HONORARY SCHOLARSHIPS. The Legislature prescribed that one honorary scholar shall be admitte from each county in the State. These scholarships, which are designed "fc the benefit of the descendants of soldiers and seamen who served in th armies and navies of the United States during the late rebellion," entitle th incumbents to free tuition. The trustees have also authorized the faculty o the University to remit the tuition of worthy young men whose circum stances are such as to require this aid. PRIZE SCHOLARSHIPS. A movement has been started to secure in each county of the State the en dowment of a prize scholarship, with a permanent fund of $1,000 for each. The plan contemplates that the income of this fund shall be annually awarded to the best scholar from the public schools of the county, who shall present himself as a candidate for the University. The scholarship shall be determined by a competitive examination, to be held in each county, under the Regent of the University, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. The examinations will be held the first Friday in September, or at such time and place as the county superintendent of schools may appoint. Honorary scholars will be examined at the same time. Only a few of the counties have as yet provided for the prize scholarship, but it is hoped that a prize of greater or less amount will be provided in each county in which a worthy candidate shall be selected. STUDENTS' DORMITORIES AND BOARD. There are in the University building about sixty private rooms for students, which are rented to the students who first apply. Each room is designed for the accommodation of two students. These rooms are fourteen feet long and ten feet wide. They are without furniture, it being deemed best that students shall furnish their own rooms. It is earnestly recommended for health's sake that each student have a separate bed. A narrow bedstead and mattress, with suitable clothing, shall be provided by each. A study table, chairs, and a small coal stove, may be provided in common by the occupants of the room. Good private boarding houses are already springing up around the University, where either day board, or board and rooms can be obtained, with the advantages of the family circle. Several students have provided themselves with meals in their rooms, at an expense varying from $1 to $1 50 per week. To avoid unnecessary litter about the grounds, coal is purchased by the University at wholesale, and furnished to students at cost. HOW TO ENTER THE UNIVERSITY. In answer to the questions often received, the following explicit directions are given to young men wishing to enter the University: 1st. If you are over fifteen years of age, of good habits, and have a fair knowledge of the common school branches, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, and History of the United States, you may enter, and take any course of study you are prepared for. The further advanced in study, the better you will be prepared to secure the full advantages of a residence at the University. Some of the Departments require more preparation than others. 2d. You should enter at the beginning of a term; but you may enter at any other time if prepared to go forward with any of the classes. 3d. If doubtful of your ability to enter the departments you have selected, write to the Regent, J. M. Gregory, Champaign, and state what branches you have studied, the progress you have made in each, and your wishes as to course and term of study. 4th. If prepared, come on at once, bringing with you, if practicable, a letter of recommendation from your last teacher, or county superintendent of schools, or any good citizen. HOW CAN I PAY MY WAY? In answer to this question which often reaches us from earnest young men, eager for an education, but without means, we reply: 1st. Your necessary expenses (except for books and clothing,) will be as stated on the next page, under the head of "Expenses." 2nd. During the Spring and Fall terms, and to some extent during the Winter term, you can find work on the University farm and gardens, or in the shops, for which you will be paid 121⁄2 cents per hour, if diligent and faithful. You can easily, without hindering your studies, work three hours a day, and if needful the whole day, on Saturdays. This will amount to $3 12% per week, and will, if you choose to board yourself, more than cover all your expenses. If you understand some common trade, you can do still better. You will easily be able to earn, during the vacation, enough to buy your clothes and books. Some students pay their way, and have money to spare. If possible you should have, to start with, money enough to pay your entrance fee and bills, and to buy your half of the furniture of your room, which will cost, say $15. Your uniform will cost you $27; but this will save you from purchasing other clothing to start with. You will find numbers of fellow students, who are taking care of themselves, and who will, with true brotherly feeling, advise and assist you. Come on without fear. What man has done, man can do. TERMS AND VACATIONS. The college year is divided into three terms of twelve weeks each. The work of the term will in all cases commence on Monday morning, and students who fail to be present at the opening will be expected to make up, by private study, every lesson which may have been passed over by their classes. Examination of new students will be held the Saturday preceding the opening of the term. The only vacations are, the holiday recess, including Christmas and New Years, a vacation of one week between the winter and spring term, and the long vacation at the close of the third term. Room rent is only charged to students who room in the University building. Each student is required to pay a matriculation fee of $10 on first entering the institution. This entitles him to membership till he completes his studies. Honorary and prize scholars pay no tuition fee, but pay all other fees. All bills due the University must be paid, and the treasurer's receipt be shown to the Regent, before the student can enter the classes. Students boarding in University Hall will be required to deposit with the steward $10 each, to apply on their board bills at the close of the term. The annual expense of a residence at the University, exclusive of books and clothing, will be nearly as follows: Tuition, room rent, and incidentals, from.. Board in Hall... Fuel and lights.... Washing, 75c. per dozen.. $34 50 to $39 50 .108 00 to 126 00 10 00 to 15 50 10 00 to 15 00 Total...... .$163 00 $195 00 Many young men reduce the expense to within $100 a year, and pay this by their labor during the year. It ought to be known that any young man can pay his way through college who is willing, for the sake of an education, to practice steadily the virtues of industry and economy. GOVERNMENT. The University is designed for men, not children, and its government rests in an appeal to the manly feeling and sense of honor of its students. It has but one law, and that is, "DO RIGHT." If any student shall show himself so weak or corrupt that he can not, when thus treated, refrain from vicious conduct, he will receive permission to leave the institution, where his presence can only injure others, without being of any benefit to himself. But no pains will be spared to counsel the inexperienced, to admonish the careless, and to save the tempted. Especially will it be an object to establish and maintain that high toned, refined, and honorable public sentiment, which is at once the best safeguard against meanness and vice, and a constant inspiration to nobleness and virtue. DONATIONS. In addition to the donations heretofore acknowledged, the officers of the University take pleasure in acknowledging the following: Hon Lyman Trumbull, Hon. John A. Logan, Hon. S. M. Cullom, congressional documents and speeches. J. Davis Wilder, Chicago, 8 yards paper black board. Edgar Sanders, Florist, Chicago, several flower bulbs. A. Blumenschein, Florist, Chicago, collection of green house plants. T. A. E. Holcomb, South Pass, Ill., collection of Roses and green-house plants. E. M. Potter, Kalamazoo, Mich., Potter's Three-horse Clevis. Collins Co., Hartford, Conn., per H. H. Taylor, agent, Chicago, 1 cast steel plow with steel beam. J. H. Pickrell, Harristown, Ill., 1 large and beautiful colored lithograph of group of Durham cattle. Harper Brothers, Publisher's, New York, set of classical text books and histories. D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, New York, several text books. A. S. Barnes & Co., Publishers, New York, 1 set Mathematical and other text books. John Burchard, Beloit, Wis., Gates and Castings for self-opening gates. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO. HON. JOHN M. PALMER, Governor. HON. NEWTON BATEMAN, LL. D., Sup't of Public Instruction. MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND SENATE. Name. Lemuel Allen... J. O. Cunningham.. M. C. Goltra. David S. Hammond.. C. R. Griggs.. S. S. Hayes. John S. Johnson. |