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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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The Colleges and Schools 239 the Director of the session in his report to the Trustees, the following September, expressed doubt as to the advisability of its continuance.85 It was not until 1899 that an attempt was again made to hold a session during the summer. Upon the receipt of resolutions of the Southern Illinois Educational Association and a petition from teachers in southern Illinois for vacation work at the University, the question of reestablishing a summer term was again given consideration, with the result that plans were made for a session of nine weeks for the summer of that year. 36 This session was distinctly successful, a total of 148 students being enrolled. The summer terms were continued and by the summer of 1904 the number of students had reached 238. During the past sixteen years there has been an almost constant annual increase in the enrolment, the number in 1916 being 1,147, a gain of 909, or over 380 per cent for the period. For 1917, because of conditions arising from the War, the enrolment fell to 833. In 1919, the total rose to 1,314 students. The purpose of the summer session is thus stated in the bulletin for 1920:37 "The Summer Session is an organized integral part of the University year. Though its organization is not subdivided into colleges, numerous courses are offered by departments in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Agriculture, Engineering, and in the School of Music and the Library School. All courses may be counted toward an A.B. or B.S. degree, or toward a master's degree, unless otherwise specified. By two Summer Sessions a regular student may reduce the eight semesters to seven, thus securing his degree a half year earlier than he would otherwise have done. "One of the primary purposes of the Summer Session is to meet the needs of the teachers in the public schools who wish to spend a part of the summer vacation in serious study or investigation. Numerous courses are designed particularly for w Ibid., 1896, p. 165 "Ibid., 1900, pp. 28, 52 8T Univ. of HI. Bulletin, Vol XVII, No. 20, p 7
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