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The University Request to Legislature to be $12,654,102 for the 1937-39 Biennium

""TO C A R R Y it through the next two-; * year period, the University will request from the present General Assembly an appropriation now estimated at $12,654,102 from the tax revenues of the State, according to an announcement made by authority of the Board of Trustees. The amount requested will be substantially the same as that received in 1929-31, when the appropriation from tax revenues was $12,115,000, and the University's enrollment was lower—12,413. F o r the current year the enrollment is 12,919, the largest in its history. T h e Trustees will also ask that the Federal funds received by the State for the use of the University be reappropriated to it and that its own income from fees, sales, and other sources paid into the State treasury, as required by law, also be appropriated to it. These items total $3,745,530, which, added to tax funds asked, would give the University $8,199,816 a year for all purposes during the biennium, of which $6,327,051 a year would come from state tax revenues. Increased Faculty. I n c o m m e n t i n g on the need for the proposed increase, President A. C. Willard of the University stated that "first of all, additional instructors must be provided to take care of the increase of nearly 3,000 students (about 30%) in three years. These additions must be teachers of experience and maturity." The Hoard of Trustees believes that funds arc essential for additional staff members of distinction to replace numerous losses which the University has suffered in past years to other institutions, to industry, and through death or retirement. Furthermore, it is considered essential to provide appropriate salaries for present faculty members who have distinguished themselves, in order to avoid further inroads by attractive offers from other sources. T h e Board believes that the University would be remiss in its duty to preserve its educational standards if it did not consider further salary adjustments, in view of the fact that its scales in general are still considerably below what they were four years ago when material reductions were made. Dr. Willard emphasized the fact t h a t the proposed budget does not mean an in the decade 1921-31. "This condition cannot be continued," the President said, "without serious danger to the educational standards and reputation of the University." For Buildings, $1,875,000. T h e biennial appropriation of $12,654,102 from State tax revenues which the Trustees will ask of the Legislature will include a total of $1,875,000 to be spent for additions to its plant:—

Equipment for second unit of Medical & Dental building in Chicago .. $ Addition to Library building Agricultural Laboratory buildings. Remodeling of and addition to Old Agricultural building for use of Chemistry... Journalism building & equipment Addition to Student Hospital Land purchases Total $1 350 000 350 000 425 000 250 250 150 100 875 000 000 000 000 000

ANNOUNCING

A Concert by the University of Illinois Concert Band and the Glee Club of the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy

At 3:30 p.m., March 4 in the Auditorium Theater, Chicago

Reserved Seats on Sale at the Auditorium Box Office 25tf to 75^ Auspices of Student Activities Committee Chicago Professional Colleges

increase over the scale of expenditures prevailing prior to 1931. It is larger only as compared with the present biennial appropriation, and because the University retrenchments in the last three or four years were down to a scale of expenditures about one-third lower than

Every one of the items can be more than justified. "In view of the fact that the University has done practically no building during the last four years," President Willard said, "it does not seem unreasonable for the University to ask less than $2,000,000 for this purpose to be spent before July 1, 1939. T h e growth of the student body has been some 3,000 persons in the last three years— about half of whom were added this year. There is almost certain to be a material further increase during the next two years. Not only must we meet these much greater demands on the teaching staff, but there are also increasing requests for additional services which the University renders the State in many fields of endeavor. T o meet all of these needs the University is compelled to ask for additional funds for a larger staff, and for much needed additions to its present buildings."

Progress of Illini Plan of Coordination Organization

new Illini Plan of TH E inenlisted gratifying Coordination has the support of the alumni a most manner. In 58 centers reported here the organizations are practically complete. As we go to press this report is as near up to the minute as possible, although new organizations are being reported daily. Meetings were particularly numerous in the last week of February, just prior to the big NBC broadcast on March 2, and of course were too late for mention here.

Alton. The Illini in this area are being organized under the direction of Ab Duncan, ('26), Karl Hoaglund, '29, J. B. Hays, ('08), Paul Cousley, Jr., '29, and Louis Simonich, '25. Aurora. Fourteen alumni attended a luncheon at the Aurora Hotel Jan. 26. H. A. Barber, '33, of the Barber-Greene Company, was elected executive chairman for the south half of Kane County; John Snook, '35, chairman of the high school relations committee. It was agreed that this district should include the cities of Batavia and Geneva. Belleville. The Illini here were preparing for an important all-alumni dinner March 2. W. E. Krebs, '16, is executive chairman. Benton. A luncheon meeting was held at Benton, with eleven alumni attending. All were enthusiastic over the I. P. C. and wanted to start the Franklin County organization at once. Judge Everett Lewis, '24, of Benton accepted the county chairmanship, and a meeti n g was arranged for all Illini on March 2. Bloomington. On Feb. 4 Wendell S. Wilson, '27, acting director of athletics, and Jack H. Powers, '17, national coordinator, spoke before 104 enthusiastic Illini. The McLean County Illini Club was reorganized and the following officers elected: Roy Taylor Jr., '32, president; Charles Crain, '35, vice-president; John D. Holden, '32, secretary. The group voted to go forward with the Illini Plan of Coordination and to have a dance on the evening of March 2 to hear the broadcast. State Representative L. C. Sieberns offered to allow the club to distribute his four scholarships for the next four years. Centralia. An evening meeting was held with 25 alumni in attendance. John Wham, '25, presided. This group heartily approved the I. P. C. and immediately started plans to organize for a county meeting on March 2. Charles Wham, '12, spoke on the value of the University and the important part the Marion County alumni can play in its welfare. Champaign-Urbana. The Champaign County Illini Club has been organized with J. W. Watson, '15, executive chairman, and W. E. Riegel, ('09), co-chairman. Committees have been appointed under the I. P. C. plan and active work has been begun. Chairmen of the committees are J. G. Thomas, '23, Mrs. Willard Goodman, '19, Frances Myers, '28, Harold Cope, '20, L. M. Rovelstad, '22, and E. R. Peters, ('18). Chicago. The Illini Club of Chicago is certainly going places. On March 2 the members are giving (with the Illinae Club of Chicago) a dinner in honor of the past, present and incoming trustees of the University. Provost A. J. Harno and Prof. James W. Garner are the principal speakers. The big broadcast from the Auditorium on the campus in Urbana will be heard at 9:30 p.m. The band has been chosen to open the Chicago Charter Jubilee celebration which will be held that same evening in the Chicago Stadium, with a capacity audience of more than 25,000 people in prospect. The Chicago Illini Club has been successful in securing a block of seats for the Illinois-Northwestern basketball game on March 6. Frank Rokusek, president of the Club, is campaigning for 1,000 club members by May 1—a pretentious program, but not an impossible one. Cincinnati. William C. Savage, '17, called together the Illini here for a luncheon meeting on Feb. 18, at which time Wendell S. Wilson and Jack H. Powers explained the I. P. C. Cleveland. The Cleveland Illini Club had the annual meeting Feb. 24, at which time Wendell S. Wilson and Jack H. Powers told about the I. P. C. The Cleveland Illini Club heartily approved the plan and agreed to go forward with it immediately. Columbus. Floyd B. Hobart, '20, organized an Illini Club meeting for the night of March 2 with Prof. Fred A. Russell, president of the Athletic Association of the University, as speaker of the evening. Danville. David Twomey, '28, secretary of the chamber of commerce of Danville, was elected executive chairman for Vermilion county at a meeting early in February. His (Concluded on page four)

University of Illinois Bulletin

Entered as second-class matter December 11, 1912, at the post office at Urbana, Illinois, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 31, 1918.