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 DECORATIONS FOR STATe ONIVERSlTy blRRARU 
 
 Four Coinposilion Subjects Cho¬ 
 sen to Typify the Four 
 Principal Colleges of 
 the University. 
 
 Artist Wells, Selected to 
 the Frescoes for the I 
 tunda. Has About Com¬ 
 pleted His Work. 
 
 nV5E5 
 
 R NI-;\VTON A- \VELI.S Is now ul 
 work painting tho frescoes In the 
 
 • itL-d at Urbana. The work was 
 r<«'ariic<l upon competition about a year and 
 a half ago. the committee eclccling Mr. 
 Welts' dcHlgns as being the moat decorative 
 iind l-•pecialty adapted to the object fer 
 which they were designed. 
 
 Vhe noceasary data, plans, and elevations, 
 architect's specincatlons, etc., were fur- 
 iilshcsl him. and In due time small designs In 
 water color were sent on, upon which a 
 favorable decisltm was pnssrd, and Mr. 
 Wells at once set to work In his Purls atelier 
 to evolve the wurking drawings of the four 
 great frescoes Included in the commission. 
 
 The frescoes are to be placed on the upper 
 walls of ibo rotunda, which Is entered after 
 passing the vestibule and olT which uro the 
 reading-room and stackruom The rotunda 
 la oblong and iho panels, which form a sort 
 of frieze, are of two lengths; two will be 
 37^ and the othet two lH’t.. feet long, and 
 each about 12 feet In height, the ilgurcs In 
 the composition to be life size. 
 
 POUR SUBJECTS. 
 
 The lour composition subjects chosen will 
 typify the four principal colleges of the 
 universUy, literature and arts, agriculture, 
 engineering, and science. '-The Sacred 
 Wood of the Muzes " Is the title of the hr-it 
 compoilllon. It Is a classical subject, con- 
 talnlng about twenty-five figures, reiireaent- 
 Ing philosophy, poetry, music, and art. The 
 studies for the landscape for this work were 
 made In the garden of the Luxembourg and 
 St \ ersallles. The scene represents the 
 classic age and I'l.ito, Homer. Aristotle, and 
 others are grouped, each with hla followers, 
 who are earnestly learning the lessons ex¬ 
 pounded by their worthy ninaters. 
 
 To represent agriculture .Mr. tVells ha* 
 composed a pron-^lonal c.alkd "Arcadia. " 
 which Is treated also from the clnralc.il 
 standpoint, the Hgure being In the old Ureek 
 coslumo. Tho picture typines the return of 
 the harv'oatcn at the close of day. the nr«i 
 fruits, so to spe.ik, of tho harvest season. 
 Domestic animals are also Introduced. The 
 ptor -Bional Is also typical of the different 
 stages of life. On the extreme left are two 
 small children In the lead, and closely fol¬ 
 lowing are a young woman and her lover 
 bearing garlands of vine and clusters of 
 purple grapes. 
 
 nihERVA 
 
 LABORATORY 
 
 l AMUUb MODELS. 
 
 FORGE 
 
 VULRAN 
 
 The fresco entitled. " The Sacred Wood of 
 the Muses." lenow nesrtrg completion, and 
 Mr M'ells expects to finish Merles during 
 the course of the year. It ' • xpeeted that 
 the four Urge working drawings will be 
 shown at the comlngexhlb'tlOB of the Arch> 
 tectural club, wbtcb ■ ; »r.s at the Art In- 
 l stitute 
 
 Mr. Wells ta a pupil of Be-Jimte Constmr" 
 and Jean Raul Laurens and was working In 
 the Aesdemle Jullen at the same time as 
 the Lyr '-cker brother*, now we" known 
 In art circles For several years Mr Wei:« 
 was an an r.sirhetor In an Eastern - 
 but feeling that he could do •'methlee 
 better than spend hi* entire life ir. c school¬ 
 room he resigned hi* position, we- .. New¬ 
 port ard ci-.-ed a etud!.-. - * i- the end of a 
 year went abr--‘ stsytrg about three 
 years. It wa» while study;, abroad that 
 he learned of the comp.-:"'-- for the dec¬ 
 orations of the State I'nlverslij's library, 
 and this Is h'..£ first Imporlsn! work of the 
 kind since his return 
 
 Mr. Well* Is a man of education and 
 culture, and the university has secured his 
 service* for a course of lecture* upon the 
 history of paining to be given during the 
 
 ind for the Hat three 
 sibiter at tbe Paris 
 
 Columbisn Exposition 
 years has been sn e 
 
 Salon. 
 
 of tbe UDlvisDiUy. They entain over e.vn 
 volumes and 13.uju pampteu. These includ - 
 ISO series of perlodtcals. 
 
 Tho instltutloc was Incorporated under the 
 name of the nilocla Industrial University 
 on the 2S:h day of February, tr^. and placed 
 under tbe coctrol of a Board of Trustees. 
 eonoUtuted of the Governor, the Suprrtn- 
 tendent of Public Insrueilon. and the Pres¬ 
 ident of the State Board of Agriculture os 
 ex-offle;.-. members, and tweniy-elgbt citi¬ 
 zens appointed by the Governor The chief 
 executive ofBcer. usually -ailed Prestdesc 
 was styled Regent and be sra* made ex- 
 ofllciy a member of '.ti .rsrd sod presiding 
 oSleer of tbe Board of Trustees sod of the 
 faculty. 
 
 In 1873 the Board Of Trusteea was reor¬ 
 ganized by tbe reduction of the number of 
 appointed members to nine and of the ex- 
 olB;lo members to two—tbe Governor and tbe 
 President of State Board of Agriculture. In 
 1887 a law was possedmaklng memberahlp 
 of tbe board elective, and rertcrlng the 
 Superintendent of PubUe Instruction ss an 
 ex-oAcl» member. There ore now three ex- 
 oSclo member*—tbe Governor Superln- 
 
 IL STOCKED. 
 
 LIBRARY IS W 
 
 ing of tht* Interior woa mode at C)c\-eland. 
 where Is located one of (be lorgcwt stom 
 hammers In the country. 
 
 PRELIMINARY WORK. 
 
 Th ' »k to prepare these viudies I* by no 
 ■" IndUferrnt or.r. The drawlr.gf 
 _ J ‘ ‘ . wh'ch were made In Paris (or 
 
 th- purrc:--. --.vered a space of six months' 
 cl -- npplirailon xnd sn outlay of more 
 'ban E- h. subject required erpeclal 
 
 me th; -• ••?£ being In the mojorlt) 
 of . flr« m» ‘ from the r.ud 
 thin diwpery nr an absolutely 
 
 correct drawing of the araiomy. 
 
 One not Inilmale with the methods of pre¬ 
 paring a *«t of working drawings for such 
 a task has no conception of the amount of 
 work Involved In the first place, the pl- 
 lure I* drawn to get the -ismpoiUlon. Then 
 the figures are posed and tbe details worked 
 out. A study must then be made for the 
 
 Facilities (or Sttid7 
 bat Will Be Gr 
 Lat 
 
 •re Excellent Now, 
 itly Improved 
 
 Tbe university was opened to studenlz on 
 March 2. 1^9'. Instruction being given in 
 algebra, geomrir.,. physics, history, rhe¬ 
 toric. and Lsv- At ;s • 'ime worker, —- 
 fsm sed garden- or thebulldlfg 
 
 was ompulsory for siudeots. but the 
 fo”crr-ng year compulsory labor waa dls- 
 costlnued save where made a part of cIom 
 iBstrueUon Is the autumn of I*ei8 a cher 
 teal laboratory was fitted up and pracUc . 
 work began. A botaolcs’ 'sboralory was Ir.- 
 irodweed the foHowIng year. In Jarfcary 
 1870 a DO’ab> advance In Isstructtoa ws 
 made by the fltdeg op of a temporary m- 
 chaslcaJ shop with tccTs aadmacblnery. and 
 te «*.*• little strtseture. orlglaolly built for a 
 eart»er.t«r ship, was begua the first shop Irv- 
 etructl-n la os American oalverslty. In 
 tbe cummer of 1871 a large brick bulldlBg. 
 tbe prese.-.’. earfaeerieg laboratory, was 
 
 The Ifbrary that wt. 
 •lecomtloax had. only . 
 
 volumes aad d.330 : 
 tion baa been selected 
 literary and setenUfic 
 •ewerat course- 
 The large library b. 
 the day for Mody, r. 
 work. On (he same ij 
 the reading-room of tb{ 
 plied with dally pap*' 
 portani weekly and 
 both literary and scSen I 
 buDding will soon enti 
 offer Its members grc.l 
 faclIliJes. 
 
 The library of tbe £ 
 
 . be adorned by these 
 . few months ago. 30.- 
 kmpleta. The coUec- 
 i with reference to the 
 ludles required In the 
 
 : la open throughooi 
 I .ding, and reference 
 
 f ' or oa the library* Is 
 university, well sup- 
 i and the more (m- 
 loathly periodicals. 
 
 ! Sc. Thenewlibrary 
 ii l« the unlveialty to 
 ■ ' Jy Increased Uhrary 
 
 a diploma of merit was awarded the exhibi¬ 
 tion from this department. 
 
 The trustees, on March 0. 1870. admitted 
 
 I • ••. c.i.t r-.i?e -V . -hey 
 
 I have comnliuted about one-fifth of tho total 
 number In attendance. In 1877 tho Legis¬ 
 lature gave the university authority to con¬ 
 fer degrees. In IMkfi, upon rrqurst of Iho 
 alumni, faculty, und trustees, tho Legis¬ 
 lature changed tho name of the Institution 
 to the " University of Illinois." At ihlsacs- 
 slon of the General Assembly a mmsure w as 
 passed transferring the State Luhoratcry 
 of Natural History from tho Illinois State 
 Normal University to tho University of Il¬ 
 linois. This labor,aiory was treated for tho 
 purpose of making a natural history survey 
 of the State, for which appropriations are 
 mado from time to time. 
 
 By an act of CongroM of March. 1887 the 
 national government uppruprlalrd |I2 raxi 
 per Annum to each State for the purpuse of 
 establishing and maintaining. In connection 
 with tho colleges founded upon tho Con¬ 
 gressional act of IMS. agricultural experi¬ 
 ment stutions, ” to aid In acquiring und 
 diffusing among the people of the United 
 States useful and practical Information on 
 subjects connected wKh agriculture, and to 
 promote sclentlflc Investigation and experi¬ 
 ment respecting (he principles and applica¬ 
 tions of agricultural science." Under this 
 provision tho agricultural station for Illi¬ 
 nois was placed under tho direction of tho 
 trustees of the unlverolty, and Its ground# 
 were located on the university farm. Bui¬ 
 ld Ins are lasucd as often ae once every threo 
 months and distributed gratuitously. 
 
 For the more complete endowment of the 
 Slate Institutions founded under (he act of 
 Congress of IWti, the United States govern¬ 
 ment. by a supplementary act passed In 
 lsis>. made furth-r appropriations Undir 
 this enactment each such college or univer¬ 
 sity received tho first year ♦l.'l.issi; the sec¬ 
 ond. 3M.<sxi and thcrrafierfl isriperannum 
 additional to (he amount of the preceding 
 year This annual Increase is to continue 
 until the amount reaches the sum of |3S.- 
 0i», which Is (hen to be paid yearly (hero- 
 after. The total appropriations by the Stato 
 of Illinois to the university for all tiutposes 
 to date amount to llJSUa.wii.