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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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222 Sixtttn Yturs at fA* University of Illinois of charging no greater tuition to students in music than in other departments of the University; and of granting degrees to graduates of that college." His efforts bore fruit in 189? when it was voted by the Board that the department of music should bo made the School of Music, to be conducted on the same basis as the Schools of Law, Medicine, etc.; and in 1900 when it was voted that after September 1st of that year all matriculated students who were residents of Illinois should be entitled to instruction in all departments of the School of Music at no higher rates than the students in other divisions of the University were charged.1* The enrolment in the School of Music was 101 in 1903-04, but this number fell to SO in 1904-05, and did not again exceed 100 until 1916-17 when 108 students were enrolled. The minimum reached during the sixteen years was 61 in 1909-10, at which time more rigid requirements were adopted* resulting in the elimination of certain classes of students. F R O * 1904 TO 1920 Up to the year 1905 only one student had graduated from the School of Music There was one graduate in that year, and this number was not exceeded in any year until 1910* when four persons received the degree of Bachelor of Music* The maximum was reached in 1915 with 10 graduates. In 1919 there were 7* Fif ty-one courses in music were offered in 19034ML. Of these a large number were elementary* By 1919-20 the number had increased to 160 and three years of preparatory study in Piano, Voice or Violin were required for admission to the School, During this period there were various changes in the administration of the school which resulted in the establishment of a strengthened curriculum, in better methods for conducting the work and in better relations with the student body* Entrance and semester examinations are now carried on more strictly, and a higher quality of work is becoming evident as a consequence. «Bcpt^ Uair* of III., 1898, p. 107, 118} 1800, p. 213 "Rent., Univ. of 111., 1S98, pp* 124*5$ ibid, 1H V p, 855 S X>
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