Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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, i fniv( rsityj th< n must always he a hard nu< l us of tea< hin r < < search, and demonstration in an as not immediately war-rt lated. A time-tested policy hai been to make teaching and research talent ind the !.'< ilities ol the I University available to government and b oth( inizations, alon lines thai make the best use <) such > i 0U1 Under this < ontrolled policy, our n trch and training < ontracl with the Ai lure| Servit es and othei national departments have each yeai amounted to several millions of dollars. ()ur contracts and relations With private organizations have also been extensive and mutually helpful. At times we have been able to assist directly in meeting problems < l tin state of Illinois. > The present world situation makes it probable that demand:, on the i Fniversity lor special servi< es will in< rease. We shall try to m t < t h e m w i t h o u t u n d u e diversion from o u r m a i n busfrlt ol p r e p a r i n g youth for whatever lies ahead. TiiK NEED TO STRENGTHEN CERTAIN AULAS OF THE UNIVI i nv It is hard to show objectively that a univ< rsity has grown in f strength and excellence. In the early L930 s a widely published urvey of large American universities rated the University of Illinois as "distinguished" in lour d partments. The < riteria of this survey < were, of course, subje< I to question, but if we wer( to apply them t o d a y , ] think we s h o u l d a r r i v e at a " d i s t i n g u i s h e d " r a t i n g lor l o u r o r five t i m e s as m a n y . I a m not g o i n g to n a m e t h e d e p a r t m e n t s o r the prof( ors, for even a small probable error would cause anguish. T h e PrOVOSl lias m a d e extensive i n q u i r i e s into this matter-, lor it lies at the heart of university planning. In his opinion about 25 departments havi made nolahle e.ains in recent years, while few, il .my lepartments have lost ground. [n the process of strengthening ome areas, there is always the i;iIJ , ol failing to maintain departments already strong. Hen I think the lads S|>cal< for themselves, hut. I shall give only one illustration. The presidency of the American A iation for the A<1variM merit ol S c i e n c e , tin w i n n i n g of s o m e ol the most COVCted research awards, a new chemistry buildini; with such equipment . 53
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