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To all Freshmen entering the University of Illinois:

The Freshman Council welcomes you as a new member of the

University of Illinois family.

Here is some inside information for you, given in the spirit of one

group of freshmen to another. And here are answers to some of the

questions you will probably ask about the University. These are ques-

tions we, too, have asked at one time or another.

When we thought about printing an informative booklet for fel-

low freshmen, we compiled the questions we had asked and the things

that had puzzled us during our first semester on the Illinois campus,

and we put together this booklet so that you would have answers to

these questions, or would know where to begin finding the answers.

We hope you will keep this booklet for reference. And we are

glad to have a part in helping you to launch your college program.

Sincerely,

The Freshman Council of 1949:

Thomas E. Pollard, President

Nuel D. Belnap

Gwendolyn Lewis

Lyle Schertz

Gerald MageeArdis Miller

Jack MetzgerPatrick MaloneWalter Cryer

Marilyn Schueler

Oscar Ehrenberg

F. J. Koenig, Ass't Dean, L.A.S.,

Adviser

Soufh of the Auditorium is the statue of Alma Mater

in a gesture of greeting to students of the University.

Behind her are two figures representing learning

and labor. The group was executed by Lorado

Taft, famous sculptor and lllini.

PLANNING YOUR PROGRAMCoupon 4 in your Freshman Week program is for your first meet-

ing with your adviser. The time and place of that meeting is printed on

the coupon. At the meeting you will find out about the requirements

of the College and curriculum you have chosen, and you will receive

materials for registration with complete instructions on how to go

about this important job which will make you a full time student in

the University. If you follow those carefully you'll find that registration

is a simple affair which you should be able to complete with a mini-

mum of difficulty.

When you get the cards you will have to fill out, you will be told

several times, and you will read: Do not bend, fold, clip, or mutilate

this card. This is an important warning, because these IBM ( Inter-

national Business Machine ) cards must be run through machines over

and over again for filing and recording purposes. Unless they are in

perfect condition, these runs are impossible.

In making out your class schedule, plan it first on a blank sheet

of paper which you can rule off for hours of the day and days of the

week. Determine from the Time Table those courses you are planning

to take which have only one section, either class, lecture, or labo-

ratory. Schedule those sections immediately. In this way you will

avoid possibilities of conflicts in your program. Schedule last those

courses like Rhetoric which have a larger number of sections.

Plan your program with care to distribute your class load evenly

throughout the week. It is not wise to avoid Saturday morning classes

if by so doing you will crowd other days in the week. Remember, your

work— and your grades— will suffer if you don't allow yourself

enough time to prepare for each class session.

Be sure to keep a copy of your program as it is finally approved

by your adviser, and be sure that your copy has on it the correct course

numbers, times, section numbers, and room numbers. If any sections

or times have to be changed as you go through registration because

of conflict or closed sections, be sure you make the changes on your

copy. Several days will elapse before the Dean of your College has

a copy of your card, and, if you forget, it will be impossible to find

out in what section you belong.

Be sure that you make careful selection of courses. It is, of course,

possible to change a course after you have registered in it, but any

change must have the approval of the Dean of your College, and

approval will not be given unless you have a good reason for making

the change. If you discover a conflict in your program, or if a course

in which you have registered is changed, you should go to your Col-

lege office immediately and have the proper change made in your

schedule. Such changes in programs will be made without charge,

but if you wish to make changes for your own convenience you will

usually have to pay a one dollar fee.

MAKING CHANGES IN

YOUR PROGRAMIf, during the semester, you feel that you need to drop a course

you arc taking, you should go to your College office and discuss the

matter with one of the Deans. If your reasons for wanting to drop are

good, and if you are making a passing grade in the course, the Dean

may permit you to drop the course without penalty. If, however, you

are not passing the course, you may get an "E" for your grade in the

course you drop.

Also, if you should wish to withdraw from the University during

the semester, you should talk that matter over with the Dean of your

College. He will require you, in addition to having you obtain grades

in the courses for which you are registered, to have a letter from your

parents or guardian stating that they know about and approve of your

action. If the Dean is satisfied with your reasons, he will issue you a

"Clearance Paper" which you must have signed by representatives of

the various departments designated on the slip. Whether or not you

will be permitted to return to the University without first petitioning

for readmission will depend upon your reasons for leaving.

In either of'the above cases, be sure you clear properly with the

Dean of your College. Don't just stop going to classes. Don't leave

without notice. If you do, your record here will be marked "not in

good standing," and you max not be permitted to re-enter here or to

enter anx other unix ersitx .

PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDYYou may be planning your first year program with the idea in

mind of further study in the Colleges of Dentistry, Education, Law,

Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, or the School of Journalism. Pre-

Dentistry, Pre-Medicine, and Pre-Veterinary Medicine are all special

curricula in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and during your

first year, you will be assigned to one of the Deans of that College, or

to some other faculty member as your adviser. It is important for you

to become acquainted with your adviser so that you will be able to

profit from the assistance he will be able to give you.

You may take work leading toward the Colleges of Education and

Law and the School of Journalism in other Colleges in the University

as well as in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Officially known as Burn'// Avenue in honor of Prof. T. J. Burrill who col-

lected and planted the trees on the campus, this elm lined street is better

known by the students as the Broadwalk. Between classes it is as busy as

any metropolitan thoroughfare.

The following table will give you a concise statement of require-

ments for the various professional schools. If you want further infor-

mation, and you probably will, do not hesitate to consult with one of

the Deans of your College.

Collegt Hours required Minimum Preferred

or School for admittance average average

Dentistry 2 years of Pre-Med 3.5 3.75

program

Medicine 3 year Pre-Med 3.5 (first year) 4.0 or better

program 3 . 75 thereafter

Veterinary Medicine .... 2 year Pre-Vet 3.5 4.0

program

Education 56 hours exclusive of 3.5

P.E. and Military

Journalism 56 hours exclusive of 3.5

P.E. and Military

Law 88 hours for 3 years 3 .

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of Law56 hours for 4 years

of Law

YOUR GRADE-POINT AVERAGEThe table shows "grade-point" averages. You should learn to

understand and to figure them. Here's how to do it: There are five

letter grades used in the University, and each is assigned a value. The

grades and their values arc: A = 5; B = 4; C = 3; D = 2; E = 1.

Bach course in the University has an assigned number of credit hours.

To determine your grade-point average at the end of a semester,

multiply the number (or point) value of the grade you received in

each course by the number of credit hours that course carries. Total

the answers you get from your multiplications, and divide the sum

by the total number of hours. For example, a Pre-Med student at the

end of his first semester receives the following grades:

Rhetorii 101 3 hours B 3 times 4 = 12

Zoo'.og) 101 3 hours A 5times5 = 25

Chemistrj 102 .''hours A 3 times 5= 15

French orGerman lid [ hours C 4 times 3 = 12

Total: 15 Grade-point total: 64

i>l divided l>\ 15 equals a grade-point average of 4-.266

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences does not include grades

in Physical Education or Military Science in computing averages;

other Colleges do include them.

As you can see, grades are of primary importance for those of you

who are planning to enter any of the professional schools, because

without a strong academic average you will not be permitted to enter

further training of your choice, no matter how much you might wish

for that training. Don't think, though, that good grades are not im-

portant in other curricula. Many of you have not yet determined what

you want to do later in your University career, or later in life. You

should not lose sight of the fact that your first and most important job

here is to do the best scholastic work you can.

To encourage good scholarship among freshmen, and to give them

recognition, two national scholastic honorary fraternities were founded

at Illinois. They are Phi Eta Sigma, for freshman men, and Alpha

Lambda Delta, for freshman women. Both organizations require a

4.5 average in at least 15 hours of college work for membership.

The local chapter of Phi Eta Sigma has published a pamphlet,

Hints on How to Study, which is available at the office of the Dean of

Men. Alpha Lambda Delta sponsors a tutoring service by and for all

freshman students. Information on this service may be obtained at the

Office of the Dean of Women.Membership in either of these organizations is a distinct honor,

and one well worth working for.

The Illinois Marching Band forming the word "lllini" before

a packed stadium. The band is famous for its intricate

formations and for its fine music.

Dr. George D/nsmore Sioddard, interna-

fionally known educator, is the President of

the University.

THE ORGANIZATION OFTHE UNIVERSITY

Your registration in the University makes you an integral part of

it, and as such you are interested in its welfare and its organization.

The University of Illinois Is a vast and complicated institution, but

like every large business it has a definite and smooth working organi-

zation.

At the head of this organization is the Governor of Illinois. TheBoard of Trustees, chosen in the general State election, is responsible

to the Governor. Under the Board is tin- President of the University,

Dr. George Dinsmore Stoddard. Working with the President is the

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University Senate, composed of full professors on the faculty, and

the Council of Deans and Directors. When the President is away, the

Provost, who is similar to a general director, is in charge of the

University.

The member of the university organization who is responsible for

student life and welfare outside the classroom is the Dean of Students.

He directs, supervises, and coordinates the many agencies and offices

which help to round out your college experience. Here are some of the

many agencies and offices working with the Dean of Students: the

offices of the Deans of Men and Women; the Student Employment

Office; the University Placement Bureau; the Housing Division; the

Health Service Station; the McKinley Hospital; numerous "boards of

control"; the Student Senate; the Committee on Student Affairs; Mini

Union activities; and the Residence Halls.

The University is divided into a number of Colleges and Schools.

Although you were admitted to the University of Illinois, you have

been assigned to that College within the University charged with the

administration of the particular program which you have chosen. The

Colleges admitting freshmen and their office locations are:

College of Agriculture 101 Mumford Hall

College of Commerce and Business Adm 213 David Kinley Hall

College of Engineering 106 Engineering Hall

College of Fine and Applied Arts 110 Architecture Building

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 203 Lincoln Hall

School of Physical Education 107 Huff Gymnasium

You should learn the location of your College office, and make use

of the services available to you in that office. If you have a question

about your course of study, about requirements for graduation, about

your academic standing, see one of the Deans of your College. Don't,

as too many students do to their sorrow, seek the information from a

fellow student. He may have an answer, but you can't be sure it is

a good one.

CHANGING COLLEGESYou may find after you have been in school awhile that the par-

ticular College in which you have registered is not the one in which

you feel you can do your best work, and that some other College in

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the University can offer what you wish. It is possible to make a change

in College only at the end of a semester after all your grades are

recorded, or during the registration period of a new semester.

Such a change should be considered carefully. First, you should

consult with the Dean of your College for his suggestions. He may

suggest you avail yourself of the services of the Student Counseling

Bureau, discussed elsewhere in this booklet, to help you in making

a proper choice. These interviews should be held before the end of the

semester to allow enough time for you to consider the move wisely.

To make the change you must first get a release from the College

you're in. Then take the release to the Dean of the College you wish

to enter. He will discuss with you the possibilities of making the

change and the requirements in the new College. You may sacrifice

some credit hours, especially if you make a change after your fresh-

man year. If you are on probation or drop status, it is possible that you

may not be accepted in the new College.

IF YOU ATTEND OTHER SCHOOLSTo receive a degree from this University, you have to spend your

first three years, or your last full year, in residence on the Urbanacampus. If you attend another college or university during your first

three years, even for a summer session, or if you take a correspondence

course, you will have "broken your residence" at Illinois, so that you

must plan to spend your last full year here. If, on the other hand, you

spend your first three years here, with no credit transferred from other

schools, you may complete your college work at another school or

schools, and still receive a degree from the University of Illinois.

Just a word of warning. If you have attended another college or

university, or if you ever do, don't fail to send that information, along

with whatever credit you have earned, to the Recorder here. If vou

do not have such information recorded, your failure is counted as

falsification of your record. Such a situation is a cause for dismissal

from the University

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All work you may take in another accredited college or university

is transferred and accepted by this University. This includes work of

"D" or "E" grade, and those grades are averaged in with the grades

you make here.

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When classes start, it is time to buy books. The many book-

stores near the campus keep adequate supplies and can

accommodate even larger crowds than this.

The number of credit hours required for graduation varies slightly

with the different Colleges, and you should make sure through your

College office just what your requirements are.

CLASS ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORYClass attendance at the University is compulsory. There is no rule

that allows you a certain number of "cuts" in any course. Here's what

happens if you "cut." All class absences are reported daily to the

Office of the Dean of Men and the Office of the Dean of Women,where they are recorded for informational purposes. If in the opinion

of an instructor your attendance becomes so irregular that your

scholarship is likely to be impaired, he will report your case to the

Dean of your College. If irregular attendance has made continuation

of the course unprofitable, you may be required to drop the course

with an "E."

Students absent from classes which are scheduled just before or

after a vacation period are excluded from the final examinations in

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the courses from which they were absent. While a student may, with

the consent of the department head and the dean of his College and

upon the payment of a fee of $5, get permission to take a special

examination in the course, the damage to his scholastic record will

not be repaired.

But if you are forced to miss such classes because of illness in the

hospital, death in the family, or other unusual emergency, you should

file with the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women a request in writing

for relief from the penalty stated above.

Universit) bulletins publish the exact times vacations begin and

end. If the holiday begins at twelve Thursday and classes resume at

one Monday, be sure you attend your eleven o'clock class Thursday

and your one o'clock class Monday.

YOU NEED A PERMIT TO DRIVE

There are strict University regulations governing the owning and

driving of motor vehicles. No student is allowed to operate a motor

vehicle without a University permit. You can get detailed information

on these regulations from the Automobile Permit department, 224

Illini Hall. Before you drive a car, be sure you have your permit and

that you have complied with the regulations. If you don't, you will

be subject to disciplinary action.

SMOKING REGULATIONSSmoking in University buildings is restricted to first floor corri-

dors where ash receptacles are provided anH to private offices of the

faculty. Smoking is prohibited in other portions of buildings, and is

definitely not permitted in classrooms. Violators of these regulations

will be subject to a fine.

University buildings and grounds arc state property, and there-

fore belong to all the people. You, as part of "the people," should

take pride in the appearam e of the University. Do not throw cigarette

stubs on the floor or walks. In short, you should exercise the same care

in keeping Universit) property clean as you would in keeping vour

own home and grounds clean. The University is your home while you

are in school.

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The main reading room on the second floor of the Library is one of the

largest in the country. It is only one of many seminars and reading rooms

in the Library and in other campus buildings.

THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The University of Illinois library is the third largest college library

in the world. It provides an excellent place to study, dig out reference

material, borrow books, and meet interesting people, so it is good to

know some of its administrative policies.

First of all, books that are not reserved for classes may be borrowed

for home use for two weeks, and may be renewed for two weeks more

in most cases. All books, however, may be recalled by the University

if they are needed in a University project.

General reference books and other reserved books in addition to

general periodicals may be used only in the reading rooms. Books on

reserve for specific courses may be taken out of the Library at 9 : 00

p.m., but must be returned to their proper Reserve Room by 9:00

the next morning.

Books not returned on time are subject to a fine of two cents a day,

including Sundays and holidays. Reserve books not returned by 9:00

a.m. are subject to a fine of 25 cents for the first hour, and five cents

for each additional hour kept overtime.

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If the Library should recall a book you have, that book must be

returned within two days after the notice is mailed, otherwise a fine

of 25 cents per day is levied against you.

Don*t regard these fines or any other assessments lightly {such as

breakage in the laboratory or extra towel fees). They are charged

against you in the Business Office and will appear for payment when

you next register. And unless all charges against you are paid in full,

you will not be permitted to graduate, to transfer any credit hours, or

to receive a transcript showing good standing.

VISITING IN ORGANIZED HOUSESThere is one more set of regulations with which you should be

familiar, and this one concerns visiting hours in student housing.

Fraternities, sororities, and independent houses on the campus

are required to follow strict rules for visiting hours. Women are never

allowed inside a men's organized house unless a chaperone is present.

Women guests are not permitted in parts of the house other than

common living- and dining-rooms and house directors quarters unless

a cloakroom with maid service is available. Room parties are strictly

forbidden.

Men are not allowed in women's organized houses before 4:00

p.m. or after 10:30 p.m. on weekdays. They must not go above the

first floor.

Like all regulations, these last few have been a series of "don'ts"

and "must nots." But all of us realize that some rules are necessary,

and it is obvious that in a school as large as the University of Illinois

definite rules regarding social conduct must be observed. The best wayto get along with these rules is to accept them and follow them. Youwill (if you don't already) be able to see the common sense behind

them.

STUDENT DISCIPLINE

Violations of the various regulations are handled through the

Office of Security, which is a part of the function of the Dean of

Students, or through the Committee on Student Discipline. Here's

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how the handling works: If a student is reported for violation of a

regulation, or for conduct unbecoming a University student, the

Security Officer interviews him. In some cases, the matter will rest

there with a reprimand, or the payment of a fine. But the matter

may be referred to the University Senate Sub-Committee on Student

Discipline, which is composed of six faculty and three student mem-bers. The student has the right to appear before the committee and

to state his case. In most instances the action of this committee is final.

In serious violations, dismissal from the University may be the action

of the committee.

If, however, the student can bring new evidence, he may carry his

case through the Dean of Students to the Senate Committee on Stu-

dent Discipline, which is made up of nine faculty members. This

committee is the final appeal, and may uphold or reverse the former

decisions.

At times, organized houses are in violation of one or another of

the student regulations. In such cases, the entire organization, after

proper hearings, may be placed on "social probation" which means

that its privileges to hold dances or other entertainment, to participate

in activities, or even to pledge or initiate new members may be with-

drawn. In severe cases, the organization's charter may be revoked.

POLICY OF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEEThe Sub-committee on Student Discipline has issued the following

statement of policy:

I. The committee will exercise judgment in cases of undergraduate student

discipline in accordance with University statutes and rules or authorization from

the Senate Committee on Student Discipline, and in so doing will attempt to

achieve these objectives:

A. Protection of the best interests of the individual.

B. Protection of the best interests of the University.

C. Consideration of the effect on society of any particular decision

which may be made.

II. In considering and disposing of cases the committee will take action

only when essential facts are fully known.

III. The committee will not substitute its feelings or judgment about an

individual for facts which can be adduced by reference to an appropriate Uni-

versity agency or staff member. Primarily the Health Service and Counseling

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Center will be relied upon, but not to the exclusion of other agencies or indi-

viduals either within or without the University.

IV. In the consideration of any case, when a need for further facts or in-

formation becomes apparent, action will be deferred so that in the end a fair

and reasonable decision can be made.

V. The Security Officer will be encouraged to obtain all necessary facts

about cases which come to his attention and to dispose personally of those which

in his judgment do not require the attention of the committee.

VI. Cases which have been disposed of initially by the Security Officer will

not be brought before the committee for confirmation or action unless the

Security Officer deems such procedure desirable.

VII. In all cases involving below standard moral behavior, an attempt will

be made to apply appropriate remedial measures to the individual, unless the

conduct of the individual is so serious that the application of such measures is

obviously not feasible.

VIII. The committee docs not consider itself to be a court, and it is not

bound by any of the formal procedures or rules of evidence adhered to in courts

of law and is not bound, in arriving at a decision, by any disposition which may

have been made of a student case by civil or criminal authorities.

IX. The committee will hear any person who wishes to make a statement

either on behalf or against a student, including legal counsel, but such legal

counsel will not be permitted to speak or appear in place of the student.

X. The committee will be guided but not bound by action taken or penal-

ties imposed in the past. Each case will be disposed of in what appears to a

majority of the committee as the most appropriate action.

YOU AND YOUR GRADESYou are going to hear a lot of talk about grades and studying, and

how somebody got through the University without studying, and how

somebody else studied all the time and flunked out. The grades you

get will depend in part on your ability, and in part on your sincere

desire to do the amount of work it takes to make good grades. Your

primary job here is to get the best education you can. The oppor-

tunities are here in abundance, and how well you do will depend in

great part on how well you want to do.

In order to graduate from the University, you must have a 3.0

or "C") average for .ill your work, and not more than one-quarter

of your hours may be of "D" grade. Each semester, when the grades

are linalh released, your College office analyzes your record to de-

termine whether or not you are making proper academic progress

toward a degree. If your average falls below 3.0 in any semester.

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Exams are, of course, part of your University experience. Some of the

larger courses hold examinations in the lecture halls located in the various

buildings.

you are placed on probation, which means that you must bring your

academic average above 3.0 the following semester. If you don't, you

will be dropped from the University. This is a scholastic rule author-

ized by the University Board of Trustees and is strictly adhered to.

The various Colleges have slightly different probation regulations,

and if you are in any doubt about what they are, or if you are in any

danger of getting poor grades, you should ask the Dean of your College

what the particular requirements are.

Always remember that the grades that appear on your official

record here are permanent. That record will follow you wherever you

go. If you fail a course (get an "E")you may repeat the course,

but the "E" for your first attempt will stay on your record. If you

make a "D" in a course and are permitted to repeat it, the "D" will

be the grade figured in your average.

Just remember: it is your record; make it good, and keep it

that way.

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The Mini Union Building is a general gathering place for students, with

facilities for meetings, for recreation, and for dining. Information,

activities, and ticket offices are located in this building.

UNIVERSITY SERVICES FOR STUDENTSSo far, much of our discussion in this pamphlet has been on rules

and regulations and possible disciplinary action. But the University has

placed at your disposal a number of agencies and departments de-

signed to help you in the problems you will meet as you go through

school.

The first source of help we have already mentioned, and that is

your own College office. Knowledge of the College requirements is

important to you, and the Deans in your College office will be able to

help you in mapping out an effective program of electives to round

out your college education.

The Student Counseling Bureau

During Freshman Week, you will have a chance to become ac-

quainted with sonu- of the services offered by the Student Counseling

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Bureau. Perhaps you are one of those fortunate persons who knows

ust what courses he is going to take in the University and the kind

)f job he's best fitted for. Perhaps you already know how to con-

:entrate, how to read rapidly, and how to study effectively. You may

lave no worries and no personal problems which interfere with your

loing your best either in your classes or in your life outside the class-

oom. In short, you may be a person who is already making full use

)f his potentialities.

But if you do have problems, the Student Counseling Bureau

night be helpful to you. About 60 r/c of the freshmen in the Univer-

ity make use of the Bureau services, either before they actually enter

he University or during their first year. These services are yours for

he asking.

The Student Counseling Bureau can supply you with testing and

:ounseling services as up-to-date and scientific as those offered any-

vhere in the country. The Bureau will not tell you what you should

lo. But it can supply you with information about your abilities, inter-

:sts, and personality which you could not get in any other way, and

t can help you use this information in arriving at sound conclusions

ibout selecting a course of study and a later vocation. Those tests

rou took before you entered the University or during Freshman Week

upply a part of the information you might need.

Do you know that about 20% of college students read so slowly

md ineffectively and study so inefficiently that they are seriously han-

licapped in their studies? And they are therefore handicapped also in

heir social life, because they have to spend too much time studying,

rhe Student Counseling Bureau offers you special reading and study

lelp which can be a big aid in overcoming such handicaps, if you

lave them.

But perhaps your difficulties aren't caused by poor study or reading

kills. You may have very personal problems, you may get overnervous

vhen you take exams, you may feel that you're inferior in some way,

'ou may have conflicts and worries about things you have felt no one

:lse could possibly help you with. Many students either do not know,

>r do not believe, that anyone can help them with such problems.

Actually though, the clinical psychologists on the staff of the Counsel-

ng Bureau have, through modern counseling procedures, helped manytudents work out problems which seemed insoluble to them.

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The professional counseling services offered through the Bureau

are applied by clinical psychologists and by especially selected and

trained faculty counselors. All you need do to make use of these

services is to go to Room 311 Administration Building, East Wing,

and tell the receptionist there that you would like to have an appoint-

ment with a counselor.

You will have private interviews with your counselor. He treats

what you tell him, or what he tells you, as confidentially as your

family doctor would treat such matters. Reports of interviews and of

conclusions reached are not available to your instructors, your deans,

your parents, or anyone else, unless you yourself request that such re-

ports be made.

If at any time you think you may need help of the kind which the

Student Counseling Bureau can supply, don't wait until it is too late

for such help to be as effective as it might be. Make an appointment in

Room 3 1 1 Administration East, and talk things over with a counselor.

The University wants your stay here to be as happy, as useful, and as

fruitful as it can be. The Student Counseling Bureau may be able to

help you take full advantage of the opportunities you now have.

Inframural sports offer athletic opportunities of competition to the indi-

vidual athlete and give him a chance to show his skill and to develop his

ability in the particular sport he enjoys.

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The Dean of Men, and Dean of WomenFor information on housing, on student loans, on hospital insur-

ance and benefits, or for requests on vacation extensions, the offices of

the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women are always open.

The Dean of Men's office is in 152 Administration Building, West

Wing. Here the Dean of Men, or the Assistant Deans in charge of

fraternity men, independent students, or foreign students, will help

you answer any questions you might have.

The Dean of Women's office is in 100 Bevier Hall. The Assistant

Dean in charge of freshman affairs devotes all her time to the problems

of freshman women.

Both offices invite you to learn of the assistance they can give on

the matters mentioned above, or on personal or social matters.

Student Employment

Perhaps you, like a large number of University students, will have

to supplement your outside income by working part time. A certain

number of jobs for students are open, and if you need one, you mayapply at the Office of Student Employment at 232 Illini Hall. Jobs

with the University fall into four classes: laboratory, office, library,

food service. The employment office makes every effort to place you

in the position that will suit you best.

The office also acts as a clearing house for positions elsewhere in

the community. So, if you need a job, make sure your application is

on file. If you do have enough money to see you through, though,

don't take a position that would deprive an equally qualified, needier

student of the chance to go to college.

Student Loans

Although you may have made careful financial plans, there are

still possibilities of emergencies, and you may find yourself in imme-

diate need of money. Before you decide to withdraw from the Uni-

versity or otherwise cut short your college career, you should discuss

with either the Dean of Men or Dean of Women the possibility of

getting either a short term or long term loan. The University has funds

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available for this purpose, and if your case is a deserving one, you will

be able to borrow money on extremely satisfactory terms to help you

to continue vour education.

Health Service

The University is vitally interested in your health while you are

in school, because if you are not in good health it is not possible for

you to work to the maximum of your efficiency. A $5 hospital and

medical service fee is charged you at registration. In the event that

you are hospitalized during the semester, certain insurance benefits

will be due you for hospital residence, hospital expenses, physicians'

fees, and surgical fees. In ordinary illnesses, the insurance will cover

all of your expenses.

The Health Service Station at the corner of Wright and Daniel

Streets is also operated for your benefit. Members of the Health

Service Staff give instruction in Hygiene, conduct physical examina-

tions, supervise food handlers, make sanitary inspections, and hold

personal conferences with students in health matters. The doctors

will give you whatever help they are authorized to administer, or they

may refer you to the local professional directory to select a local

physician for further treatment.

The Intramural program makes participation possible in almost every kind

of team sport. Events and schedules are arranged through the Intramural

office in Huff Gymnasium.

Behind-the-scenes activi-

ties are just as important

to a successful II! mi

Theatre Guild production

as the acting itself, and

students take major parts

in designing and painting

scenery and lighting the

show.

ACTIVITIES IN YOUR LIFE

Perhaps you are activity-minded. If you can carry a normal study

load and make acceptable grades (a 3.3 average is required for activi-

ties), you really should participate in some activity on the campus. For

some, the best idea is to wait until the eight-week grades come out or

even until the second semester, but you may want to start in

immediately.

Look over the dozens of activities open to freshmen, and choose

the one or ones that appeal to you personally. Coupon 12 on your

Freshman Week Program is for Activity Night, when all the campus

activities will have displays and demonstrations of what they do. In

whatever activity you join, you will make many new friends and gain

fine experience in planning and leadership.

In a campus group as large as Illinois' student body there is bound

to be some activity you will like. Don't be afraid to enter. Just re-

member that the present "campus leaders" started in their chosen

activities as freshmen, too. The I-Book available to any freshman manat the YMCA lists many activities, and tells about their organization

and the people who are currently working in them. Freshmen women

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should read lllini Wise and Let's Be Activity Minded, which describe

the various activities open to women. The Illio (Illinois Year book)

specializes in pictures and stories of the various activities. The Daily

lllini (student newspaper) will run announcements in its news

columns, and also in the feature column, "The Bulletin Board," when

positions are available in various fields. Room 322 lllini Union Build-

ing is a further source of information about campus activities. In most

cases, you will be asked to submit a petition to the group, stating your

qualifications, and your reason for wanting to participate in that

activity. You can get these petitions at the Dean of Men's or Dean of

Women's offices, and you may submit them through those offices.

So whatever your interest may be: sports, music, publications,

student government, YMCA, YWCA, religious groups, hobbies, dra-

matics, or what not, there will be a place for you. The opportunities

are here; it is up to you to take advantage of them.

IN CONCLUSIONThe information in this booklet is, of course, far from complete.

No one book can be large enough to tell all there is to tell about the

University of Illinois and about the opportunities it offers its students.

The University you have chosen for your college work is one of the

largest and the finest in the world. But in spite of its great size, it is a

friendly school where the students want to make friends. You can

become lost, though, if you decide to withdraw into a shell. Try to

make friends. You'll find it will be easy. You, like all the others here,

are working to make your own life better and more useful to society.

If that job is drudgery to you, it is doomed to failure; if it is pleasant

and exciting, you will succeed. So make your work and the work of

your fellow students pleasant by learning the value of being friendly

and working together.

The best of luck in your first year.

-The Freshman Council of 1949

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To all Freshmen entering the University of Illinois:

The Freshman Council welcomes you as a new member of our Tribe

of Illini and wishes you the best of luck in your coming college career.

Here is some inside information for you, given in the spirit of one

group of freshmen to another. Here are answers to some of the questions

you will probably ask about the University, questions we too have asked

at one time or another.

When we began the work of printing an informative booklet for

fellow freshmen, we compiled the questions we ourselves had asked, put

together the things that had puzzled us during our first semester on the

Illinois campus, and gave questionnaires to other freshmen to find out

about their difficulties. We even went to various faculty members to learn

what questions they found were most befuddling to new students. Our

final result is this booklet.

We hope it will solve your problems, or at least help you to find a

solution.

If there is still some troublesome angle we haven't covered we'll be

glad to be of service and to help you in any way possible.

Sincerely,

The Freshman Council of 1950:

Jim Hannagan, Chairman

Sherwood Parker, Vice Chairman

Barbara Burnett, Secretary

Jack Leskera, Treasurer

Myrian Baker

Jeanne Bedell

Tom Brademas

Bob Buley

Jim Edwards

Cecile Gagan

Valerie RameyBud Wright

F. J. Koenig, Ass't Dean, L.A.S., Adviser

Illustrations by Larry D. Kettelkamp

South of the Auditorium is the statue of Alma Mater

in a gesture of greeting to students of the Univer-

sity. Behind her are two figures representing learn-

ing and labor. The group was executed by Lorado

Toff, famous sculptor and lllini.

PROGRAMS

Sometime during the summer you will receive a Freshman Weekprogram with coupons admitting you to all the Freshman Week activities.

Coupon 1 in this program is for your first meeting with an adviser from

pour college. At this meeting you will find out what the requirements of

your chosen college and curriculum are, and what the mechanics of

registration are all about. It is important that you know the requirements

jf the college which you have selected, since every college has certain

standards which must be met for graduation. The courses fulfilling these

requirements should be started in the Freshman year. By this time you

ihould have a fairly good idea of which college you are going to enter,

:hough you don't have to consider this decision as final.

In planning your class schedule, first write down your class program

Dn a blank sheet of paper. Look through your Time Table for courses

.vith only one section, either class, lecture, or laboratory, and schedule

:hese sections first. Save for last those courses, such as rhetoric, which

lave a large number of sections. When you prepare your class program,

:ry to distribute your class load evenly throughout the week. It is not

/vise to avoid Saturday morning classes,

f, by so doing, you will crowd other

lays of the week. And above all, don't

orget to make a copy of your finished

Drogram for yourself, because it will be

leveral days before the dean of your

:ollege has a copy of your card, and, if

^ou forget, it will be impossible to find

)ut in what sections you belong. (This

general procedure does not apply to stu-

dents of engineering or architecture, be-

cause both employ standard programs

hat are already prepared.)

Which way?

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

At the second meeting with your adviser, the day of freshman registra-

:ion, you will receive certain registration materials. Among these will be

LB.M. (International Business Machine) cards, which must not be bent

or mutilated in any way. From there you will be directed to the large

Reading Room on the second floor of the University Library where you

will register. Be sure that you select the sections that you really want,

because, it very often requires a fee to change classes, unless you have a

conflict. Do not be discouraged if you do not receive the class schedule

that you desire. Many times some of the sections are closed, but it is

usually possible to find a section that fits into one of your free periods.

You will need your money or checks with you, since you will pay your

fees as you leave the Library.

Before you leave the Library, be sure to make a copy of your class

schedule on a sheet of paper, with the course, course number, building,

room number, and section number of the course. If, after you leave

registration, you find that you have a conflict, go immediately to the dean

of your college and make arrangements for a change. These changes are

usually made without charge.

If you carefully follow the instructions given you, you will find that

registration is a fairly simple affair which you should be able to handle

without much trouble. (Again, this general procedure does not apply to

students of engineering or architecture.

)

PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDY

Some of the pre-professional departments at the University include

those of Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Law, Journalism, and

Education. The following table will give you a clear idea of requirements

for the various professional schools. If you want further information,

and you probably will, do not hesitate to consult with one of the deans

of your college.

College Hours required Minimum Preferred

or School for admittance average average

Dentistry 2 years of Pre-Med

program

3.5 3.75

Medicine 3-year Pre-Med 3.5 4.0

program (first year)

3.75

( thereafter)

or better

Veterinary 2-year Pre-Vet 3.5 4.0

Medicine program

Education 56 hours exclusive of

P.E. and Military

3.5

College Hours required Minimum Preferred

or School for admittance average average

Journalism 56 hours exclusive of 3.5

P.E. and Military

l.aw 88 hours for 3 years

of Law

56 hours for 4 years

of Law

3.5

GRADES

You should not lose sight of the fact that your first and most important

job here is to do the best work you can. Grades are of special importance

for those of you who are planning to enter any of the professional schools,

because without a strong academic average you will not be able to take

advanced training in the field of your choice. Don't think, though, that

Officially known as Burrill Avenue in honor of Prof. T. J. Burrill who col-

lected and planted the trees on the campus, this elm lined street is better

known by the students as the Broadwalk. Between classes it is as busy as

any metropolitan thoroughfare.

good grades are not important in the other curricula. Without a 3.0

average you can not graduate from the University.

The five grade points used in the University are: A = 5, B = 4,

C = 3, D = 2, E = 1. Each course in the University has an assigned

number of credit hours. To determine your grade-point average, multiply

the point value of the grade you receive in each course by the number of

credit hours in that course. Add the answers you get from your muliplica-

tions, and divide the sum by the total number of hours. A typical average

might be

:

Rhetoric 101 3 hours B 3X4 12

Math 117 5hours A 5X5 25

Spanish 101 4 hours C 4X3 12

Botany 104 4 hours B 4X4 16

Total: 16 hours Grade-point total

:

65

65 divided by 16 equals a grade-point average of 4.06, which is slightly

better than a B average.

If at the end of any semester a student's average falls below a 3.0, he

is placed on probation for the next semester. If he fails to raise his average

that next semester, he is dropped from the University. In order to regain

admittance to the University, he must submit a petition to the dean or

to students. At Honors Day the highest ranking students in the different

classes of the various colleges, and in the entire University are recognized.

There are two honoraries for seniors only; these are Bronze Tablet and

Phi Kappa Phi. There are also scholastic honoraries in the various colleges

and in the more specialized fields of work. But you are more interested

in the scholastic honoraries for freshmen. These are Alpha Lambda Delta

director of his college. This does not mean that he will necessarily be

readmitted. A student who is on probation may not take part in any

extra-curricular activities.

During your first few weeks on the campus you will be given the

opportunity to take special proficiency examinations, which, if passed,

will excuse you from taking certain courses. Some of these, such as

rhetoric, are required, but most of them are optional. There are only two

possible grades given on proficiency exams: these are pass or fail. In

order to get a grade of pass you must make a C on the exam. A pro-

ficiency exam in a course may be taken only once. Exams in hygiene are

offered both in the fall and in the spring. If they were taken in the fall,

they cannot be taken again in the spring.

For exceptionally good scholastic work there are several honors given

for freshman women and Phi Eta Sigma for freshman men.

Alpha Lambda Delta is a national scholastic honorary for freshman

women. However, it is more than just a way of recognizing excellence in

scholastic achievement— it is an organization whose purpose is to pro-

mote scholarship among all freshman women on campus. A special

assistance program has been set up to help those girls who are in need of

free instruction. The tutors are members of the active Alpha LambdaDelta chapter who are eager to help any girl in need of personal

instruction.

Every freshman girl who makes a 4.5 average either on 15 academic

hours' work at the end of her first semester or on 30 academic hours' work

at the close of her first year is initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta.

Phi Eta Sigma, likewise a national scholastic honorary, is an organi-

zation of freshman men. It is devoted to the development of scholarship

among first-year men and provides incentive for good work.

Every freshman man is initiated into Phi Eta Sigma who makes a

4.5 average either on 15 hours' work at the end of his first semester or

on 30 hours' work at the end of two semesters. Membership in either

Alpha Lambda Delta or Phi Eta Sigma is a distinct honor and well worth

working for.

ACTIVITIES IN YOUR LIFE

Because activities offer opportunities for leadership and companion-

ship, they should play an important role in your campus life. What's

more, activities will not only aid you in meeting people, but many of

them offer excellent training for the job you might choose after gradua-

tion. But remember, to participate in any activity, you must have a 3.3

all-University average or better.

There are dozens of activities catering to a variety of interests for you

to choose from.

To enter an activity, you are usually required to submit a petition.

This is a simple procedure, the application blank being similar to one you

would fill out in applying for a job. It calls for information on past ex-

perience, other campus activities, and grade average. You will then be

called for an interview. While this may seem formidable, it is really an

informal, friendly meeting. The committee may ask:

1. What previous experience have you had in this field?

2. What made you decide to petition for this particular activity?

"Homework? No, activity petitions.

3. Do you have any other jobs or outside interests which would inter-

fere with your cooperation in this job?

4. Do you think you will be able to maintain a high grade average

while participating in this activity?

5. Do you have any suggestions for the improvement of this activity?

Once you have answered these questions sincerely and frankly, you

may be placed with your own interest group. The key to success is a

genuine interest and enthusiasm for the

organization you are hoping to join.

Here are some of the principal activities

on campus:

I. The Illini Union is the hub of all

campus activities. There are some forty-

odd committees which plan the Spring

Carnival, Mother's Day, Dad's Day,

and all banquets, along with weekly

dances and other functions.

The Department of Dances plans

dances for Homecoming and registra-

tion. Ballroom dances are held every Friday and Saturday night.

The Department of Student Services includes the Town Meetings,

Office Management, a Red Cross Unit, and Spring Carnival.

The Department of Entertainment plans events, in some of which

students appear as entertainers. Club Commons, the Union Movies, Uni-

versity Sings, and the Union Variety Show are traditions.

The Department of Recreation presents recorded concerts of popular

and classical music, Coffee Hours each Thursday afternoon, tourna-

ments in bridge.

The Department of Student-Alumni Relations cooperates with the

Alumni Association and the Athletic Association. It plans Homecoming

and Founder's Day, organizes the Block I, holds pep rallies, chooses cheer-

leaders. The Department of Public Relations handles advertising and all

general publicity for the Illini Union Student Activities.

II. The YMCA and YWCA, through a program of varied group

activities, seeks to meet the religious, social and intellectual needs of stu-

dents, and serves as a laboratory for the daily practice of Christian living.

They plan such functions as the faculty forums, International Friend-

ship, Freshman guidance, and the "I" Book publication.

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III. The Campus Chest is an organization which coordinates all the

charity drives on campus into one combined effort. The proceeds are

allocated to worth-while charities. Special events and the Illini Union's

Spring Carnival also contribute money to the Campus Chest. The organi-

zation was created by the Student Senate and is governed under the

Senate by the Code on Student Affairs.

IV. Theatre Guild is a creative activity which offers an opportunity

to all undergraduates to produce or act in a large number of stage pro-

ductions.

V. Star Course presents programs of music performed by outstanding

artists and musical organizations. The staff is composed of two senior

managers, eight junior managers, and sixty sophomore managers. In

addition, seventy students serve as ushers at the Star Course Concerts.

VI. There are musical organizations such as the bands which are

made up of three groups: the Concert Band, the First Regimental Band,

and the Second Regimental Band. University Concert Orchestra is a

symphonic group of about ninety pieces. The University Chorus of one

hundred voices is trained for mixed chorus work. A Cappella Choir is

composed of about 50 voices devoted to the study and performance of

both secular and sacred choral music for mixed voices. Sinfonietta is

composed of 35 players selected by tryouts during registration week of the

fall semester.

VII. Daily Illini (our school newspaper) is normally not open to

Freshmen. However, if a student is extremely interested and has had

ample experience, he may apply through the Illini Board of Directors.

The Illini is always in the lead in fighting for activities in the campus

community which will benefit students. Entirely written, edited, and man-

aged by undergraduates, it is the most responsible of campus activities.

VIII. The Illio is the nation's largest college yearbook. It is distrib-

uted each spring and contains a complete pictorial record of all campus

events. Campus activities occupy a large part of the book, which intro-

duces the outstanding men and women on the campus.

IX. Student Senate is the student self-government organization of

the University. It is composed of 34 members, 16 of whom are ex-officio

as heads of campus activities, and 18 elected members from the sopho-

more, junior, and senior classes. The Senate supervises general University

social events, honorary organizations, and extra-curricular activities.

X. The Committee on Student Affairs works together with the Stu-

dent Senate, having jurisdiction over student organizations and activities,

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social functions, the calendar of activity events, recognition of honorary

and professional organizations. It is composed of eight faculty members

and eight students elected from the Student Senate.

XI. The Freshman Council acts as the governing body for the Fresh-

man class. It improves the difficulties

met by freshmen in adjusting to campus

conditions and publishes this Facts for

Freshman book for you. The Council is

made up of ten members.

Of course, there are incentives for

being active in student organizations

and keeping up scholarship. Activity

honoraries such as Ma-Wan-Da, Torch,

Skull and Crescent, and Mortar Board

elect new members each year on merits

of activities, leadership, and scholarship.

"Oh, I got the letter for football."

CAMPUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS

Social customs at the University of Illinois may be based on tra-

ditional rules of etiquette plus some local campus tradition, but that

doesn't mean they're set and stodgy. Social attitudes here are alive,

growing and changing. It's almost unnecessary to mention how important

it is to learn the social skills needed in daily contact with all kinds of

people.

A few "Campus Cues" convenient to know are:

1

.

You may speak to any student on campus without being formally

introduced to him. Either the man or the woman may speak first.

2. You may ask for dates with girls in your classes or girls whom you

meet in activities and at different large University functions, without

being considered forward. Long casual acquaintances are unnecessary.

3. Only formal dates need to be made at least 10 days in advance.

Week-end dates should be made four or five days in advance while im-

promptu dates are desirable and fun.

4. It isn't recommended that freshmen "go steady" as part of their

education is gained through social contacts with different people.

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5. Informal clothes are worn in classrooms and on coke dates. Busi-

ness suits are always worn for regular week-end dates unless otherwise

agreed upon beforehand.

6. Men may enter the hallways of women's houses without ringing

the doorbells if the entrance hall has a buzzer system. Most University

housing units are equipped with buzzer systems.

7. Cabs are required only for for-

mal parties.

8. Corsages are required only at for-

mal parties given by your own group.

9. Closing hours for women's houses

are 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and 1:00

a.m. on Saturday nights.

10. Blind dates are popular with

University of Illinois students. Remem-ber that some of the most lasting friend-

ships are made on blind dates.

11. It is the custom for all students to address each other by their

first names.

A friendly, informal atmosphere exists on our campus. That fact

should help you to face the most difficult situations with ease.

'Lemme outa here."

STUDENT REGULATIONS

Violations of the various regulations are handled through the Office

of Security, which is a part of the function of the Dean of Students, or

through the Committee on Student Discipline. Here's how the handling

works: If a student is reported for violation of a regulation, or for

conduct unbecoming a University student, the Security Officer interviews

him. In some cases, the matter will rest there with a reprimand, or the

payment of a fine. But the matter may be referred to the University

Senate Sub-Committee on Student Discipline, which is composed of six

faculty and three student members. The student has the right to appear

before the committee and to state his case. It will try to protect the best

interests of both the student and the University. In most instances the

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action of this committee is final. In serious violations, dismissal from the

University may be the action of the committee.

If, however, the student should decide to appeal from the decision,

he may carry his case through the Dean of Students to the Senate Com-mittee on Student Discipline, which is made up of nine faculty members.

This committee is the final appeal, and may uphold or reverse the former

decisions.

At times, organized houses are in violation of one or another of the

student regulations. In such cases, the entire organization, after proper

hearings, may be placed on "social probation" which means that its

privileges to hold dances or other entertainment, to participate in activi-

ties, or even to pledge or initiate new members may be withdrawn. In

severe cases, the organization's charter may be revoked.

Regulations concerning cheating in examinations are far stricter in

the University than they were in high school. Penalties for cheating on a

final examination, for instance, range from a grade of "E" in the course

to dismissal from the University. Regulations on plagiarism are also strict.

Students violating them receive an "E" in the course. It is not copying

to which your teachers object, if you use quotation marks and footnotes;

it is copying something and then turning in the assignment as if it were

your own work.

Class Attendance

Class attendance at the University is compulsory. There is no rule

that allows you a certain number of "cuts" in any course, nor is there

one that allows you to leave a class if the instructor is more than ten

minutes late. Here's what happens if you "cut." All class absences are

reported daily to the Office of the Dean of Men and the Office of the

Dean of Women, where they are recorded for informational purposes.

If in the opinion of an instructor your attendance becomes so irregular

that your scholarship is likely to be impaired, he will report your case

to the dean of your college. If irregular attendance has made continu-

ation of the course unprofitable, you may be required to drop the course

with an "E."

Students absent from scheduled classes just before or after a vacation

period are excluded from the final examinations in the courses from

which they were absent, and receive a grade of "E." A student may, with

the consent of the department head, the dean of his college and upon

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the payment of a fee of $5, get permission to take a special examination

in the course, which takes the place of the final examination. However,

while the grade he receives as a result of this examination is put on his

record, the "E" he received for missing the final will also remain.

If you are forced to miss a class because of illness requiring hospitali-

zation, death in the family, or other unusual emergency, you should file

with the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women a request in writing for

relief from the penalty stated above.

University bulletins publish the exact times vacations begin and end.

If the holiday begins at twelve Wednesday and classes resume at one

Monday, be sure you attend your eleven o'clock class Wednesday and

your one o'clock class Monday.

Visiting in Organized Houses

Fraternities, sororities, and independent houses on the campus are

required to follow strict rules for visiting hours. Women are never allowed

inside a men's organized house unless a chaperone is present, and then

they are allowed only in the living- and dining-rooms (except once a

semester when there is open house) . Following are the times when visiting

is permitted:Wednesday 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Friday 9:00 p.m. to 12:40 a.m.

Saturday 9:00 p.m. to 12:40 a.m.

Sunday 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.

Men are allowed in women's houses:

Weekdays 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Friday 4:00 p.m. to 1 :00 a.m.

Saturday 12:00 noon to 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 12:00 noon to 10:30 p.m.

If a house has a buzzer system, you may walk in without ringing the

front doorbell.

Bicycle Regulations

If you ride a bicycle at school, you should be acquainted with the

bicycle code, copies of which may be obtained at 152 Administration

(West). The following rules are some of the most important:

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1. Bicycle riding is restricted to

streets, campus drives, and bicycle

paths.

2. Parking on University property is

restricted to bicycle racks.

3. Headlights must be used at night.

4. Only one person may ride on a

bicycle.

5. While riding on city streets, fol-

low all traffic regulations.

Motor Vehicle Permits

In order to drive a motor vehicle you must obtain a Motor Vehicle

Permit from the Automobile Permit Department in 224 Illini Hall. These

are generally given to students over 21, to those living with their parents,

and to those living far from campus.

A Passenger Permit is required of all men under 21 and of all womenwho wish to ride in a car beyond the city limits and local golf courses.

Smoking Regulations

Smoking in University buildings is restricted to first floor corridors,

where ash receptables are provided, and to private offices of the faculty.

Smoking is prohibited in other portions of buildings, and is definitely not

permitted in classrooms. Violators of these regulations will be subject to

a fine.

The University of Illinois campus is

a very beautiful one. As a student, you

should take pride in its appearance. Donot throw paper on the walks or floors

and do not cut across the lawns. Youshould exercise the same care in keep-

ing University property clean as you

would in keeping your own home and

grounds clean. The University is your

home while vou are in school.

NOSMOKING

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UNIVERSITY SERVICES

The University maintains a number of offices and bureaus to assist

you when you need information or help. With the exception of the Stu-

dent Counseling Bureau and the college offices, they are co-ordinated by

the Dean of Students. The most frequently used services are described in

this section. If you do not know where to obtain the help you need, see

the dean of your college, the Dean of Men, or the Dean of Women. They

will take care of your problem or will know which office can help you.

The Dean of Men and the Dean of WomenAt the office of either the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women you

may obtain information or help on any problem you may have. Both

offices can also give you information on class absences, student loans,

and hospital insurance and benefits.

The Dean of Men's office sponsors the Interfraternity Council, which

governs campus fraternities; the Men's Independent Association, which

organizes independent men; and Phi Eta Sigma, a scholastic honorary

for freshman men.

The Dean of Women is concerned with the welfare of the womenstudents, handles requests for all organizational social functions, and

encourages high scholarship. To assist with this program, the Dean of

Women has a staff including an Assistant Dean of Sorority Women whoworks with Panhellenic and the House organizations on such problems of

sorority life as rushing, pledging, and initiation; an Assistant Dean of

Independent Women who helps women living in independent organized

houses; an Assistant Dean of Residence Hall Counseling who provides a

social and counseling program for women in the residence halls; and

an Assistant Dean of Women for Freshmen, who with the help of

Freshman Advisers in the housing units, assists the incoming freshmen.

Your College Office

The deans of your college are also prepared to help you with any

problem. It is advisable to see them even if you are only anticipating

a difficulty in your school work, since almost anything is easier to prevent

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DEAK5 OFFICEthan to cure. Some of the things for

which you would go to your college

office are:

1. Advice on selection of courses

2. Information on your grades

3. Change of program

4. Change of colleges (within the

University)

5. Withdrawal from the University.

Housing

The Handbook of Student .Housing, copies of which may be obtained

at the Housing Division Office, will answer most of your questions about

housing. For further information on fraternities, see the Dean of Men:on sororities see the Dean of Women, and on University and private

housing, see the Housing Division.

"Sit still! You're shaking

my socks down."

Medical Services

The Health Center, McKinley Hospital, and the Hospital and Medi-

cal Insurance Plan serve students.

At the Health Center, you may get emergency treatment and medical

advice. For most hospitalization you will go to McKinley University

Hospital, where part or all of your expenses will be covered by the Hos-

pital Insurance Policy. This policy, for which you will pay five dollars at

registration, covers ordinary hospital residence fees in any hospital for

twenty-eight days of one semester and doctors' and miscellaneous fees

up to certain amounts.

In addition to their duties at the

Health Center, the Medical staff also

gives class instruction in hygiene, super-

vises food handlers, and enforces sani-

'p\ rf\tation by periodic inspections.

The lame and halt club.

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The Student Counseling Bureau

During Freshman Week, you will have a chance to become ac-

quainted with some of the services offered by the Student Counseling

Bureau. Perhaps you are one of those fortunate persons who knows just

what courses he is going to take in the University and the kind of job

he's best fitted for. Perhaps you already know how to concentrate, howto read rapidly, and how to study effectively. You may have no worries

and no personal problems which interfere with your doing your best

either in your classes or in your life outside the classroom. If all that is

true, you're very lucky.

But if you do have problems, the Student Counseling Bureau may be

helpful to you. About 60 percent of the freshmen in the University make

use of the Bureau services. They are yours for the asking.

The Student Counseling Bureau can supply you with testing and

counseling services as up-to-date and scientific as those offered anywhere

in the country. The Bureau will not tell you what you should do. But

it can supply you with information about your abilities, interests, and

personality which you could not get in any other way, and it can help you

use this information in arriving at sound conclusions about selecting a

course of study and a later vocation. Those tests you took before you

entered the University or will take during Freshman Week supply a

part of the information you might need.

About 20 percent of college students read so slowly and ineffectively

and study so inefficiently that they are seriously handicapped in their

studies. The Student Counseling Bureau offers you special reading and

study help which can be a big aid in overcoming such handicaps, if you

have them.

But perhaps your difficulties aren't caused by poor study or reading

skills. You may have very personal problems, you may get over-nervous

when you take exams, you may feel that you're inferior in some way,

you may have conflicts and worries about things you have felt no one

else could possibly help you with. Many students either do not know, or

do not believe, that anyone can help them with such problems. Actually

though, the clinical psychologists on the staff of the Counseling Bureau

have, through modern counseling procedures, helped many students work

out problems which seemed insoluble to them.

The professional counseling services offered through the Bureau

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are applied by clinical psychologists and by especially selected and

trained faculty counselors. All you need do to make use of these services

is to go to Room 311 Administration Building, East, and tell the recep-

tionist there that you would like to have an appointment with a counselor.

You will have private interviews with your counselor. He treats what

you tell him, or what he tells you, as confidentially as your family doctor

would treat such matters. Reports of interviews and of conclusions

reached are not available to your instructors, your deans, your parents,

or anyone else, unless you yourself request that such reports be made.

Scholarships

Certain funds are available at the University for undergraduate schol-

arships. Since the number of applications always exceeds the money

available, preference for scholarships is given to students who need

money and who have high scholastic averages. Information may be

obtained at the Office of Admissions and Records. Applications will be

accepted after March 1, and the scholarships will be awarded in Mayand June.

Employment

There are a number of jobs open to students. If you need one, you

may apply at the Office of Student Employment. Jobs with the Univer-

sity fall into four classes : laboratory, office, library, and food service. Theemployment office also acts as a clearing house for positions elsewhere in

the community.

It will not be necessary to write or come down before the semester

starts to get a job, since most positions do not open up until the semester

begins. The office will attempt to place you in the position that will suit

you best.

THE ILLINI UNIONThe Illini Union Building is the social, recreational, and service

center for all students of the University. Here are located food services,

various recreational facilities, an information office, and many additional

special services.

There are three separate eating places and different types of service.

On the ground floor there is the soda fountain, called the Tavern, which

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is open between meals for coffee, soft drinks, and light refreshments. Also

on the ground floor is the Commons which is open during the breakfast,

lunch, and dinner hours. Both of these are cafeteria style. On the first

floor is the Colonial Room with its waiter service and more formal atmos-

phere for luncheons and dinners.

Recreational facilities in the Union Building include bowling alleys,

a billiard room, a browsing room, second and third floor ballrooms,

several lounges, and the student activity headquarters. The Browsing

Room is an excellent place to relax and read the latest books and maga-

zines. In the lounges (the Main Lounge, the Pine Lounge, or the Wedg-

wood Lounge) one may write letters, visit with friends, listen to the radio

or classical recordings, or play the piano. On the third floor, Room 322,

is the Student Activities Division, also sponsored by the Illini Union.

The Information Office on the first floor affords information not only

about the Illini Union Building but also information concerning the

University as a whole. This same office sells tickets to all student pro-

ductions and special events on campus.

Special services such as cloakroom facilities on the ground and first

floors, a candy counter at the main desk, and a lost and found bureau

on the second floor above the billiard room are further attributes of this

The Illini Union Building is a general gathering place for students, with

facilities for meetings, for recreation, and for dining. Information,

activities, and ticket offices are located in this building.

University "community center." It may be useful to note that all mislaid

articles found in any University building will be turned in at the Illini

Union lost and found bureau.

In addition to the activities carried on in the Illini Union Building

itself, this same organization operates the Coffee House on the south

campus and the Illini Union Bookstore on Wright Street just north of

Illini Hall. The Coffee House offers cafeteria and soda fountain service

as well as weekly meal tickets.

THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The University of Illinois Library is the third largest college library in

the world. Since it provides an excellent place to study, dig out reference

material, borrow books, and meet interesting people, it is a good idea to

know its administrative policies.

Rooms 101 and 123 on the first floor of the general library building

comprise the Undergraduate Library. Here is located a collection of

24,000 books, magazines, and a limited number of reference books. This

library, a new one set up in September, 1949, is especially useful to fresh-

men and sophomores. Because of the extensive use of this library, books

may be checked out only for one week with a fine of ten cents for each

day late, Sundays and holidays included. In the various other libraries

of the general library building, books not on reserve may be checked out

for home use for two weeks and are subject to a fine of two cents a day

if not returned on time. Books in any library may, in most cases, be re-

newed for either one or two weeks, according to the rules of the library

from which the book is borrowed.

General reference books, periodicals, and other reserved books maybe used only in the reading rooms. Books on reserve for specific courses

may be taken out of the Library at 9:00 p.m. but must be returned to

their proper Reserve Room by 9:00 the next morning. Such books not

returned on time are subject to a fine of 25 cents for the first hour and

five cents for each additional hour kept overtime. Don't regard these

lines lightly as they arc charged against you in the Business Office and

will appear for payment when you next register. Unless all charges against

you are paid in full, you will not be permitted to graduate, to transfer any

credit hours, or to receive a transcript showing good standing.

Besides asking cooperation in returning books promptly, the Library

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staff urges you to treat any book you check out with care. Writing in

library books or treating them roughly is destroying University property

and will also be subject to fine if necessary. Remember that the main

function of placing fines on overdue and defaced books is not to collect

profit but rather to keep in circulation those books which are in demand.

In addition to the general library building, various other departmental

libraries may be found in other buildings on campus. These libraries

contain material referring to one particular field and may be very help-

ful in securing more advanced or specialized information on a par-

ticular subject.

The pamphlet, Your Library, is available at the general library build-

ing. This guide for undergraduate students explains the arrangement of

books on the shelves, the use of the card catalogue, the procedure to fol-

low in checking out books, and many other helpful suggestions of ways

to make more efficient use of the University Library.

The main reading room on the second floor of fhe Library is one of the

largest in the country. It is only one of many seminars and reading rooms

in the Library and in other campus buildings.

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Dr. George Dinsmore Stoddard is the Presi-

dent of the University.

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY

Your registration in the University makes you an integral part of it,

and as sueh you arc interested in its welfare and its organization. TheUniversity of Illinois is a vast and complicated institution, but like every

large business it has a definite and smooth working organization.

At the head of this organization is the Governor of Illinois. TheBoard of Trustees, chosen in the general state election, is responsible to

the Governor. Under the Board is the President of the University, Dr.

George Dinsmore Stoddard. Working with the President is the University

Senate, composed of full professors on the faculty, and the Council of

Deans and Directors. When the President is away, the Provost, who is

similar to a general director, is in charge of the University.

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The member of the university organization who is responsible for

student life and welfare outside the classroom is the Dean of Students.

He directs, supervises, and coordinates the many agencies and offices

which help to round out your college experience. Here are some of the

agencies and offices working with the Dean of Students : the offices of the

Deans of Men and Women; the Student Employment Office; the Uni-

versity Placement Bureau; the Housing Division; the Health Service

Station ; the McKinley Hospital ; numerous "boards of control" ; the

Student Senate; the Committee on Student Affairs; Illini Union activi-

ties; and the Residence Halls.

The University is divided into a number of Colleges and Schools.

Although you were admitted to the University of Illinois, you have been

assigned to that college within the University charged with the adminis-

tration of the particular program which you have chosen. The colleges

to which freshmen may be admitted are the College of Agriculture, Fine

and Applied Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce and Business

Administration, Engineering, and Physical Education School. The loca-

tion of your college office is given on the inside back cover of this

pamphlet.

IN CONCLUSION

The information in this booklet is, of course, far from complete. Noone book can be large enough to tell all there is to tell about the Uni-

versity of Illinois and about the opportunities it offers its students. The

University you have chosen for your college work is one of the largest and

the finest in the world. But in spite of its great size, it is a friendly school

where the students want to make friends. You can become lost, though,

if you decide to withdraw into a shell. Try to make friends. You'll find it

will be easy. You, like all the others here, are working to make your

life better and more useful to society. If that job is drudgery to you, it

is doomed to failure; if it is pleasant and exciting, you will succeed. So

make your work and the work of your fellow students pleasant by learn-

ing the value of being friendly and working together.

The best of luck in your first year.

THE FRESHMAN COUNCIL OF 1950

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INFORMATION DIRECTORY

Admissions and Records

Bursar's Office

College Offices

Agriculture

CommerceEngineering

Fine and Applied Arts

Liberal Arts and Sciences

School of Physical Education (Men}

School of Physical Education

(Women)Dean of Men's Office

Dean of Students' Office

Dean of Women's Office

Employment Office

Health Service

Housing Division

Information

General

Student Activities

Lost and Found (Open 3 to 5 p.m.

daily)

Student Counseling Bureau

Y.M.C.A.

Y.W.C.A.

100a Administration

100b Administration

101 Mumford Hall

213 David Kinley Hall

106 Engineering Hall

110 Architecture

203 Lincoln Hall

107 Huff Gym

1 1 7 Woman's Gym152 Administration West

152 Administration West

100 Bevier Hall

232 Illini Hall

NW Corner, Daniel & Wright

108 Illini Hall

129 Illini Union

322 Illini Union

104 Illini Union

311 Administration East

1001 South Wright

801 South Wright

The Illini Union and Illini Hall are two different buildings. TheIllini Union is at the north end of the quadrangle, while Illini Hall is

on the northwest corner of John and Wright Streets.

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