Illinois River
the largest river kee rivers, and fl S. W. course, enters the Mississippi river at Grafton, between Jersey and kee rivers, and flowing a general W. and receives several rivers of considerable size, and affords communication between important towns and villages, being navigable for steamboats for about 286 miles above its mouth. higher education, founded at Normal, ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL INSTI- Ill., in 1857. In 1919 there were 70 mem- TUTE, an institution for normal and ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY bers of the faculty and 2,096 students.
The library contains about 30,000 volumes. President, David Felmley. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Urbana, Ill.; founded in 1867; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 672; students, 8,052; president, David Kinley.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVER- SITY, a coeducational institution in Bloomington, Ill.; founded in 1850 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close 1919: Professors and instructors, 40; students, 590; president, Theodore Kemb.