The New International Encyclopædia/Illinois College

ILLINOIS COLLEGE. The oldest collegiate institution of Illinois, founded in 1829 at Jacksonville, Ill., in part through the efforts of the Eastern organization known as the ‘Yale Band.’ The curriculum is arranged on the group system, with elective courses after the freshman year, and leads to the bachelor's and master's degrees. The college had, in 1902, 65 collegiate and 42 preparatory students and 18 instructors. At the same time the value of its grounds and buildings was $150,000, and its endowment $155,000. The college library contains about 11,000 volumes, supplemented by about 4000 volumes in the libraries of the literary societies.