June 23, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



957 



Dewsbury, 155.4 in Burnley and 158.5 in 

 Bootle. 



The mean temperature of the air last quar- 

 ter was above the average in most districts; 

 the total amount of rainfall veas less than the 

 average; and, owing to the general dullness 

 in March, there was a deficiency in the total 

 duration of bright sunshine during the 

 quarter. 



APPBOPBIATIONS FOS THE UNIVEBSITY 

 OF ILLINOIS 



The forty-seventh general assembly of the 

 state of Illinois, which closed its regular ses- 

 sion on June 1, by a record breaking act, has 

 distinguished itself in the cause of state edu- 

 cation. Former legislatures of the state had 

 made what was considered at the time gener- 

 ous appropriations for the state university. 

 The present General Assembly, however, rec- 

 ognized the ever-increasing needs of the 

 state university and its great public service 

 by appropriating for its support for the com- 

 ing biennium the sum of $3,519,300. This is 

 the largest appropriation ever made by a state 

 legislature to a state educational institution 

 and a million and a quarter larger than the 

 largest appropriation ever before made to the 

 University of Illinois. 



But this is not all. The present general 

 assembly not only recognized the immediate 

 needs of the university and provided for them, 

 but it had the courage to look ahead and 

 make wise provision for the future by levying 

 a one mill tax for its continued support. It 

 is estimated that this tax will yield an in- 

 come to the university, two years hence, of 

 about two and one quarter million dollars a 

 year. Thus the legislature has crowned its 

 important work for state education by pro- 

 viding what is in effect a permanent annual 

 grant equal to the income at 5 per cent, of an 

 endowment fund of $45,000,000. 



By these acts the general assembly elo- 

 quently expresses its confidence in the man- 

 agement of university affairs and its general 

 approval of the able leadership and restless 

 energy of the university's president. Dr. Ed- 

 mund J. James. 



The extent and nature of the work of the 

 university for which the legislature has made 

 appropriations will be seen from the follow- 

 ing items: 



For the 

 Biennium 

 1911-1913 

 For salaries and opeTating expenses . . $1,150,000 



Books for the library 50,000 



Maintenance of the College of Engi- 

 neering and Engineering Experiment 

 Station (not including building) . . 180,000 

 For the College of Agriculture and Ag- 

 ricultuTal Experiment Station (not 



including buildings) 799,300 



For Social and Political Science 50,000 



Support of Law School 50,000 



Support of Graduate School 100,000 



Support of College of Medicme 120,000 



Maintenance and equipment of Mining 



Engineering 55,000 



Support of ceramics 30,000 



For new buildings 724,000 



Armory $100,000 



Engineering building and 



ground 200,000 



Building for School of 



Commerce 125,000 



Addition to Woman 's build- 

 ing 125,000 



For Kiln House for Ce- 

 ramics 21,000 



For agricultural buildings 153,000 

 For purchase of land, Agricultural 



Experiment Station 20,000 



Other items not included above 191,000 



Total $3,519,300 



In addition to the above the university will 

 receive from the federal government and other 

 sources funds that will bring its income to 

 about $2,000,000 per annum for the next bien- 

 nium beginning July 1, 1910. 



Of the above appropriations there is one 

 item that should be noticed particularly as it 

 is the first appropriation ever made by the 

 state of Illinois for the purpose specified. It 

 is the item of $60,000 per year for the support 

 of the College of Medicine of the university. 

 By this act the state of Illinois takes its 

 place among modern states in recognizing its 

 high duty to take measures for the protection 

 of the health of its citizens. 



