There is a monument to John Peter Altgeld. a monument of which Illinois and the Nation is justly proud. That monument is the great institution known as University of Illinois. It was John Peter Altgeld. the immigrant. itinerant farm laborer. who took his education where he could find it. who gave the impetus which has resulted in one of the Nations finest institutions of higher learning. When he became governor. the university occupied four buildings and had a faculty of 48. When he was defeated 4 years later. six new buildings had been provided and. more important. the faculty was increased to 170.
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