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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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The Colleges and Schools 223 An action resulting in especial benefit to the School of Music was taken in 1913 by the Board of Trustees, when provision was made for a series of eight orchestral concerts to be given at the University annually by four of the leading orchestras of the country.10 In 1913 also, an appropriation was made by the Trustees for the purchase and installation of an organ in the Auditorium. The organ was formally dedicated on December 3, 1914, with a concert by Professor Charles Heinroth of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg,20 The event of greatest significance to the School of Music during this period was the gift of approximately 768 acres of valuable farm land, in 1914, by Captain Thos. J. Smith of Champaign—whose interest in the School of Music as a Trustee has already been indicated—to provide funds for the erection of a Music Hall as a memorial to his wife, Tina Weedon Smith. The gift was formally accepted by the Trustees, and the building, the cost of which is estimated at $450,000, was completed in 1920.21 THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN 1920 22 The position of the School of Music in the University of Illinois is probably unique among similar institutions in this country. Its organization along strictly academic lines, as a part of the University, and without any outside relationships whatsoever, is different from that of any other of the schools which offer courses in practical music. The greatest accomplishment of the School of Music within the past five years has been in perfecting the organization, standardizing the work and, incidentally, raising standards so far as possible. In other words, the development has been intensive rather than extensive—the limitations of quarters and equipment making it impossible to increase the enrolment to any extent. Existing organizations have been built up and "Bept., Univ. of 111., 1914, pp. 264, 591 "Bept., Univ. of HI., 1914., p. 655; ibid, 1916, p. 166 a See also Chapter I I and I I I *A special statement by J. Lawrence Erb, Director of the School of Music since 1914
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