Today in the History of the University of Illinois

• 1897: ...Law Building Law Building The School of Law was established in 1896 ftn1 1 and a year later, "on the morning of September 15, 1897, two young men entered the front door of University Hall and went into a room on the door of which was a freshly painted sign, "The School of Law". They were Charles Churchill Pickett, 35, and George... (Law Building)

• 1806: Will Open September 15th, 1806. T H E COLLEGE C U R R I C U L U M embraces the following features: A four years graded Collegiate Course. Hospital and Dispensary Clinical Instruction by the College Staff. Fourteen General Clinics ... (Illio - 1896)
• 1819: ...calaureate Address in University Chapel, June 8 Class Day, June 9 Society Addresses, ; June 10 Commencement, Wednesday, . June 11 Summer Vacation. Examinations for Admission, Monday, September 15 First or Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 16 Closing of the First Term, December 23 Winter Vacation. DONATIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FOR THE PAST YEAR. LIEUT. GEO. R. BACON AND CAPT. CHAS. BEND... (Course Catalog - 1877-1878 Version B)
• 1819: ...versary Day, Second Term Closes, Tuesday, Third or Spring Term begins, Tuesday, Baccalaureate Address in University Chapel, Class Day, Society Addresses, . Commencement, Wednesday, - September 15 September 16 December 23 January January March March March June June June June 5 B 11 23 23 6 7 8 9 Summer Vacation. September 13 September 14 December 21 Examinations for Admission, Monday, First or Fall... (Course Catalog - 1878-1879)
• 1846: ... Y., where he had been teaching in a normal and training school for a year. He had attended school there and at Rensselaer Academy, Mex- ,The First Faculty 355 ico, N. Y, He was born September 15,1846, at Fernwood, N, Y. After leaving the university in 1873 he continued teaching, but later entered the Baptist ministry. He has had charge of congregations in New York and Vermont; and has done some w... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1864: ...e 'grab game.' " To combat the various opposing schemes to get control of the federal fund and to perfect their own plans, the agriculturists called a convention to meet in Decatur, September 15, 1864, in connection with the state fair. President Van Bpps of the state agricultural society in his opening address reviewed the situation, stating again the arguments for an institution separate from ex... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1864: ...t, 1861-1864, p. 986 EIGHTH CONVENTION Preamble and Resolutions unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Farmers and Mechanics of Illinois, held on the State Fair Grounds in Decatur, September 15, 1864. Whereas, The industrial interests are of paramount importance all others being dependent upon their prosperity: and Whereas, Congress has made a munificient grant of four hundred and eighty thousand... (Book - History of the University (Powell))
• 1877: ...ally in the cass of those students who are under twenty years of age. ,Illinois Industrial University. yc Examinations for Admission First or Fall Term begins First Term ends Monday, September 15 Wednesday, September 17 Wednesday, December 24 WINTER VACATION. FOR 1885. Examination for Admission to Advanced Classes Opening- ot the Second or Winter Term Anniversary Day Second Term ends Third or Spri... (Course Catalog - 1883-1884)
• 1884: ...dnesday, December 19 Tuesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday January S January 9 March 11 March 26 March 26 June S June 9 June 10 June 11 Monday, September 15 Wednesday, September 16 ,UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY. SPRING TERM, 1883. STUDENTS' GOVERNMENT. EXECUTIVE. LITERARY SOCIETIES, ETC. ALETHENAI. Young Ladies' Literary Society. Motto : "Live." Organized, October 4t... (Course Catalog - 1882-1883)
• 1886: ...o are under twenty years of age. li ,98 Calendar for 1886-7. CALENDAR FOR 1886-7, Examinations for Admission First or Fall Term begins First Term ends Monday, September 13 Wednesday, September 15 Wednesday, December 22 WINTER VACATION. FOR 1887. Examination for Admission to Advanced Classes, Tuesday, January 4 Opening of the Second or Winter Term Wednesday, January 5 Second Term ends Wednesday, Ma... (Course Catalog - 1885-1886)
• 1886: ...une Alumni Day Tuesday, June Commencement : Wednesday, June SUMMER VACATION. Examinations for Admission First or Fall Term begins 5 6 11 24 25 6 7 8 9 Monday, September 13 Wednesday, September 15 ,LIST OF GRADUATES. 1872. NAME. OCCUPATION. RESIDENCE. Burwash, Milo B Farmer Champaign. Davies, John J B S Physician Racine, Wis. Drewry, Henry N Physician Effingham. Flagg, Alfred M Capt Lawyer Sioux Fa... (Course Catalog - 1884-1885)
• 1890: ...apel Sunday, June 8 Class Day Monday, June 9 Alumni Day Tuesday, June 10 Commencement Wednesday, June 11 SUMMER VACATION. Examinations for Admission First or Fall Term begins Monday, September 15 Wednesday, September 17 ,List of Graduates. Alumni of the University are requested to send to the Regent's office timely notice of any chenges which should be made in the following lists for future publio... (Course Catalog - 1888-1889)
• 1890: ...er, and especially in the case of those students who are under twenty years of age. ,CALENDAR FOR 1890-91. Examination for admission First or Fall Term begins First Term ends Monday, September 15 Wednesday, September 17 Friday, December 19 WINTER VACATION. FOR 189I. Examination for admission to advanced classes, Monday, Opening of the Second or Winter Term Wednesday, Second Term ends Wednesday, Th... (Course Catalog - 1889-1890)
• 1891: ... received, and the amount of 1,199.00 was appropriated from current funds to pay the premium. Sept. 8, 1891; XVI, 143 I have received 11,000.00 for Sangamon County 8 per cent, bonds due Sept. 15, 1891, and have bought 9,000 Pike County 7 per cent, bonds on a 5 per cent, basis, due July 1, 1895. JOHN W. BUNN, Treasurer. GENTLEMEN: The report was approved. An appropriation was made from current fund... (Book - History of Illinois Land Grant Endowment)
• 1892: ...nce Examinations begin. First Assembly of Students. Instruction begins. Thanksgiving recess. Instruction resumed. Term Examinations begin. Term ends. Sept. 12, Monday Sept. 14, Wednesday Sept. 15, Thursday Nov. 24, Thursday Nov. 28, Monday Dec. ig, Monday Dec. 2i, Wednesday ,BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS Ex Officio JOSEPH W. FIFER LAFAYETTE FUNK The SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTI... (Course Catalog - 1890-1891)
• 1893: On September 15 they closed the house in Atlantic City and moved back to Carlisle as regular in their movements as the swallows of Capistrano. Strong Presbyterians, they loved to entertain visiting clergymen. Their guest... (Book - Banks of the Boneyard (Charles Kiler))
• 1897: ...CALENDAR 1897-98 FALL TERM, 1897 Sept. 9, Thursday. Entrance Examinations begin. Tuesday ' 4 M nday I Registration Days. Instruction begins. Latest date for announcing Subjects of Theses Sept. 15, Wednesday. Nov. 8, Monday. Nov. 25, Thursday. Nov. 29, Monday. Dec. 23, Wednesday. Dec. 24, Friday. Thanksgiving Recess. Instruction resumed. Term Examinations begin. Term ends. WINTER TERM, 1898 Jan. 3,... (Course Catalog - 1896-1897)
• 1897: .... to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, November 7, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ,UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ,UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEDICATION COLLEGE OF LAW BUILDING APRIL 1 1-14, 1936 ,On the morning of September 15, 1897, two young men entered the front door of University Hall and went into a room on the door of which was a freshly painted sign, "The School of Law." These two men were Charles Churchill Pickett, 35, a... (Dedication - College of Education Dedication)
• 1919: ...thern, October 20; and for the extreme southern, October 24. However, general killing frosts sometimes occur three weeks earlier than these dates, so that seed-corn week should begin September 15 for northern Illinois, September 20 for the central district, and September 25 for the southern third of the state. Let e Kh community proclaim a "seed-corn week" to begin with the date 'Mentioned for the... (War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 44)
• 1935: September 15, 1935. O Makeshifts and Progress. Boone Library School Quartei Tf.fO T H ' E . ELEANOR. r 7:559-60 (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 22)
• 1935: Sept. 15, 1935. WESLEY, ALICE. Book repair by W.P.A. workers. Illinois Libraries, 18:99-100 (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 23)
• 1935: September 15, 1935. BARER, CARROLL P. Observations on Library I rustees Sections. Library j 0 u 60:698-99 (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 22)
• 1936: ... B.S. '32, is librarian of the Picayune, Mississippi High School Ernest I. Miller, B.S. '32, a member of the staff of the Technical Library Of the T.V.A. at Knoxville, was married on September 15 to Miss Sarah Elinor Ross, a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a member of the staff ot he I.awson McGhee Library at Knoxville. v uny, u Helen Werner, B.S. '32, was married on June 20 to Mr. Ste... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 23)
• 1937: ...n at the University of Texas lb .NT for the University of Illinois. Ruth H . Mueller, B.S. '35, resigned her position at the East Side Branch of the Evansville, Ind., Public Library September 15, 1937, to be married I as to Clifford A. Kleymeyer October 1, 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Kleymeyer are y for re ling at 503 " B " S. E. Second Street, Evansville, Ind. Helen M. Murrell, B.S. '35, resigned her posi... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 26)
• 1938: September 15, 1938. WARNOCK LUCILE. Illustration of children's books. The Elementary English Review, 15:161-165,208 (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 27)
• 1939: ...University of Chicago Graduate Library School, has accepted the position as head of the Industry and Science department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland, starting September 15. Nellie Ray Myers McNabb, B.S. '30, and family are living at 902 East Calhoun Street, Macomb, Illinois. Dorothy G. Martin, B.S. '30, died August 12, 1939 while visiting her brother in Los Angeles. She rec... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 28)
• 1942: September 15, 1942. TUBBS, SIBYL A. Army library service at Fort Meade. South Dakota library bulletin 28:3-4 (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 31)
• 1942: -Sept. 15, Tues.. .Registration of upperclassmen (Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942))
• 1943: ...a general assistant. . fV i Rex M. Potterf, librarian of the Port Wayne and Allen County Lijj Indiana, is the subject of the Interlakcn Mills' "Librarv outline N the Library Journal, September 15, which mentions the progress ot ,Alumni News Letter under his a d m i n i s t r a t i o n through departmental ,ibr ry r onnel t r a i n i n g a n d e x t e n s i o n of school and ss is 926 IHsley D r i ... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 33)
• 1944: ...earch libraries 5331-34. September 1944. MARABLE, MARY HAYS and CONSTANT, ALBERTA W. The educated heart; some non-measurable aspects of children's reading. Library journal 69:743-46 September 15, 1944. MERRILL, JULIA WRIGHT and FYAN, LOLETA DAWSON. Planning for rural America A.L.A. bulletin 38:218-20. June 1944. ' NEWTON, CHARLOTTE. Individualizing library instruction. Wilson library bulletin 19:1... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35)
• 1944: September 15, 1944. 1 RYAN, CHARLOTTE. Expansion of library service in Illinois. Illinois libraries 26:200-09. Tune 1944. SCHENK, GRETCHEN K. Observations on the Chicago Institute: "The seed was good." Library journal ... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35)
• 1945: ... capacities and has generously and unstintingly given of his knowledge without seeking personal recognition." Lewis F. Stieg, assistant director, reviewed for the Library Journal of September 15, 1945. Edward A. Wight's Evaluation and Revision of the Library School Curriculum and The Program of Instruction in Library Schools, by Keyes D. Metcalf and others. Mr. Stieg attended the Institute August ... (UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 37)