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Citizen Soldier." Corner-stone of new Auditorium laid. General Miles gave Decororation Day address. June 1—Philomathean and Alethenai societies gave Shirley's ' ' The Opport u n i t y " on the south campus. June 10—President James delivered Baccalaureate sermon. June 12—Class of 1901 formed first permanent class organization among the Alumni. June 13—Commencement address by Baron Herman von cpeck-Sternburg, Ambassador from Germany to the United States. 1906-7 Sept. 19—Large room in Burnham Hospital set aside as a Student Ward. Sept. 26—7Krst Convocation of the year held in the Armory at 4:00 p. m. Principal speakers, President James, Mr. Samuel A. Bullard, and Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander. Oct. 2—Freshman class organized. Oct. 28—Cosmopolitan Club organized. Nov. 3'—Fall Handicap won by Freshmen. Senior Class election. Nov. 5— Inter-Society Declamation Contest under auspices of Oratorical Association. J . C. Herbstman won first place. Nov. 21—Annual color rush won by the freshmen. Nov. 26—Gustav E . Karsten, newly elected head of Department of Modern Languages, gave his inaugural address, Aims and Scope of German Philosophy. Dec. 1—Athletic Conference of the Big Nine, held in the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago, made a number of rules governing athletics, football, etc. Dec. 3—Convocation held in the Armory to celebrate the 88th anniversary of Illinois as a state; address by Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Lieutenant Governor of Hlinois, on The Importance of State Sovereignty to the Commonwealth. Senate took action materially affecting the policy and work of the various colleges, changing entrance requirements, graduation requirements, etc. Dee. 10—Dr. Guy Stanton Ford, newly elected Professor of Modern European History, gave his inaugural address on Bise of Prussia to her Present Greatness. Dec. 11—Dr. W. A. Noyes of the U. S. Bureau of Standards, made head of Department of Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Laboratory, to begin September 1, 1907. Board of Trustees decided that the University Library should be open every Sunday aftrnoon from 2:00 to 6:00 o'clock. Dec. 11 —Council of Administration consented to the organization of the Scribblers' Club. Dee. 18—Annual concert by the Choral Society and Orchestra in the Armory, closing with the "Hallelujah C h o r u s " from the " M e s s i a h . " Jan.—The Students' Cooperative Association was dissolved. J a n . 9—Governor Deneen, in his message to the legislature, took occasion to call attention to the graduate work of the University, mentioning especially the Graduate School, the Engineering Experiment Station, the State Water Survey, and the Departments of Ceramics and Applied Chemistry, and strongly approved the requests of the University. J a n . 12 —Conference of representatives of the Big Nine Colleges held in Chicago. J a n . 23 —Urbana Commercial Club gave banquet to President James and the members of the Board of Trustees. Jan. 28-Feb. 1—Five lectures on the genera] subject of Loyalty as a General Principle, by Prof. Josiah Koyce of Harvard University. Feb. 4—Senate voted that after Sept., 1908, requirements for entrance to the. University should be raised from 14 to 1J> units. Feb. 5—Ladies Glee Club gave concert in chapel. Feb. 8—Legislative party of 125 members visited University. Convocation at 10:30 a. m. President James presented some of the needs of the institution. A number of legislators made speeches. March 1-2—Electrical Engineering Show. March 4-9—Five lectures under the auspices of the School of Education by Dr. E. A. Winship of Boston, editor of the Journal of Education. March 4—Contest to select a representative in the State