ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNI

VERSITY, THE.—Founded in 1857, and located at Normal, a suburb of Blooming ton. The oldest State Normal institution in the Mi i ippi Valley. Its purpose it to provide teachers for the state; and students are required to sign a pledge on entrance that they intend to become teachers. The tuition is free; the Board of Education of Illinois is the governing body. The University provides a four-years’ course to prepare High School teachers, principals, and superintendents. There is a Normal School for teachers of elementary and rural schools; a University High School, and an elementary training school. The last two furnish training for student teachers. There are also special courses in manual training, art, vocal music, household economics, commerce, and agriculture. The income is about $230,000 from the State treasury, and interest from funds given by the Federal Government in 1818. Students in all departments, including summer se ions, eo including the Training 00. {nstitution for higher education, estabMshed in 1867, at Urbana, Illinois. The ‘departments of medicine, law, and. dentistry are located in Chicago. Since 1876 a Summer Se ion has been heid. Té confers on graduates the degrees B.A., and B.S. The University i ues a number of publications, including ‘The Law Bulletin’, Medical Bulletin’, University of Illinois Studies in Psychology’, Studies in Language and Literature’, Studies in Education’, The library contains 603,297 volumes. Income from invested funds, etc., $4,881,872; of this the State David Kinley, Ph,D., LL.D. Students, ITY.—A Methodist Episcopal coeducational institution, founded at Blooming ton, Illinois, in 1850. It ‘I Maintains a preparatory and law school, and confers the degrees B.A., B.S., and