Souvenir Edition for 1924 Champaign Illinois ILLINOIS HISTORICAL SURVEY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/souvenireditionfOOcham SeSf ■ Ukt. fa. 't^-CfA/ To better CAcquaint the Puhlic With ^5he (Business Interests of Our City is Our Sincere ^Purpose Geo. D. Louden Printing Co. 1924= = Champaign Souvenir Edition = 1924 + — .._. — . . — ._.._„_.. . — „ — „_. — . — .._. . — . — „ — ._. + CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS The impossibility of giving ;i sketch of Champaign's history in a short article is apparent. The developmenl of our city during the Lasl half century can be portrayed effectively by ;i resume of the interests vested in our city at the present time. In the year of Eighteen Hundred SeventyA. D., Champaign was a small rural community of four thousand inhabitants. As the town w;is situated in the center of the greatesl corn- producing country in the state, it bad a natural advantage as a markel and ;i shipping poinl for the farmer's products. At this time the State University was permanently located in the county which added a great deal to attract business interests to the little rural community. In the short space of one half a century the little town grew to be a city of twenty-five thousand — the greatesl educational center in the Mississippi Valley and a thriving business community. The remarkable advantages attracted four railroads, that serve the city from all points, bringing into our midsl annually thousands of strangers from all parts to visit the university. This influx gains in volume as Champaign becomes the center of the network of paved highways in the state. A greal deal of pride is taken in the large business district of Champaign. In order to be more commodious, the streets have been widened. These are beautified by boulevard lights that extend to the city's limits. The clearing house for the businesses, the Chamber of Com- merce, is very strong and receives the hearty backing of all the merchants. The selective busi- ness men's clubs — Kiwanis and Rotary — are very active and are institutions that give a great deal 1o our city. The city is under the Commission Form of City Government which has been very success- ful in administration. A \^vy efficient police force and fire department arc maintained to pro- tect the welfare of the citizens. Under the Park Commission control six city parks are estab- lished which not only beautify the city but are so situated to serve everyone. The adminis- tration has been very active in bringing about the construction of the new viaducts, the new de- pot and two more miles of paved streets in the city, bringing the total up to fifty miles of paved streets within the corporate limits. The education of the future generation is cared for in fourteen schools. Even with this great number there is a crowded condition. Plans are under consideration at present to turn the present high school into an elementary high school and to erect a new senior high school that would be attended by the students of the three upper classes. It is a very progressive step in the educational field and if taken will greatly encourage attendance of many who drop after finishing the grades. In our midst thirty churches are well established, representing the various denominations. Champaign realized that the safety of future citizenship is vested in its churches, so these insti- tutions are among Champaign's oldest. They are very influential and make for a tine residence community. The large public library is a thing of pride to the community. It was erected in the year of eighteen hundred ninety-five and consists of twenty-two t housand volumes. The Champaign County Country Club is a very important cog in the social life of the com- munity. The course is a very attractive one that has gained notice throughout the state. Nine more holes have been added by the progressive club in order to attract tournaments here. When our history is viewed in the lighl of the intcresl vested here our pasl growth is not surprising. The remarkable advantages and attractive opportunities centered here reach out and draw people to us. The things done in the past, prosperity of the present, and the plans for the future, speak well for a great Champaign. 1924 + Champaign Souvenir Edition = I You'll find | them at Prehn's I You'll find the dis- criminating, people of the campus at Prehn's. 1924 4, Gelvin's Clothes Shop A College Store Green Street CHAMPAIGN Our excellent lunches and fountain drinks sat- isfy the most particular. We invite you to try our candy: Whitman's, La Noy, and Bunte's. Music every Sunday for your enjoyment during after- noon and evening,. Prehn's Confectionery Green at Sixth "Meet me at Prehn's" Gasoline, Kerosene PEEP-ROCK Lubricating Oils, Greases Fuel Oil for Furnaces Deep Rock Oil Company of Champaign County, Illinois Incorporated O. B. PARKHILL I I P. W. WRIGHT I TOM SULLIVAN Office- 45 Chester St., Champaign, 111. Phone 1163 (PERFECT ^Bakery All sorts of Bakery Goods of Super- ior Quality for the Table, Dances or Parties. PHONE 1383 12 MAIN ST. CHAMPAIGN O. B. PARKHILL 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 THE CHAMPAIGN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE reorganiza! ion have CHAS. M. STAHL The Champaign Chamber of Commerce as re- organized tinder the American City Bureau plan in June, 1921, became more of a Civic organiza- tion than a down-town business men's organiza- i ion or merchanl 's associal ion. Some of its chief accomplishments since this been Id have taken a large part in the success of i lie bond issue for the build- ing of t he ( lhampaign ami Qrbana sanitary district which is to give adequate sewage disposal plant to t he university ci1 ies. This is a half million dollar project. The Champaign Coun- ty Road Improvement committee was organized from the Good Roads committee of the Cham- paign Chamber of Commerce. It was this com- mittee which planned the publicity campaign for the Champaign County hard roads bond issue of $2,500,000 which carried bv a large majority February 21. 1923. There was organized by a Chamber of Com- merce committee the Trade Extension Depart- ment which financed and is responsible for the trade promotion plans of the merchant members of the Chamber of Commerce. The new Illinois Central Station and the Sub- ways are in a large part the result of the ac- tivities of the strong committee from the Cham- ber of Commerce who started negotiations with the I. C. officials and the city government. This has developed into nearly a million dollar propo- sit ion. The Chamber of Commerce through its Rural Relations Committee in co-operation with the university authorities and the Champaign County Farm Bureau fostered the Ton Litter contest for Champaign County and we became pioneers in this movement in Illinois. On Feb. 2nd we will present to winners in Champaign County six Gold Medals to contestants who pro- duced litters weighing a ton or more at six months of age. This committee is at present working on plans for bringing about belter relations between our Rural population and the Chamber of Commerce and Business Men of the city. The Chamber of Commerce has been active in backing up the enactment of safe driving and parking ordinances. We are about to see enacted one-hour parking and are pleased with the re- sults of 1 lie boulevard stop ordinance on Green -1 reet. The tourist Camp committee are at work with plans for a Tourist Camp for Champaign. It is the hope and desire to have this ('amp in oper- ation earlv in the touring season of 1924. The Community Building or V. .M. < '. A. Com- mittee are at work on plans for the building of a type of structure that will meet the require- ments of Senator McKinley's generous endow- ment offer. This is a commendable proposition and a much needed community building. The Chamber of Commerce Ins been credited with having helped to create sentiment in favor of the proposed bone-j r ard drainage. It has helped to create favorable sentiment for addi- tional schools and has given time and efforl to the preservation of our Commission Form of Government. The work of the Chamber of Commerce is largely accomplished through the activities of the committees who serve unselfishly and work along lines required to accomplish their various purposes. In fact the present Chamber of Com- merce is a Civic organization in which Member- ship is a definite indication of a man's standing as a Business .Man or Citizen. It is an indica- tor of the measures of his responsibility to his community. If a citizen deliberately refuses to keep pace with his community it is not far wrong to reach the conclusion that he is willing to allow others to bear the burdens of Membership the Chamber of Commerce or similar organizations, while he participates fully in the benefits derived there- from. The high-minded unselfish type of men and women do not join Chamber of Commerce in order to see how much they can get out of it. but rather because they seek an opportunity to put into it their energy, their whole-hearted service and support in the upbuilding of the city that provides and makes possible their business; that offers religious and educational advantages for their families; the city that they call Home. A Chamber of Commerce seldom becomes a wealthy organization so far as material wealth is concerned, but in terms of service it declares many dividends and perforins invaluable ser- vices each day. each month and year. YOUR DUTY TOWARDS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Join it. Pay your dues promptly. Serve it. Endeavor to improve it. Spend your energy to make your community a little belter place than you found it. What do you know about the Chamber of Com- merce? Have you given your Chamber of Com- merce a square deal ? Have you boosted its work .' Have you helped solve its problems? Have you had anything to say when asked to express your views? Have you criticized the work done or undone yet failed to assist with your thought and energy when time for action came. Have you taken any trouble to find out what Chamber of Commerce is doing from week to week? Do you know the internal workings of this your own organization. Frankly, have you given your Chamber of Commerce a square deal. 1 Think it over. CHAS. M. STAHL. 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition= 1924 R. R. LAFOLLETTE MEN'S TOGGERY STORE 314 North Hickory Street B. W .WERTS The store for every man who needs higjh.g,rade merchandise. Haberdashery of quality makes. CLOTHES TAILORED-TO-MEASURE BY Ed. V. Price & Co.=Glas£>ow Tailors "Let Us Suit You JOHN PERRING, JR. Telephone Main Realtor i i 9 1 7 Farm Lands City Property Insurance Residence Telephone 1 8 8 9 Farm Loans At Lowest Rates of Interest 408-9 First National Bank Building MRS. A. L. WHITE THE BEARDSLEY COFFEE SHOP Large Dining Room for BANQUETS DINNERS PARTIES Let Mrs. White figure with you has been redecorated and opened by Mrs. A. L. White. Her 52 years of experience makes it possible to &ive you thevery besthomecook- in£ at the most popular price. Meals served from 6 a. m. until 8 p. m. You especially are invited to the special Sunday nig,ht suppers served in the neatest little place in the Twin Cities. Phone Main 78 I i 4 1924 ^Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 CHAMPAIGN FIRE DEPARTMENT 1924 CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 -t Goods that give satisfaction, methods that instill confidence, the secret of the growth of THE ALEXANDER LUMBER COMPANY 368 N. Walnut St. L. R. ARTERBURN, M&r. Phone Main 24 T. J. Baddeley & Son REALTORS We are members of the National, State and Champaign Real Estate Boards OFFICE 330 NORTH NEIL ST. FOR SALE All Kinds of City Property Fire Insurance Life Insurance Accident and Health Insurance T. J. Baddeley & Son REALTORS Room No. 3, Baddeley & Stipes Building CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Office 330 N. Neil St. Telephone 1234 The Champaign Real Estate Board Affiliated with Illinois Realtors Association National Association of Real Estate Boards CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS President - T. J. Baddeley Phone: 1234 Sec.-Treas. - Phono : Vice-Pres. - F. 0. Hopkins Phone: 2192 D. S. Condit M. 256 ACTIVE MEMBERS Phone L. W. Bramblett 1234 F. M. Brown M. 200 O. K. Burton M. 922 E. B. Mcintosh 1747 Wm. Coughlin M. 455 Harvey Cook 1456 Delbert R. Enochs 1620 L. L. Glenn 292 C. F. Harris 1537 J. F. Hessell 1464 S. K. Hughes 2167 Hobart & Gray W. R. Hidy 1489 A. L. Klank 2237 Murphy & Hesler M. 20 W. O. McCallister M. 3305 Howard Nash M. 2577 John Perring, Jr. M. 917 .lames M. Hance M-141 Arthur Sheridan C. M. Whitmore R. W. Witwer J. R, Perry E. T. Morris E. L. Lewis T. H. McClelland O. M. Green Gertrude Alyea Pearl H. Oldham R. W. Webber John Armstrong S. H. Dewhirst Wm. J. Sullivan A. D. Savage H. A. Howell J. R. Watson A. B. Talmadge S. B. Trelease ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Edwin Filson 2226 Homer Lacy Fred M. Price M. 821 E. A. Steritz C. C. Kagey M. 76 Atty. B. L. Kirk Phone 2676 M. 1268 M. 4129 M. 1139 7-1943 M. 3226 7-3200 M. 286 7-2421 1205 M. 355 M. 882 2167 2167 2294 M. 922 1747 M. 4129 M. 193 4 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 CHAMPAIGN POLICE DEPARTMENT 1924 JOHN GARRETT THOS. BECKETT JAMES COCHRANE MIKE WAGNER LEO HANLEY CLARENCE DOBYNS ROY ARGO CHIEF A. U. KELLER CAPT. C. A. RICHARDS LEWIS GARMS CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS + — — — 1924 A, Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 - — + My client's interest is superior to every other LOUIS W. BRAMBLETT (Realtor ESTABLISHED 1908 GAZETTE BUILDING CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS L Dealer in Farm Lands, City Residences and Business Properties. Leaseholds, Mortgages and Real Estate Mortgage Bonds. Farm and Building Loans a Specialty. FIRE INSURANCE It is no wonder baby looks so healthy and happy. He has just had a bath in Refinite water, which is softer than rain water and it is always clean. The residence size REFINITE softens 1460 gallons at each regeneration and sells for $195.00. The REFINITE mineral adds nothing to the water. It simplytakes the hardness out. FRED A. FINDER Better Plumbing EFFICIENT REPAIR SERVICE 202 South First Street 1924 + Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 a. The Julia F. Burnham Hospital Originally the hospital was opened with a capacity for seventy beds. The demand for a larger hospital was soon apparent and an addition was made to increase the capacity to 100 beds. The facilities for surgical work, maternity cases, the X-ray department and the laboratory are modern and complete. 1 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 J. R. PERRY Res. Phone M-2784 J. R. PERRY REALTY CO. REALTORS Real Estate Loans and Insurance Tell Us What You Have or Want Suite 508-9 Lincoln Bld&. Mam 1139 RUG CLEANING SHAMPOOING REPAIRING WEAVING Feather Renovating Makers of Feather Mattresses DUNCAN RUG CO. Phone Main 3857 611 North Walnut Street If It's Good It's at Boone's The Home of FANNY MAY CANDIES Boone's Drug Store New and Complete Drug, Stock and Sundries Registered Pharmacist Always in Charge Opposite Beardsley Hotel 323 N. NEIL ST. CHAMPAIGN 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 + . ,.*oods obtainable at the lowest price possible. The growth of our business through these years is an indication of our strict adherence to this policy. C. A. KILER FURNITURE Rugs Victrolas Picture Frames i + 1924 + Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 — + mM First Baptist Church Corner University Avenue and Randolph Street CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 1924: Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 ILLINI LODGE, at Five Points, on the Bloomin&ton Hard Road Lunches and Sandwiches Dance Hall Free"to_Dinner^Parties Orchestra Wednesday and Sunday WE OWN OUR HOME Day and Nig,ht Auto Repairing and Towing, Service WE LEAD- OTHERS FOLLOW M. M. EVERENCE 204-206 E. University Ave. Main 61 or 931 CHAMPAIGN, ILL. *~" 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 The First Presbyterian Church Corner State and Hill Streets REV. BERNARD J. BRINKEMA, Pastor The Champaign Public Library (Burnham Atheneum) ERECTED 1895 COST $40,000 NUMBER OF VOLUMES 22,000 1924 *■■ i Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 -»'+ W. B. CARR "Service that Satisfies ' Telephone 2169 Battery and Electric Repairing ALL WORK GUARANTEED Champaign Battery Service 406 E. University Avenue P. D. Foster Planing Mill HEADQUARTERS FOR Hi^h Quality Mill and Cabinet Work Interior FinisK and Office Fixtures AUTOMOBILES EQUIPPED WITH WINTER TOPS AND ENCLOSURES 305 S. Chestnut St. CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS Phones: 1120. Main 1421 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 THE CAMPUS FACING GREEN STREET Retail Grocers Wholesale Grocers Metzler & Schaf er Co. 43-45 Main Street CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS WHOLESALE PRICES TO Fraternities, Sororities and Clubs Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Curtis Bros. Canned Fruits and Vegetables Hume Canning, Co. California Fruits Tea Garden Preserves Visit Our Meat Department For Choice Meat and Poultry PHONE MAIN 18 STORBDWTH SKILL Wagner & Son TRANSFER STORAGE COAL C0RDW00D Service That Satisfies W. A. WAGNER Manager A [CHAMPAIGN - URBANA j i + 1924= 4.. ■■— .i T Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 CALL AT OUR PLANT AT CORNER OF FIFTH STREET AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND SEE s MIpLK E PASTEURIZED AND FILTERED YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY Champaign Sanitary Milk Co. MAIN 1204 Kruse Auto Works AUTO REPAIRING Automotive Electric Repairing, Westing,house Batteries 69 EAST UNIVERSITY AVE. CHAMPAIGN Before Buying, a Piano Player or Phonograph Look over our line. Quality first always. Q. R. S. and VOCALSTYLE ROLLS. OKEH RECORDS I J. T. DICKEY 37 MAIN ST. CHAMPAIGN, ILL. | Phone M 3406 I 4. „ — , , — ._„„_,„_,„_„._„_„ — TELEPHONE MAIN 3566 ALMA E. RIGGS D ressma leer OOOCrSOOCK >OOOOOOC=^OOO^^OOOCZ)OQ Good References 8 Satisfaction Guaranteed § nrirn irmni innnrmni innrii innni — n« 602 East Green Street CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS i 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 1 ! ! The Woman's Building, University of Illinois Library, University of Illinois 1924 * Champaign Souvenir Edition : 1924 S. P. ATKINSON MONUMENT COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1880 Builders of Quality Memorials 106 SOUTH NEIL STREET CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS PAINTS Gl ass Mi IVVOVS Wall Paper T. M. BACON & SONS TUELL M. BACON PAUL T. BACON NOAH E. BACON Corner Walnut and Taylor Streets CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 4 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 The University of Illinois College of Agriculture + . ,.. 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 1 I SCHEYER CLOTHES OUR BACKING DUNLAP 1 HATS ! Behind every article of merchandise that we sell name of some &reat manufacturer, a guarantee stands the of quality. A. DEAN RICHMOND Shop For Men RIALTO THEATRE BLDG., CHAMPAIGN VASSAR UNDERWEAR ONYX HOSIERY .. ..-I SUNSHINE SERVICE SATISFIES T wish to personally thank my many customers who by their appreciated patronage have caused the season just closing, to be one Mr. Clements Says: "Nothing Runs on Reputation" If that was true, all you would have to do is to think of PREST-O-LITE Service and your car would run O. K. Twin City Battery Service Co. CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS c o A L BUY THE BEST 1371= CALL 137/ Lange Coal Company Franklin County Central Illinois 22 Marshall Street FOR Southern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Block Champaign, Illinois of our most upbuilding and prosperous years. $j *> G. W. Clinkenbeard DRUGGIST 501 North Neil Street 1 CANDY SODA - CIGARS \ *-. 1 „ , ,_, . m ,_„ + 1924 Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 + . CJH. %. W:. .. . \\\\-\\\\\ I + m — Wt nil mi ii* ii n no tin iin in «n n* n* ui ,ooo Phone M-2759 9 Main Street Up Over Schuler Bros. CHAMPAIGN'S Fountain Pen Shop Is at 612 East Green Street You may have your old pen or automatic pencil repaired, or buy a new one, with perfect assurance that it will be suited to your indi- vidual style of writing,. A FOUNTAIN PEN SERVICE THAT IS SOMETHING MOKE THAN COMMERCIAL "We Make It a Profession" PENS • moiviol/ 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 + 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition THE E. B. COLLINS COMPANY JOBBERS OF Auto Supplies Complete Line of Auto Accessories and Replacement Parts O. D. WILSON, Manager 117 North Walnut St. CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 1924 -— — + Established 1861 Incorporated 1903 Trevett-Mattis Banking Co. 112 West Church Street CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS Capital and Surplus, $200,000.00 General Banking Business T ransac ted Farm and City Loans a Specialty Your Patronage Solicited ^5he PRICE Paint Shop D. W. PRICE, JR., Prop. Wall Paper, Paints and Glass Painting, and Decorating, 6 Columbia Avenue Shop M-2176 Res. M-2154 Try Us E. B. MdNTOSH REALTY CO. REALTORS 106-108 West Church Street CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS MEMBERS OF NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL REAL ESTATE BOARDS "We sell the earth in lots to suit and insure every- thing, upon it" 1924= Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 - |t jty^3~ r ^ * ' £■£ J^W Hit Ifc tllM Jhj&fiS^Til • & & jjL'jl k. ' m! BR* '$&'*? & A h BOY SCOUTS ENJOYING WISCONSIN GAME During Anniversary Week in February, an American Red Cross First Aid Contest is held. Teams compete Tor the Ameri- can \lvt\ Cross First Aid Trophy. Fifteen members of Twin City Scout troops are Eagle Scouts. An Eagle Seoul is the highest rank in Scouting. To become an Eagle Scout a scout must pass twenty-one merit badges. Each badge requires proficiency in some specific Line. An Eagle Scout knows the ways to rescue drowning per- sons, how to care for the injured, how to cook pancakes and bread, and other requirements just as hard or harder. Present Eagle Scouts arc: Webster Turrell. Lester Leut- wiler, Hurem Derment, Charles Johnson, -lames Hutchinson, Jo Williamson. Fred Shroyer. Har- old Eccles, John Lierman, Emer- son Schroeder, Arnold Prucha, Leonard Herzog, Richard Dun- Lap, Dick IIuss and Carleton Johnson. Eagle Scouts are distinguished from the others by the wearing of gold neckerchiefs with royal blue slides. In 1923 Presided Walter I). Swearingen started the Hoy Scout Jamboree. Each year dur- ing the ( 'hristmas holidays the troops compete in Scouting events. Contests in Wall Seal ing, Signaling, Dressing race. Knot-tying, Attendance and Fire by Friet ion are held. The troop winning holds a large silver cup donated by W. Lewis & Co. The Scout winning the Fire by Friction also gives Ids troop the honor of holding a silver cup presented to the scouts by the Stadium Sport Shop. A real dinner served by the mothers precedes the contests. The Jamboree is the biggest thing in the Scouting year. A few of the main Scout im Activities during the year are: Anniversary Week First Aid Contest ( >vernigh1 hikes to Camp Smit h Pow Wow Summer ( 'amp Jamboree Fire bv Friet ion ( 'amp Smith, a 21 \ 24 cabin located aboul three miles east of I'rbana. is used every week by differenl troops for overnighl hikes. ( her 500 scouts camped overnighl there last year. Camp Hate to Kwitit One hundred and fifty-seven scouts attended Camp Ilateto- kwitit, the 1 raining camp for the Champaign - Urbana Council. during t he past summer. Nineteen scouts passed the American Red Cross Life Sav- ing tests. In this test a scout must be able to undress in the water, tow people by three dif- ferent carries, and break so-call- ed "death grips." Seventeen scouts received the Honor Camper rating and all but a few of the rest earned the privilege of wearing the Satis- factory Camper's emblem. The Satisfactory Camper's eraplem is a white tent on a blue back- ground. The Honor emblem is the white tent with a blue '_•'! placed on a blue 1 1. These em- blems are worn on the back of the scout neckerchief. Numerous residents of the Twin Cities visited Camp Bate- tokwitit during the summer and a few had the treat of eating one of George Wilson's real dinners. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA »— .+ 1924 T Champaign Souvenir Edition : 1924 MM Mn— Mil «J» o L i : wil l : I x ii : ii» : i • i: i n » 5 n »'( 4 7fon|eJ)ecoratwn5 ■ i 1923- . 0=^ S. PEDERSON Painting and Decorating La_— _ : $ V. H i 5 TELEPHONE M-4085 208 W. WHITE ST. R. Tautenhahn MASSEUR Turkish Baths Massage Electro Therapeutic Light and Violet Ray Treatment Treatments for Ladies and Gentlemen Home Treatments By Appointment LADY ATTENDANT Office— Auto. 1484 9 Taylor St. Residence- Auto. 1284 CHAMPAIGN Phone M-90 Phone 1158 O. G. PARKHILL ED NECOMB C. W. SANFORD REO CAB COMPANY Day and Night Service OFFICE -HAMILTON HOTEL FIREPROOF GARAGE 4.„_.._,„ 1924 =Champaign Souvenir Edition - 1924 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DO YOU KNOW— Thai a new process for manufacturing cuke lias been discovered by the University of Illinois which will, if commer dally successful, "add inure in the wealth of the state tlian all the appropriations the University will gel in a hundred yeai That over 10,0(10 samples of soil have been collected from iill over the state, tested and classified by the University, a work which has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, hut which is worth millions of dollars to this and future generations of the state .' i'l'hat a new metal — Illium — has been produced by the University as a substitute for platinum, which not only excels the latter metal in many resisting qualities, but which can he produced much cheaper! That the timely work of the University in its fight against the Hessian fly, against the chinch bug, against Oat Smut, against Flag Smut anil Take All, against Black Rot, ami against other pests has saved millions of bushels of wheat, oats, coin, apples and other crops? That authorities have said that the University of Illinois has accomplished as much in the problems of coal production and coal conservation as any similar agency in the United States' That the University of Illinois developed the serum for the successful treatment of ptomaine poisoning in humans and forage poisoning animals.' That more than 18,000 degrees have been conferred upon graduates since 1872; and that more than 1,000 degrees are conferred each year .' That th<- total student enrollment for the present University year will approximate 11,0001 That the University's college of medicine, college of dentistry and school of pharmacy are all located in Chic That the University of Illinois Band (total membership, now 300) has been called by John Philip Sousa — "The World's Greatest College Hand".' That besides regular scholastic work, approximately 1,200 seasoned military men — good emergency officers— are turned out each year, two years of military work being required of every studentf That the University carries its message of science and its lessons of advancement and education right into the homes, stores and shops through short courses in Farm Tractors, Home Economics, in Agriculture, in Journalism, in Drainage, in Engineering, in Industrial Education, etc., some of the courses being held at the University and Others throughout the state.' That the University has been active for years in uplifting the scholastic standards of High Schools of the State (through its High School Visitor i, and in creating civic pride and community advancement (through its Com- munity Adviser and his Community Conferences) .' s That the University is cooperating in an exhaustive forestry survey of the State which has as its program the estab- lishment of a permanent forestry policy worth untold future wealth to the Stab.' That 235 acres, besides a farm of 001 acres, and sixty odd buildings, comprise the physical plant of the University of Illinois* That the University of Illinois performs four distinct functions? 1. Teaching the undergraduate body of students, not in set courses most easily taught, but in those which best meet their needs, requiring, of course, constant revision. 2. Training new faculty ami executive staff: a university is not only a repository of knowledge and an agency !of discovery, but a training place for its own workers. Teachers and research men cannot be bought like commodities. Tin ly places where they are produced are these same universities; that is to say, they must be manufactured through the machinery of the institution. .'!. Investigation and research for the sake of correcting old beliefs and for the discovery of new facts, with which not only to improve teaching, but to advance the industries and refine the arts of life. 4. Attendance upon meetings, conventions, and conferences, educational industrial, economic, and social, both 1 national, state and local, at which leading men meet and discuss questions of progress, ami at which the Uni- versity's advice and help are sought. 1A.S on the teaching side the University imparts known truths and facts like any other teaching institution, on the side nt' research it produces new truth. For the public welfare, the latter part of its work, is in the long run, as important as the former. It is through its research activities that the University adds directly to tl nomic and social well being of the people. The three organizations whose special work is to promote research are the Graduate School, the Engineering Ex- periment station, and the Agricultural Experiment Station. The Graduate School is an organization of all de- partments of the University irrespective of colleges, for the purpose of training investigators and directly pro- moting departmental research. The Agricultural Experiment Station and its great work are matters of common knowledge. The Engineering Experiment Station was the first of its kind in the country. Among its researches are investi- gations of the- vicosity of glass, the drainage of land; construction of highways; riveted s:eel structures; various properties of coal; reinforced concrete and other materials of construction; twist drills and the drilling of metals; coal mining; and many others. Some corporations spend annually for research in their own labora- tories three or four times the expenditure of the Engineering Experiment Station. The results of their investi- gations are for their own use. The discoveries of the Engineering Experiment Station are for the public use. + 1924 <*— — - Champaign Souvenir Edition 1924 CHESTER & O'BYRNE— YELLOW CABS Save Money and Time Call Main 39 If you want to sell, buy or trade city property, farm land or personal prop- erty I can be of assistance to you. T. H. 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