UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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Buildings and Equipment

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and fixtures valued at $48,971.27 in 1918 as against only $77.80 in 1904. The total value of departmental equipment, exclusive of departmental furniture and fixtures, was $487,117.16 in 1904„ and $1,972,554.88 in 1918. This indicates a gain of $1,485,437.72 or nearly 305 per cent for the period. Of the various divisions of the University, the College of Agriculture, the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, the Library, the Military Band; the department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Col* lege of Engineering, and the departments of Education, English, Germanic Languages, History, Mathematics, Psychology and Romance Languages, of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, all show an increase considerably above the general average for the University. Of the divisions for which no departmental equipment was reported in 1904, the College of Commerce and Business Administration; the departments of Ceramic, Mining and Railway Engineering; and the departments of Bacteriology, Entomology and Sociology of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are shown to have acquired the largest amount of equipment during the period.