Caption: Course Catalog - 1892-1893
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I46 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. MILITARY SCHOLARSHIPS. Students who have gained six term credits in class room military instruction and six such credits in drill practice are eligible for appointment as commissioned officers of the battalion. Those attaining this rank may have awarded them special scholarships, good for one year and equal in value to the University term fees for the same length of time. FELLOWSHIPS. Four fellowships, each of $400 a year, are offered to members of the Graduate School, in connection with which further particulars in regard to them are given. SOCIETIES. The Literary Societies have from the opening of the University enjoyed its fostering care. The ADELPHIC and PHILOMATHEAN societies, for men, and the ALETHENAI, for women, occupy spacious halls, which the members have furnished and decorated with taste and elegance. Meetings are held Friday evenings throughout the term time, are well attended, and are maintained with unflagging interest. They furnish excellent drill in writing, speaking, and parliamentary methods. Both the YOUNG MEN'S and YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TIONS are active and useful organizations and have a large membership. Special organizations unite the students of NATURAL HISTORY, of CIVIL ENGINEERING, of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, of ARCHITECTURE, of AGRICULTURE, and of CHEMISTRY, and in ATHLETICS. GRADUATE SCHOOL. Instruction and the facilities of advanced study and research are now offered to the graduates of this and of other colleges and universities without fees or payment of any kind, except for actual laboratory expenses. The diploma of any college or university in good standing is accepted for admission, instead of entrance examinations. No formal courses of study are prescribed, but special arrangements are made to
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