THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



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THE PROGRESS OE SCIENCE. 



TEE INSTALLATION OF PRESI- 

 DENT JAMES AND THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 

 The installation of Dr. Edmund Janes 

 James as president of the University of 

 Illinois, on October 18, gave occasion 

 for an academic celebration of more 

 than usual magnitude and significance. 

 The exercises were extended over the 

 greater part of a week, and delegates 

 were in attendance from about two 

 hundred colleges and universities. 

 There were religious services on Sun- 

 day, October 15. On Monday the Wo- 

 men's Building, a view of which is 

 shown below, was dedicated, and in the 

 evening the university address was 

 given by the Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 

 of the Armour Institute. On Tuesday 

 there was in the morning a discussion 

 on the ' State and Education,' and in 

 the afternoon the National Conference 



I of University Trustees began their ses- 

 ) sions. These sessions were continued 

 on Thursday, and at the same time 

 there was a Conference on Religious 

 Education in State Universities and 

 Colleges, and a Conference on Commer- 

 cial Education, which was continued 

 on Friday. There were in the mean- 

 while assemblages of the various col- 

 leges, the presentation by students of 

 Robert Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar 

 Bungay and other arrangements. The 

 formal inaugural exercises were on 

 Wednesday. In the morning there was 

 a reception of delegates with a roll call 

 of the universities and responses by 

 selected delegates. In the afternoon 

 there were addresses by the Governor 

 of Illinois, the president of the board 

 of trustees and Dr. Andrew S. Draper, 

 former president of the university, fol- 

 lowed by the inaugural address of 





Library Building. 



