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Page 23 TUITION in the Urbana-Champaign departments and Chicago Undergraduate Division is $75 a semester for Illinois residents, $250 for nonresidents. Students also pay other fees totaling $25 at Urbana* Champaign and $26 at the Chicago division. Total cost of attending a two-semester year is estimated at $1,000 to $1,300 at Urbana-Champaign; less at the Chicago division where most students live at home and travel to the campus daily. Costs are higher at the Chicago professional units (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing) where fees vary according to the year and course from $226*50 to $373*50 per year for Illinois residents and $595*50 to $661.50 for nonresidents, and living costs also are higher.

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT is aided through a free employment bureau which helps arrange part-time jobs. Many students earn a part, and a few all, of their expenses. Board jobs make up about half of the work normally available. In charge is John R. Griffin.

LOAN FUNDS totaling $6l7>031 have been provided for students groups and individuals and earnings of the funds. issued on need as short-time emergency loans or as long-term payable after graduation. Applications are through the Dean Dean of Men, or Dean of Women.

by gifts of Loans are loans of Students,

SCHOLARSHIPS valued at $762,000 have been awarded for 1958-59 to more than if,000 students. Most are awarded by examination, others through evidence of ability and need. University scholarships amounting to $600,000 include 2,800 providing free tuition and 700 providing varying cash awards. Included are free tuition scholarships available to Illinois veterans not receiving other scholarships or assistance under the "G.I. Bill.11 Outside scholarships worth $90,000 went to nearly 300 students. Under the State Scholarship Fund program, tuition and fees totaling $72,000 are paid for 360 students. Director of the Undergraduate Scholarship Program is Donald A. Grossman.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES cover practically every field of interest. The Illini Union Student Activities Organization is in charge of many activities in the Illini Union Bldg. and of all-campus activities at Urbana-Champaign such as Homecoming, Dads Day, Mothers Day, etc. More than 300 specialized social, scholastic, religious, and honorary organizations are active. Among these are student government, athletics, dramatics, music, publications, church foundations, Illini Union activities, etc. V. J* Hampton, assistant Dean of Students, directs the general student organization and activity office. RELIGIOUS INTEREST among students is great. Although the University is non-sectarian, various religious groups have established Church Foundations, f,church homes away from home," adjacent to the campus. The first church expressly for college students was at Illinois in 1906, and the church foundation idea started at Urbana in 1913. Now there are 15 religious foundations, churches, and religious groups giving special attention to students, and students are welcomed also at all churches in the community. The YMCA and YWCA each have large buildings adjacent to the campus and are respectively the oldest active student organizations for men and for women*