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Caption: Booklet - UI Charter of Freedom (1942)
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84 statute. His duty is ministerial and mandatory; indeed, his only reason for refusing to issue and deliver the warrants is an instruction from another official whose "wishes" or "request" he feels he must humor (Pet., pp. 23, 24, 25). It is apparent that the Auditor has no discretion in the matter, as the decisions of this Court are replete with cases where writs of mandamus have issued against the Auditor in analogous circumstances. (People v. Stevenson, 272 111. 215, 221.) CONCLUSION. Since 1867, the year of its creation, the University has been free from executive intrusion. Aided and encouraged by the General Assembly of Illinois, whose creature it is, it has risen to a preeminent and enviable position in the national and international field of education. For the academic year 1941-42 it was the third largest university in the United States in point of enrollment, representing virtually every state in the Union and major country in the world. Its alumni participate in every field of human endeavor. The services of its faculty have been and are constantly sought by the governments of the states, the nation and of foreign countries, conclusive proof of its accredited status essential to its existence and im] I Hied by the acts of the respondents If related In tin* peti- tion i pp. 7, 8, 9). It has throughout its hi tory been accorded a freedom of operation comparable to similar institutions of rank and l MOW M Men and women have labored long and sacrificed greatly that their ons and daughters might find the economic securit \ and cultural repose Incident to a iv and untrammel d
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