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162 Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois training and have within themselves the ambition to become investigators, research men, productive scholars, in the various lines in which they are at work, " There is no doubt that if this plan is adhered to closely, systematically, continuously, for a generation, the University of Illinois, if the State equips it properly with libraries and apparatus, will become one of the great centers of learning in the world, a credit to the people of the commonwealth, a source of untold advantage to the culture and industry of this great state. The editor of the American Men of Science adds also:16 M Wisconsin and Illinois are the state universities which have made the most notable progress . . . . The gain of almost 200 per cent at Illinois is in the main due to the departments of chemistry and mathematics, to the heads of which the Uni* versity was so wise as to call men of high scientific standing/' In 1917, the names of 82 members of the faculty of the University of Illinois were found in the last edition (1910) of that publication, and of these 25 were designated among the thousand "leading men of science.'- There has been, therefore, within the last eleven years a gain of 19 names in the representation of the University among the first thousand—an increase of 317 per cent. BOOKS AND ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY THE CORPS OF INSTRUCTION During the fifteen years from May 1, 1904 to April 30, 1919, 6,768 books and articles were published by members of the instructional and administrative staff of the University. The table which follows will indicate the number published in each year.17 During recent years the publications have been listed under four heads, namely: (1) Books; (2) Articles; (3) Book reviews which are essentially original articles or contributions to the subject matter of the book or article reviewed; (4) Book reviews which are of the character of book notices. During the greater part of the period, however, little distinction was made "American Men of Science. 1910 ed., p. 588 "Univ. Studies, Univ. of 111., 1904-1917
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