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DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS MEN

IN CHICAGO AND VICINITY

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During the session of 1926-2 7 only the first and second years of this three-year course will be offered, therefore there will be no graduating class in June, 1927. The new building will be of fire-proof construction ank will have a most modern equipment. Features will be a laboratory devoted entirely to dispensing of prescriptions and a laboratory for organic pharmaceutical chemistry, both of which are new to the School. The library installation will be entirely new, the shelf capacity will be increased to care for 8,000 volumes and the seating capacity as compared with the present library will be doubled. When the third year of the three-year course is offered, several additional instructors will be required and it is expected to secure some of these during the coming year. With the completion of the new building the School of Pharmacy will be one of the largest in the country and one of the best equipped, and it is hoped that this enlargement for the facilities of instruction may now adequately care for the students from Illinois who desire to qualify to practice pharmacy. Preference is given to students from Illinois as compared with those from outside of the state by requiring students from other states than Illinois to pay a higher tuition fee and to present evidence of a higher scholastic average in their high school work. As a matter of fact, 98 per cent of the students now attending the School are from Illinois and more than half are from Chicago.

RANDOM REMINDERS

Enrollment—13,39 9 students registered during . 192 5-26. Illinois ranks third among the universities of the country in the number of regular, full-time students, being exceeded only by California and Columbia. Proportion' of Men and Women—There are 2.4 men to every woman student at the U. of I. (9,522 men; 3,877 women.) Holders of Degrees—28,429 degrees have been conferred Mince the chartering of the University in 18 67. (Living alumni < f all universities and colleges in the United States and Canada > number about 3,000,000.) Who's Who Alumni—188 graduates and former students, the majority of whom are educators, are listed in the 1925 edition of "Who's Who in America." Library—The bookstacks contain 68 3,328 volumes and 1)4,467- pamphlets. "West Point of the Corn Belt"—3,36 3 students registered lor military in 1925-26. The R. O. T. C. unit is the largest in I he country. War equipment, $2,000,000 in value, has been assigned to the University by the government for training purposes. Acreage and Buildings—The land occupied totals 2,430 acres. Main campus, 305; Chicago campus, 2 1-5; experimental farms :i.l, Urbana-Champaign, 1,028; other experimental farms and limber reservations, 1,094. Total number of buildings, 92. New Buildings!—-Structures completed during the last year are the McKinley hospital, first unit of men's new gymnasium, Hrst unit of new library, dairy manufactures building, stadium, nnw commerce building, west residence hall, and six minor agricultural buildings. Others now under construction or soon to be started are the second units of the new gymnasium and the new library, architectural building, addition to the armory, and pharmacy building. What Price Stadium?—The total cost to date is about •11,735,635. Subscriptions amount to $2,172,293.69. There are IU,243 subscribers (9,348 alumni and citizens; 11,895 students.) Stadium Dimensions—Each stand is 5 86'xl9 3'xll0'. (Roof of the press box is 120'.) The two main stands and the temporary ends seat 67,205. Gold Star Illini—187 columns in the Stadium bear names of lllini who died while in active service during the World War or who died during the war period from the effects of service. Athletics For All—The intramural athletics department has organized competition in 16 sports. In 1925-26, 1,300 men parlicipated in the intramural relay carnival, 1,187 in basketball, and 1,150 in baseball. Required Physical Education-—Commencing last year, both men and women students must register for four years of physical education. All are required to swim at least 50 yards before < hey may receive a degree. "The young man, when he leaves college, must catch at the earliest possible moment the drum beat of progress and never cease to keep step."

—JOHN E. WRIGHT, '85.

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