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Caption: Booklet - Our University (Unknown Author)
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5 [ndications of t h e growing appreciation of the University by the s t a i r legislators arc exceedingly striking, and of themselves sufficiently denote the rapid progress t h a t has been made. From L867 to L890 there was received from the state the total sum of #449,156, while the two last l jislatures gave us $^430,744—a sum for four years almost as great as t h a t for the preceding t w e n t y - t h r e e years. During th last five years the number of instructors has increa.v I from 29 to 61, and the number of students from 377 in 1888 to 728* today. During the last two completed years the in- rea.^e in s t u d e n t s was nearly 40 per cent, or from 52!) to 71 1.—the greatest gain per cent made by any established collegiate institution of bi.^'h r a n k in t h e United S t a t e s for t h e ^ame time. T h a t growth of quality in instruction lias kept pace with increase of funds and with accession of numbers, is very confidently asserted. G r a d u a t e s of a few years ag< come back to find enviable improvements in equipment and facilities and often say: " I t makes me want to come back and t a k e my course over again." Compare the catalogues of recent issue with those of former years. J u d g e d merely by avoirdupois they tell a significant tale. T h r e e ] a r s a g o tin postal authorities accepted them in the mails for three cents instead of five cents now required,—an increase ^\ 61 per cent. These are SUgg'estive illustrations given in the brie! st possible way of the really marvelous advance that ha*> been recently made in the development of the institution, and an- indications of what fix future may !>«'. Could we take home to ourselves the whole story and read it in the tru< meaning it has for us. no portrayal could be too rosy in col oring or too en1 husiastic in statement. Illinois is an em pin state. The brightest gem in her crown should be, and ma\ the I University t hat bears h r name. < * Marchtffl.710.
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