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.ON in the irbana-Champaian departments and Chicago Undergraduate Division is $65 » sem< ter for Illinois resident . 175 for noun idents. Students also pay other fees totaling $25 at Urbane-Champaign ;uui j24 at the Chicago division. Total cost of att ling a two-semester year is estimated at L,000 to $1,200

at Drbana-Champaign; loss 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 $208.50 to $424.50 per year for Illinois residents and $445.50 to $643.50 for nonresidents, and living costs also are higher.

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. Director is Gerald W. Peck.

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STUDENT

LOAN FUNDS totaling $504,000 have been provided for students by gifts of groups and individuals and earnings of the funds. Loans are issued on need as short-time emergency loans or as long-term loans payable after graduation. Applications are through the Jean of Students, Dean of Men, or Dean of Women.

SCHOLARSHIPS include nearly 2,300 offering free tuition and 500 providing varying cash awards. I i s are awarded by .ot examination. Illinois veterans not receiving other scholarships or assistance under the "G.I.Bill* may receive free tuition scholarships. In 1954-55 scholarships amounting to $350,000 were awarded to 2,800 students. Scholarships are handled by the director of admissions and records who is George P. Tuttle.

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 allcampus activities at Urbana-Champaign such as Homecoming, Dads Day, others Day, etc. ..ore than 200 specialized social, scholastic, religious, and honorary organizations are active. Among these are student government, athletics, dramatics, music, publications, church foundations, Illini Union activities, etc. Social director of Illini Union is i , s Elmer Priebe (Irene Pierson.) .r.

RELIGIOUS INTEREST among students is great. Although the University is non-sectarian, various religious groups have estabii hed Church Foundations, "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 eiving special attention to Students, n<l students are welcomed also at all churches in the community. te CA and Y CA each have large buildings adjacent to the Campus and are t ipectiv< )y the ol st active •.indent oi .ionizations foi men and for women.