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Caption: Book - Overview and State of the University (1913)
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Tin: i \ i \ KIWI rv OF CLLIHOI8 h i i MAT LIFB 28 student life at the University is free, democratic and healthful. We do not want students who arc not Dial ore enough to go away from home and be self-respecting and gain strength through independence. We do not want students who have not made the most of the local schools and are not prepared for college work. Our entrance requirements are high,—as high as those of any university in the Middle-West, and they are going still higher. We art* not looking for students: we are seeking to be useful, and usefulness requires that students who can do and are anxious to di) college work shall not be hindered by those who are not prepared, or who are without liber and purpose. A< a rule, our students an* from comfortable though modest homes, have neither time nor money to waste, and are here with a serious purpose. A few get in by mistake, theirs or ours; no one knows why they came, but they soon find their level through University sentiment tnd the semester examinations, and ere long they " q u i t u 5 fce' under some sort o f a guise which will cover a r e t r e a t . The work is severe, requiring good health and full time. The ambition to do it is so strong, the humiliation of failure is so groat that there is more occasion to caution against overwork and to look out for health and the eyes than there is to incite to greater effort. Congenial spirits among the students sel up scoresof organizations of their own for fraternal, literary, scientitic, musical, religious, political or athletic purposes. There are nearly a score of Greek Letter fraternities, m o s t of them living in rented houses. Several have r e c e n t l y purchased sit( and will erect houses ol' their own at an earlv day. In a very few years all will own their own houses. Student publications are numerous. The Mini is the daily newspaper. The lllio is the Junior class annual. The Qlinoie is the admirable representative of the English Olub. The Ulinois Agriculturist stands for the ( [lege o( Agriculture, and the Plexus for the ( liege o( Med i ine, el
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