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Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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are what hold the cultun of a people together. They giv< it distini the characteristics. Philosophy reveals values arid compai , them with those that have emerged elsewhere. Literature pri ntS them as they affect the lives and aspirations of persons. T h e i lassie :• . J how great questions have been dealt with down through the . Esthetic values also distinguish one culture and or. era from another. Ideas of the beautiful, of the approprial , have influi d the design of apparel, of d\\ llings and monuments, of painting sculptures, and musical compositions. All such ideas are saturated with emotional appeal. How each person feels is not only important to himself but also to the world at large. The decision to make war or peace may come in this way. The images that cause tears or smiles, rage or compassion, rejection or sympathy, differ from folk to folk and from time to time. These images are developed in the works of creative artists — in poetry, music and the other fine arts. T h e door to all societies and to all ages is opened by the humanities and the fine arts. LIBRARY The University Library is a truly great repository of the product of man's creative efforts. O n J u n e 30, 1950, the Library held 2,383,500 volumes, representing an increase of 379,800 volumes in a fouryear period, an average increase of 94,900 volumes per y ar. The average for each of the past three years has been over 100,000 volumes, a rate of growth exceeded only by Harvard and Yale. At present Illinois ranks first in size among state universities and third among all American universities. During these four years, the Library has acquired some notable collections, for example: 'I he Ward library on parasitology and microscopy, one of the lar st and most important in the field. The Oberholscr ornithological library, which was the loading collection in private hands. European wartime publications; 37,000 volumes obtained through a Library of Congress ((.operative project M.my volumes of rare and early printed books and manuscripts, particularly for the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries in Knglish literature. 11
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