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Caption: Course Catalog - 1880-1881
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72 Illinois Industrial University. two years. No student will be permitted to retain a command who does not maintain a good standing in conduct and scholarship. The instruction and class exercises occupy about three hours each week, arranged as far as possible so as not to interfere with anj' other courses of study, to allow the members of other courses to enter this. Students must be careful, however, to ascertain, before entering the military class, that the proper studies and exercises of their chosen courses will not be interfered with. Commissions.— The Governor of the State is accustomed to commission as captains in the State militia, such graduates of the University as have completed the studies of the military classes and have obtained the requisite experience in command in the University battalion. In order to obtain the commission the student must be approved by the Faculty and pass satisfactorily an examination in military science and tactics before a committee appointed by the Faculty of the University. It is expected that in order to get the required experience in command, the members of the military class of the third or Junior year will serve as commissioned officers of the several companies of the battalion. University Uniforms.—Under the authority of the acts of incorporation, the Trustees have prescribed that all male students, after their first term, shall wear the University uniform. The University cap is to be worn from the first. The uniform consists of a suit and cap of cadet gray cloth. Students can procure them ready-made on their arrival here. The University cap is ornamented in front with the initials I. I. U., surrounded by a wreath. Students will always wear their uniforms on parade, but in their rooms and at recitations may wear other clothing. The University Library contains many books on Military Science, Military History, and Engineering. Gymnasium.—The Drill Hall is furnished with a full set of gymnastic apparatus, and classes in gymnastic exercises are organized in the fall and winter terms under careful leaders. Fee 50 cents. The University Cornet Band is composed of students who while members of the band are excused from drill. Instruments and music are furnished by the University, and the band plays at drill and at other college exercises. COURSE IN SCHOOL OF MILITARY SCIENCE. FIRST YEAB. 3. School (if the Soldier and Company: Bayonet Fencing.
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