Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950) [PAGE 12]

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tributes signitu-antlv to the aims ol the University, Cornet manuscripts, a< urate r ^ o r d s , a constant How of power and heat, attractive surroundings and the continuous operation of complt machiner)—these and countless other responsibility ire an integral part of universitj life, A gc d administrative staff is like a catalyst. Thin ; are not self-made and events do not "just happen." A characteristic of

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university. As scholars arc tree to follow wherever inquirin minds may lead, knowledge is increased, Another characteristic is the

welding" oi diverse interests a n d personalities into a t e a m that will work i unit. A third, a n d p e r h a p s the most i m p o r t a n t faetor in

administration, is a sense of the high purposes <A the University and a zeal lor their accomplishment, l'he external physical plant ot' the University of Illinois is seen

readily as one strolls a r o u n d the c a m p u s . W h a t is eon* aled from the 5Ual ye is m o r e i m p o r t a n t . T o choose at r a n d o m : powerful

machinery to convert i al into electricity, intricate electronic computers, models oi a skyscraper, incunabula in the library, all contribute individually to the fulfillment of the aims oi the Univcrsit\ th« ire but !>>ur kinds oi equipment. As oi July I, 1950, our

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