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competent teaching and research ] rsonnel, and splendid plant with the necessary staff and equipment to operate it. \ brief general summary of our present resources as a going I niversity, a th< existed on November 1. 1941, should have a pi; in this Tin: R.O.T.C. 1. The basic course in which all abl< bodied male stud enrolled during their first two years, consists of 3 18 men. the United States Army Officers' Reserve, consists of 5'>5 mei

3. T h e United S t a t e s A r m y staff of 86 is u n d e r Colonel Leoi G S p a r k s . F.A., C o m m a n d a n t , and compris s 31 officers and enlisted personnel. Note: Over 50 per cent, or about 75,000, of the oflft rs enu ing the United States Army have been secured from the anc< K.O.T.C. graduates of the land-grant coll es and universities of the United States. At present the R.O.T.C. is supplying th< Army at the rate of 10,000 officers per year.

FACULTY AND STAFF

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2. T h e advanced course, in which qualifi 1 j u n i o r s and h o r s ar given appointments leading to commissions as se< nd lieutenants in rd

T h e University of Illinois employs a total of 3,888 persons, as

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Administration, teaching, research, clerical, etc Maintenance of buildings and grounds Total

n J ( rbana 2,025 875 2,900

r\ Lnu 813 175 "<>cv

7 ; I. tal 1.050

STUDENTS AND A L U M N I

On November 1, 1941, 13,060 undergraduate and graduate s

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vere enrolled, and of these 1,291 were enrolled in our three Chi Lg ( >lleg< of Medicine, Dentistry, and P h a r m a c y . In addition, our 1941 S u m m e r Session enrolled 3,194.

Alumni of the University now living total about 146,000,

PLANT AND EQUIPMI NT

All buildings, grounds, and equipment necessary for teaching ant p earch have actually cost $39,000,000 as of November 1. 1941, The i are the major i soui is available at the University of Ulin f( aiding our state and nation in "all out" war against our enemies Jnst how do we propose to use our resources in helping to fight and win this \ i p I thinl it must he obvious to anyone that this same <|ii< tion confronts all the other coll< es and university ot the >untn ( and so a National onfercnee of all tie e institutions was called u m( t in l Itimon Maryland, on January 3 and I. 1942, AU<\ di us the many common problem approximately 1 ( ( ( representatives >>>