The Chicago Normal School is maintained by the city of Chicago for the preparation of teach ers for the public schools of Chicago.
University of Illi nois.—The state univer sity, the University of Illinois, founded in 1807, and located at Urbana, Champaign County, is the highest educational institution of the state. The University is made up of 11 Colleges and Schools, S of which arc at Urbana and 3 in Chi cago. Those at Urbana are: Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Education, Engi neering, Agriculture, Music, Law, Library; those at Chicago, Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
Special schools.--The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are at Jacksonville; the Lincoln State School and Colony at Lincoln; the school of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Nor mal; the St. Charles School for Boys at St. Charles; and the State Training School for Girls at Geneva. Each of these schools is established to provide educational oppor tunities for a special group of pupils who cannot have the advantages of the ordi nary public schools. Boys and girls from all parts of the state are sent to these special schools.
Private schools.— About one-fifth as many elementary- and high school pupils are en rolled in the private schools of the state as in the public schools. These schools may be parochial schools under church management or tuition schools under individual control. Three-fourths of all pupils of the state attending private schools are in Chicago.
Higher institutions of learning.—In addition to the state normal schools, the Chicago Normal School, and the state university, which arc supported by general taxation, Illinois has numerous other colleges, universities, technical and pro fessional schools sup ported by funds from other than public reve nues. Many of these in stitutions were founded in the early years of Illinois statehood before the state had assumed the responsibility for the education of the chil dren or the young people of the common wealth. The table on pages 340-41 indicates the extent to which the higher educational institutions of Illinois are supported and maintained by voluntary action of her citizens. Two of these institutions, the University of Chicago and Northwestern Uni versity, hold high rank among the larger uni versities of America. Of the 66 institutions of higher learning listed on pages 340-41, 10 are supported by pub lie taxation, and 56 are supported by church or private funds; 28 of these 56 are supported by 10 different religious denominations, 1 by interdenomi national activity, and 27 are either non-sectarian schools or private institutions. Thirty of these 66 institutions are located in Chicago, 2 in Peoria, 2 in Galesburg, 2 in Jackson ville, and 1 in each of 30 other cities, widely distributed throughout the state.