Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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The Colleges and Schools 225 life more vigorous and more varied. To sacrifice the individual character of the School would be a most serious mistake. Rather must it be developed along the lines of state service and inspirational leadership. Possibly at some time it may be wise to incorporate in the School of Music a department of community music with a vigorous and experienced leader. Such a department could be of use on the campus as well as elsewhere. 9. THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Courses in Education and Psychology have been offered at the University of Illinois, under various names, for nearly every year since the University was organized. The second catalog of the University announced a course in ''Mental Philosophy, three lectures a week," and a course in "Science of Education, or Mental Philosophy applied to education, two lectures a week."28 "The Philosophy of Education" was one of the topics listed in 1870-71 as comprising the work in "Philosophy and Logic" for that year.24 With slight modifications the same announcements for the department of Mental and Moral Philosophy were repeated up to and including the year 1889-90. In 1890 a professor of Psychology was appointed, who served for one semester. An assistant professor of "Psychology and Pedagogics" was appointed in 1892, and for the following year rather extensive offerings in these subjects were announced. A full professorship in "Pedagogics" was established in 1893. Three years later a new appointee to an assistant professorship in "Pedagogy" was given also the title of High School Visitor and assigned the duties of that position. The word "Education" displaced "Pedagogy" in the announcement of courses and in the title of appointees in 1900-01. FROM 1904 TO 1918 25 By 1905 the work in Education had become so important that early in that year the Board of Trustees sanctioned the "Catalog 1868-9, p. 13 M Ibid., 1870-71, pp. 58-9 "The data contained in the following paragraphs is chiefly summarized from a special statement prepared by W. 0. Bagloy, Director of the School from 1909 to 1917
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