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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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CHAPTER IX THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS The various independent colleges and schools which together constitute tho University of Illinois havo almost without exception exhibited a noteworthy development during the sixteen years from 1904 to 1920. The growth of these has been presented in detached form in tho preceding chapters. In the present chapter there have been assembled certain of the facts already driven, and some of the outstanding features of the development of the individual colleges and schools are emphasized. 1, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Until 1907 the Graduate School which had been formally organized in .181)2, was maintained out of general University funds. The appropriation of $50,000 a year by the Legislature in 1907 for the support of graduate work was followed by the organization of an Executive Faculty of the Graduate School, and the adoption of more comprehensive plans for the work. It has been the endeavor of the Executive Faculty "to bring the Graduate School to the point where it shall offer instruction and equipment equal to that of any graduate school in the country.*11 The Graduate School in 1919-20 offered more than six hundred courses, graduate work being mado available in practically every department of the University. Sixteen years ago muoh less financial encouragement was given to prospective graduate students by the University of Illinois than at the present time. In 1903-04 eight fellowships were offered in the Graduate School, each with a stipend of $300 per annum. In the year 1919-20, $25,000 was appropriated for graduate fellowships with a stipend varying from $300 to $500 a year and for graduate scholarships of the value of $250 each. For that year 25 scholars and 25 fellows were appointed. In addition to these, 7 persons were able to spend one-half of 'From the bullotin, "Why go to a Graduate School," Univ. of 111., pp. 18-15 100
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