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The Illinois Industrial University was renamed the University of Illinois by an act of the Illinois Legislature signed into law June 19, 1885 by then Gov. Oglesby, according to the Annals of the University in the preface to the book.
Early Stories of life
This is a very incomplete set of links to interesting |
 Maypole dance, 1910, on the quad in front of the Women's Building |
- History of the Campus in Pictures
- Educating the Lord's Redeemed and Annointed: The University of Illinois Chapel Experience, 1868-1894
This is an interesting account of compulsory chapel at the university written by J.Gregory Behle. - College of Engineering History Project
Stories from alumni of the college - History of the College of Engineering
- History of ROTC at the university
- Brief history of the university
- Architectural History of the campus
- Courses of study, 1867
- History of the Chemistry Department
- History of the Physics Department
- History of the University Place Christian Church
- Stories of Charles Gracchus Neely, '1880
- Memoirs of Milo Ketchum Jr. '1931, including stories of his father, '1895 Dean of Engineering from 1920
- History of the UI Observatory including stories of Prof. Joel Stebbins and G.W. Myers '1888
- 1929 Sorority members/photos
- Stories of successful women graduates
- History of University Laboratory High School, previously know as University Academy (1901-1910) Preparatory Division (1882-1901)
- History of Buildings at the UI 1867-1912
From the Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, 1913 "Annals of the University":
p. 39: Sept. 1882: "Seniors adopted custom of wearing black silk hats, juniors, white plugs".
p. 40: April, 1888: College yell adopted:
Rah Hoo Rah
Zip Boom Ah
Hip Zoo Rah Zoo
Jimmy blow your Bazoo
Ip-sid-di-i-ki
U.of I.
ChampaignC.P. VanGundy, originator
p. 44: Oct., 1894: "Faculty and students in convocation adopted orange and navy blue as University colors"
p. 45: Feb., 1895: "Nine sophomores suspended for kidnapping freshmen before the freshman social"
p. 46: Dec., 1896: "Freshman social broken up by sophomores, largely by the use of chemicals"
This was considered to be a riot and the sophomores were all expelled. The University Archives has a
file of tearful letters from the students and their parents begging for readmission or help in getting into another school.
p. 47: Nov., 1897: "Homeric tableaux given by Faculty"
p. 46: June 1896: "Arrest of Trustees for violating Flag Law deemed unconstitutional"
p. 49: Sept. 1900: "Phi Delta Theta chapter compelled to abandon chapter house on account of typhoid fever"
p. 50: Oct. 1901: "Squirrels imported for campus."
p. 52: Mar. 1904: "Beta Theta Pi house quarrantined on account of scarlet fever"
p. 55: May, 1906: "Annual Maypole dance on Illinois Field"
p. 63: Dec., 1908: "The Illinois Traction System had laid the third track on the University grounds, connecting the new Oregon Street line with the John and Wright Street lines"
p. 70: Oct., 1910: "The First Annual Homecoming at the University occurred. The weather was warm and fair; the Twin Cities were decorated with Illinois colors in honor of the occasion. The main features of the Homecoming were the Alumni-Varsity baseball game; the pushball contest; the mass meeting on the bleachers; class reunions; the football game with Chicago, won by Illinois with a score of 3 to 0. At the mass meeting, President James announced that Francis J. Plym, class of 1897, had established a traveling fellowship in architecture of the annual value of one thousand dollars."
p. 76: Apr., 1911: "The city election in Champaign to decide the "wet" and "dry" issue resulted in a vistor for the "dry" element, with a majority of 479. Student voters were generally challenged at the polls, and notaries public were kept busy swearing out affidavits."