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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S I051 the institution on the one hand, and on the other upon the mechanism of educational organization and administration. The strain on facilities demanded a building program and a greatly increased budget. The over-all budget has increased from $11,594,902 in 1933-35 to $19,339,127 in 1941-43Building and major capital outlays from the first figure were $140,900. The appropriations for 1941-43 included capital items of $1,019,000 not all of which will be expended because it will not be possible to secure materials and federal approval for construction. The total amount spent for new buildings and equipment from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1942, was $7-958.974THE QUALITY OF THE S T U D E N T BODY Let us consider first the students, and ask whether the increase in numbers has caused a deterioration in the general quality of the students admitted. Rank of Freshmen in High-school Graduating Classes One of the best single measures of academic ability of freshmen is rank in the high-school graduating class. Data are available concerning students admitted to the freshman class of the University of Illinois for each session beginning with 1935-36. A study of these data reveals that since 1935 there has been a slight increase in the percentage of the students admitted from the higher levels of their high-school graduating classes. For example, the increase on the Urbana campus in students ranking in the top tenth of their high-school graduating classes has been from 20 percent in 1935 to 22 percent in 1941-42. Freshmen are admitted to six schools or colleges 1 at the University of Illinois: Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Engineering, Agriculture, Fine and Applied Arts, and Physical Education. When these data are analyzed for each college it is noted that in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce, and Engineering, the trend is very similar to the institutional trend, whereas in the College of Agriculture 'In addition a small group of freshmen are admitted to the Industrial Education curriculum of the College of Education. [A.C.E. Report— 33]
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