Excerpt from Twelfth Report of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University: Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, for the Two Years Ending September 30, 1884 The whole number matriculated as students since the opening is The number graduated from the several colleges, including the class of 1883, is 369. In 1871 the University was opened for lady students, on the same terms as to gentlemen. In 1874 a Fine Art Gallery was established. In 1876 the University received from the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, three diplomas and a medal. In 1877 its exhibit at the Paris International Exposition gained a diploma and the gold medal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.