UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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134

YEARS OP DEPRESSION

nent attraction of the venture, calling it the Star Lecture Course. The chief change in the field of student publications lay in the introduction of class year books. In 1882 the class of 1884, after some debate as to whether it should not wait till its junior year, brought out the Sophograph, a manila-bound volume of meager dimensions and scrappy contents. It reflected student interest in the fraternity question and interclass hostility, and little else. The next year the following class called its year book the Saturnian, but the original title was at once restored. There was a steady attempt thereafter by each class to better the work of its predecessor, though none really succeeded in converting the annual into a genuine record of its membership and activities. Nearly all had cartoons, and in the later years some did not hesitate to caricature the Regent. Finally, in 1894, in deference to the general opinion that the sophomores were too immature for the annual, the juniors brought out the first Illio. The Illini, which had just become a semi-monthly when Dr« Peabody was installed, continued to be published on the second floor of the old Military Hall, and to fight against a too highly literary content. In 1886, having passed from the hands of the Student Government to those of its subscribers, it acquired a new cover ornamented by figures symbolizing letters and science. Under Dr. Burrill it became a weekly, and began printing news stories, even with headlines, while one enterprising editor offered a course in Volapuk—but the stories and essays remained. The growing variety of student interests found expression in a greater and greater number of societies. Most prominent of these were a cluster of scientific or