Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Foundation Series - Need for Student Union (1937) [PAGE 10]

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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

E H A V E spoken of the U n i o n Building as one of the objectives of the Illini Plan* Another important need is provision for more scholarships and fellowships* for superior students* If we were to try to write a slogan here, we would say something like "More and Better Scholarships for More and Better Students." Scholarships are needed which pay more than mere tuition* If they provide for all a student's expenses, leaving him free to do his very best in his work, they naturally are more eagerly sought for* The competition for them is keener, and higher grade students get them* In fact, it could be said that Illinois simply must establish more scholarships of this character, if for no other reason than that other universities are doing it and will in time take all the best students away from us if we do not do something* Under the new Illini Plan the scholarship and high school relations committees in the various communities of the State and nation are expected to do some very effective work in persuading high-grade students to attend Illinois* It is proposed to consider scholarship applications with the following prerequisites in mind: Exceptional qualities of scholarship (at least the upper one-fourth of the student's class), intellect, character, personality, and leadership*

ALUMNI GIFTS MADE THESE MEMORIALS POSSIBLE

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T I N A WEEDON S M I T H M U S I C HALL, a gift of Captain Thomas J. Smith as a memorial to his wife. The building houses the School of Music. There are numerous sound-proof studios and a recital hall seating one thousand, which is equipped with a splendid organ

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING

What are the characteristics of a good alumnus? Indeed, what are the characteristics of a good citizen? Certainly one characteristic is his willingness to give to his community for the good of his friends and neighbors* The same is true of an alumnus* There is nothing new about alumni giving* The alumni of other universities have for scores of years been contributing in a systematic way to their institutions* The Illini Foundation Fund now gives our alumni the same opportunity and creates one agency through which all gifts can be made* This Fund makes it possible for all alumni to give, and to receive due recognition for their gifts* If donors care to earmark their gifts for certain projects, it is their privilege to do so* How may you give? Within a short time you will hear more about the various ways, such as an outright contribution on deferred payments, some sort of endowment, an annuity policy, or a clause in your will* Of course you may not be able to give a Deering Library (Northwestern), a Lawyers' Club (Michigan), Rector Scholarships (DePauw), a Willard Straight Hall (Cornell), or a Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (Chicago)* However, any amount which you may give to the Fund will be very acceptable* The important point is that every alumnus should give something* The Illini Plan must be one of interest, friendship, and gifts not of duty or coercion, but of friendly good-will*

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WILLIAM B. McKINLE Y U N I V E R S I T Y HOSPITAL. A seventy-five bed hospital given to the University by the late Senator William B. McKinley, 976, for students and faculty* An additional wing has been pro* posed which will provide fifty more beds. The hospital has proved a most beneficent gift and has aided greatly in maintaining the good health of the student body. A Hospital Association with a small voluntary membership fee provides inexpensive hospital service. The membership in the Association for 1937 is about 6,500

"Illinois—a name that reminds you of courage, of fair play—an institution that is not fat, not soft, not self-satisfied, not too old to grow—that is eager to be in harmony with the times it represents* Illinois—the University of the people, where there is no vestige of snobbery, and the only way to raise your head above the level of the crowd is to be a better m a n , " - Coach Zuppke, in his Founders' Day Talk*

*The University already has many scholarships paying all or part of the tuition and incidental fees only. A small number of other scholarships take care of these expenses and also part of the living expenses, but none of them covers all costs.