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Caption: Book - Early History of University (1916)
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XXXVIII U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S 154,715.01 229,119.17 120,880.50 55,204.93 11,100.00 FROM 1908-14 Administration Building (1915) New Armory (1915) Ceramics (1916) Vivarium (1916) < Genetics (1916) Auditorium Commerce Lincoln Hall Natural History $143,143.58 97,375.00 224,875.00 '.. 184,200.00 Physics 191,300.00 Horticultural Glass House . . 85,390.00 Transportation 80,500.00 Woman's 194,000.00 C H I E F BUILDINGS BEFORE 1908 University Hall (1873) Law (1878) Agriculture (1900) Engineering (1894) Library (1897) Gymnasium (1901) PROPOSED BUILDINGS Woman's Residence Hall ...$110,000.00 School of Education 140,000.00 Smith Music Building . 215,000.00 Medicine and Pharmacy 100,000.00 Addition to Natural History 75,000.00 Addition to Transportation . Agricultural Buildings 30,000.00 76,000.00 $746,000.00 The Smith Music Building is the gift of Capt. Thos. J . Smith in honor of his wife and will supply a great need. I t is the first great private gift made to the University. Mr. Homer A. Stillwell (la 1878-80) has made an offer of $25,000 towards the Gregory Memorial Art Building to be erected in honor of the first president, and it is hoped to make this an alumni gift to the University. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES REORGANIZED 1906-16 Graduate School Colleges of Literature College of Commerce Sciences consolidated College of Medicine and College of Dentistry SCHOOLS AND D E P A R T M E N T S ADDED Railway Engineering and Administration Mining Engineering Department of Ceramics School of Education State Geological Survey Mine Rescue Station and Arts and At the time Ex-President Gregory came to the University of Illinois, he states in an address at the dedication of University Hall (Illini, March, 1874, page 68), that when he was considering accepting the presidency of the institution and was interviewing friends in Champaign and Chicago, the trustees residing in or near Champaign, expressed the generally prevalent faith in the institution, that it was to be " t h e grandest university on the American continent," and in his concluding remarks at this dedication (Illini, March, 1874, page 79), he says, " S o m e of those who are here today—the youngest of you, perhaps, that hear my words—shall come here on other anniversary occasions and attend dedications of yet other halls that a great and liberal State, mindful of its own civilization, its own grand central, commanding position—the key-stone of the continent—shall consecrate to this great work. Gray-haired and sage, you will recall the memories of this day—you will look
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