and faithfully performed. Absence, lack of promptness and attention, disobedience, improper uniform, etc., shall detract from this maximum standing. Any student falling below 75 fails to pass, and loses all credit for the entire term, and cannot proceed with other studies except by special permission of the Faculty. Standings in study and drill shall be placed on record, with other class credits. The entire course of study and drill as prescribed shall count as two full class credits of which the two terms of recitations and drill may count one and the four remaining terms of drill as the other. 3. Officers of the battalion shall be nominated by the professor in charge, and confirmed by the Faculty. All students having passed two term examinations in class room military instruction, and having gained two term credits in drill practice, shall be eligible for corporals; those having three term credits in each shall be eligible for sergeants; and those having six term credits in each shall be eligible for lieutenants and for officers of higher rank. Proficiency and capacity in the military department shall be the basis of promotion in the battalion; provided, t h a t any serious college censure shall disqualify in this respect. The professor of military science, with the approval of the Faculty, may relieve or dismiss any officer or non-commissioned officer, or appoint others than those specified above to positions in the University battalion when the good of the service may require it. 4. Special military scholarships shall be created, good for one year, to which shall be attached a money value of twenty-two and one half dollars. Students attaining the rank of commissioned officers shall be eligible for these scholarships, and one scholarship shall be awarded to each such officer serving in the battalion, one-third its value to be payable at the close of each University term. 5. During the spring term the Faculty shall appoint a committee, which shall examine candidates for nomination to the governor of the state, to receive commissions in the state militia. This examination shall be upon the theoretical studies pursued in the military classes, and the practical work taught at this University. Candidates for this examination^nust be members of the senior class in full standing at the time thereof; must have completed the course of military studies; must have served three terms as captains or lieutenants, and must be approved by the Faculty, as having good reputations as scholars, officers and gentlemen. 6. The uniform shall be of cadet gray with black cloth trimming; cut and form in accordance with United States regulations; members of the band to wear the usual trimmings. The commissioned officers shall wear the uniform of officers of same grade in the National Guards. All shall wear the University badge on the cap. Uniforms must be procured within one month after entering upon military duty. 7. A suitable number of students may be assigned by the professor of military science to be musicians, and every full term of such service as musicians shall count for one term of drill. The band instruments belonging to the University are for use in practice, drill, and other college exercises; they may be used for other purposes only by special permission. Members of the band shall receipt for their instruments and be liable for any damages. At the close of each spring term the instruments shall be turned over to the Business Agent and receipts taken up.

GYMNASIUM.

1. The gymnasium will be open at such times as the Faculty may direct.