ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, at Urbana. Champaign co., Ill., was organized in 1868, its chief endowment being derived from the public lands which fell to the share of the' state of I,llirmic truster the act of cougresg Jimmiss.2 1862, and which were to he devoted to the isf colleges of aglieulifire the mechanic arts. This endowment amounts to $320,000, and the university has 25,000 acres of land still unsold, valued it from $5 to $10 per acre. Its animal income, derived from endowments, fees, and state appropriations, amounts to about $75,000. Its grounds, including the military campus, the college campus, and the farm, orchards, gardens, nurseries, arboretum, etc., embrace 628 acres. The main college building is one of the largest and best of its kind in the country, being four stories high and 214 ft. long, with a depth on the wings of 122 feet. It contains an auditorium, library, museum, art gallery, physical laboratory, and over thirty lectu•e-rooms. Besides this there are one large and two small dormitories, a large mechanical and military building, a large chemical laboratory, a green-house, and several farm houses and other farm buildings. The chemical laboratories contain desks and apparatus for 200 students; the physical laboratory has accommodations for 50 students; and there is besides a laboratory for students in mechanical engineering and architecture. There is a large museum of
natural history, including zoological, geological, and mineralogical cabinets, tural and horticultural cabinets, collections for illustrations in mechanical and civil engineering, and a fine-art gallery, embracing over 400 casts of celebrated sculptures, a large collection of photographs and engravings from celebrated paintings, and a gallery of historical portraits. Time library in 1880 included about 12,200 bound volumes and nearly 2,500 pamphlets. The corps of instructors at the same date included 17 professors, and 10 teachers and assistants. Number of students, 309; alumni, 227. The university is organized in four departments, viz.: literature and science, engineering, natural science, and agriculture. These embrace respectively the schools of ancient, English, and modern languages; mechanical, civil, and mining engineering, and architecture; chem istry, natural history, domestic sciences, and agriculture and horticulture. Women are admitted to all the courses of study. Military training, heretofore given to all mule students, is hereafter to be confined to those of the first two years. There is a gym nasium for men and a calisthenic hall for women. J. M. Gregory, LL.D., regent, resigned in 1880, and S. H. Peabody, Pll.D., is the acting regent.