Copyright 1906

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PRESS OF THE ILLINOIS PRINTING COMPANY

DANVILLE, ILLINOIS

PREFATORY NOTE

The general exercises of the week of the installation of President James began on Sunday, October 15th, with special services in the churches of Champaign and Urbana, and a religious service at three o'clock, at which the sermon was preached by the Rev. James G. K. McClure, President of McCormick Theological Seminary.

On Monday, October 16, occurred the dedication of the Woman's Building and the University address by Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus. This address is withheld from publication.

Tuesday, October 17, was State and Nation day, and the general topic of the day's exercises was "The State and Education." The military reviews took place on this day. In the evening the English Club presented the old English play, Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay.

Wednesday was inauguration day. In the morning occurred the formal reception of delegates with the roll call of representatives of universities, delegates from societies and other bodies, with responses from the representatives of a number of such institutions.

The Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy held their assemblies on the afternoon of Wednesday, and were addressed by Dr. John B. Murphy, the eminent surgeon, on “The Evolution of Surgery."

After a review of the University regiment by the Governor of the State, the academic procession formed at half-past two and the inaugural exercises proper began in the Armory at three o'clock.

On Thursday assemblies of the various colleges were held. The College of Engineering was addressed by Dean W. F. M. Goss, of Purdue University, on "The Student Engineer;" the College of Science listened to an address on "The Scientific and the Non-scientific," by Professor T. C. Chamberlain of the University of Chicago; the College of Agriculture was addressed by Col. Charles F. Mills, of Springfield, on "The Services of Norman J. Colman to American Agriculture;" the address before the College of Law was by Hon. J. McG. Dickinson of Chicago, his subject being "International Arbitration;" the College of Literature and Arts and the Schools of Music and Library Science were addressed by Professor A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University, on "The Elective System."

Other exercises of the day were the students' meeting, and the historical meeting in recognition of those who have rendered distinguished services to the University. During these meetings the vari

ous conferences also held sessions.

PROGRAM OF THE GENERAL EXERCISES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15

10:30 and 11:00 A.M.-Special services in the churches of Champaign and Urbana.

3:00 P.M.-Religious Service at the Armory. Sermon by Reverend James G. K. McClure, President of McCormick Theological Seminary.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16

2:00 P.M. Dedication of Woman's Building. Exercises in the Woman's Gymnasium. Addresses by Dean James M. White; Hon. Samuel A. Bullard, President of the Board of Trustees; President Edmund J. James. Address of Dedication by President Lilian W. Johnson, of the Western College for Women: Subject-The Need of the Day: a Correlated Democratic Education. Informal reception and inspection of the building.

8:00 P.M.-University Address At the Armory. Reverend Frank W. Gunsaulus, President of Armour Institute: Subject-Heroism of Scholarship.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

9:00 A.M.-General Subject: The State and Education. At the Armory. Addresses by Hon. Richard J. Barr, Mayor of Joliet; Hon. James Hamilton Lewis, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago; Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois.

1:15 P.M.-Military Exercises. On Illinois Field. Salute (13 guns) to MajorGeneral John F. Weston, of the United States Army. Review of the University Regiment by Major-General Weston.

2:30 P.M.-Military Exercises. At the Armory. The Military Training of the Citizen Soldier. Addresses by Major-General Weston; Lieutenant-Colonel Julius R. Kline, of the Illinois National Guard.

8:00 P.M.-Presentation of Robert Greene's Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay by the students of the University at the Walker Opera House, Champaign.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18

9:00 A.M.-Formal Reception of Delegates. At the Armory.

Address of wel

come by Dean Oliver A. Harker. Roll call of Foreign Universities; Roll call of American Universities; Roll call of Learned Societies and Other Bodies. Brief Addresses by Dean Henry T. Bovey, of McGill University, for Foreign Universities; President James B. Angell, of the University of Michigan, for State Universities; President Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University, for Eastern Universities; Chancellor Frank Strong, of the University of Kansas, for Western Universities; President Edwin B. Craighead, of Tulane University, for Southern Universities; Dean Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of Chicago, for the Universities and Technical Schools of the State; President Charles H. Rammelkamp, of Illinois College, for the Colleges of the State; President John W. Cook, of the Northern Illinois State Normal School, for the Normal Schools of the State; Principal James E. Armstrong, of the Englewood High School, for the High Schools of the State: State Superintendent Alfred Bayliss, for the Elementary Schools of

the State.

10:30 A.M.-Assembly of the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy. In the Chapel. Addresses by Dr. Daniel A. K. Steele, for the College of Medicine; Subject, Relation of the College of Medicine to the University: Dean Bernard J. Cigrand, for the College of Dentistry; Subject, Dental Science and the Common Weal: Dean Frederick M. Goodman, for the School of Pharmacy. Address by Dr. John B. Murphy, of Chicago; Subject, The Evolution of Surgery.

1:45 P. M.-Military Exercises. On the Campus. Salute (17 guns) to the Governor of the State; Salute (11 guns) to the Adjutant-General of the State. Review of the University Regiment by the Governor of the State. 2:30 P.M.-Formation of the Academic Procession.