Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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Whether the University is separated into the eleven parts indicated by the North Central Association or into four layers of a matrix, die whole may be lost in looking at details. What is the whole like? One way to answer this question is to examine two of die products of the entire institution. Is it turning out research in many areas of human knowledge? If so, it is well on the way to becoming distinguished. It has another product even more important. It must send forth graduates not only capable of understanding the world, but also willing to serve their fellow men. It cannot evade die responsibility of answering the question, Knowledge for what purpose? How Is the University Related to the State of Illinois? Education releases power. It spreads knowledge among the people. The early colonists in New England cut down the virgin forests and destroyed the shallow soil until few natural resources were left. Except for the sea and the ships that brought trade, nearly all that could be turned into wealth was gone. Power in die national life was achieved because the early setders believed in education at all levels. Their schools and colleges have made the people of the region strong and they have done well by the youth who come to them from afar. In the great fertile state of Illinois die earth yields food in abundance for people in all parts of the world. The coal and oil give the energy that moves the wheels of many factories and carries trains over thousands of miles. Provost Coleman Griffith has referred to the Midwest as "the greatest cultural and economic area in the world." He states that "if its grains, minerals and men had been taken out of the world's economy at any time since the turn of the century, the whole course of peace and war would have been changed." The University can release more strength a it creat the power of knowledge and spreads it among the people, The coUc es and universities of Illinois are k( 9 to the future of the state. The state university rightly should be a leader among them, initiatir educational advance. The relation between it and Other institutions of 14
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