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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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196 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. SUMMARY OF STUDENTS, DECEMBER 12, 1893. Preparatory University and preparatory School. school. TOTAL. University. TOTAL ' COURSES AND CLASSES. Agriculture, men Mechanical engineering, men Electrical engineering, men Civil engineering, men Mining engineering, men Municipal and sanitary engineering, men 64 113 84 2 Architecture {Xen.'.:::::::::: Architectural engineering, men .. Chemistry, men Pharmacy, men Naturalhistory j £ » — ; ; ; ; ; ; ;; Art and design-j ™ £ - ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Music, women Physical culture, woman English and mod- j men era languages, (women 161 j- 16 42 10 68 2 1 100 23 25 465 32 82 116 566 97 i-HwZen":::::::::::::::::: Classical i^^-;;;;;;;;: : ; : Total \ men women. Total. Last year, upon this date, instruction was given by 22 professors, 4 assistant professors, 10 instructors, and two fellows, all having charge of distinct classes, with 6 regular assistants, making 44 in all. There are now similarly employed 19 professors, 11 assistant professors, 19 instructors and two fellows, having charge of classes, and 10 other assistants, of whom one is a fellow, a total of 61. Agreeably with your request, I submit for your inspection a paper giving as fully as practicable details in regard to t h e work of each instructor. I t should, however, be borne in mind t h a t no such statement can exhibit with fairness the absolute or relative amount of work performed by individuals, much less the value of service to the University. There is now further call for an expert blacksmith as instructor in the mechanical shop, at $50 a month, and for instruction in two classes in the preparatory school, at about $125 for the term. The spirit animating teachers and students is such as to secure unqualified success in t h e work, notwithstanding published criticisms upon certain acts by a large body of our students. While these things are in themselves objectionable, from the standpoint of good order, they have not been inspired by any intentional trespass upon written regulations or unwritten proprieties of conduct; neither have they been worse t h a n they have been in years recently passed. The newspaper reports have, however, served to call more especial attention to them and have led to fuller consideration than heretofore by both faculty and students of their
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