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Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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Kxtcn additi i the >< tion on lab U nd industrial i A >mpi hensive llection ( contemporai miah literatui The v )pj er m h < tical library A rtmai le collection on o an buildin I manufacture A v olh v I a >0,000 United dons d ument < The University of Illinois Foundation's gifts of Vudul tfs Bi v o i. it and of a facsimil ol the < utenbci Bibl( n worthy. I this t\uir\ ar i riod, the recorded u f the Library \ moi xtensive than a! my other time in its history, with an a\ i \ O.Oi I volum< • per j 1 the field of public i lations, throe programs were < rried on by the Library, aimed at stimulating reading and in! rmin the 1 community ofourrcsoun s. Th :wei the weekly I [our/ M the brarj Presents" radio pre ram, and exhibitions of library materials. Fundamental changes were made in the Library Sch< 1 curricnlnm . 19-15 In line with extensive revisions in the field of iibrarj education iioins on throughout the count s\ the SchooPs cult} overhauled its entire program, beginning at the junior-seni level an ontinuing through the doctorate in library science* In 1949 the Library School sponsored the Windsor Lectu in I brarianship. These lectures, dealing with new problems, are delivt d each sprii and are published by the University of Illin< s Pres>. PINK \ D vrri tED vurs A ompl hments in Vine and Applied Arts have been m a m The I> partment oi Arehi eture has the largest n u m b e r of Student c\ r enrolled anywhere in this field. For two consecutive wars, 19 and 1918-;°. the University has 1 en awarded the Beaux Arts duat i medal for the best re< rd of the y ar in fine ^petition. Durixi the postwar years, lUiiu s stu ents have w aux Arts medals offej I for sen! r o npetitior and 6 : ol 1 high t av rds : s n to juniors ai . sophom i 11 the School [ Music h,e d b\ bun mm
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