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Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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stations, universit) p nd \ lucational film libnu lu\c u » leveloj d. Mori" and more, these media have been ui d in i hin» » Now that we face the pn ipect of higher ( ampui nrollmenl in the middle L950*S, and of a greater tn 1 for C t X on in s throughout the state, these mass media will provi to he in mtial part of the Uni\ rsity's pn^rain. With this future in mind, we have en ated a Division i I munications, headed by a dean who, with a polic) >mraitt< . has the assignment of integrating the work in this field ad of developing the program. The School of Journalism, a leader in the udd for a quarter century, has become, in this new organ ation, a School of J urnalism and Communications offering work in journalism, radio, and advertising The Library School, second largest in the nation, has add( to its program advanced degrees and a ics ol courses d ilin with < the use of audio-visual materials, Broadcasting services have been overhauled with the addition, of new pro; ims and personnel. Beginning onetime this winter we should be on the air with a kilowatt FM station, obtained at what amounted to a ft \ let This facility will considerably improve our state service, The University Press has kepi up a solid line of scholarl) publications for which it is well known and has also effected a rem liable improvement in the appcaran< of the University's numerous service publications, bast year the Press published nearly 3,000,000 v p a m p h l e t s for distribution in the state. S o m e pf these are sold at cost. Most ol them arc sent on request free to persons in Illinois who need access to new knowledge in agriculture, engineering, business, small homos, tcv.chiir h o m e economic health, a n d d ms of Other subjects, The University of Illinois Press books have included in the l.»st lour years, for example, definitive studies of Shakespeare .uul Milton, a monumental I ustor) ol the Aesopic tradition (for which we received a foundation gran! of $8,000), .1 techni< il book on l'i Mathematical 77; ry of < mmunieatiotis, a cooperative stud) of the resourc of southern Illhn and a UNESC I publication. «
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