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Parents of one hundred and eighty students at the University of Illinois, including ~both Urbanaâ€"Champaign â€"*~ and Chicago departments, are retired, Business Men: Lead in Number With Laborers, Skilled > and â€" Otherwige WHO ARE PARENTS OF _ â€" ILLINOIS STUDENTS Thursday, April 4, 1929 While 1,206 students enrolled at the University of Illinois come from farms, 10,944 are from cities, figures compiled by the registrar of the uniâ€" 2061 are listed as skilled and unskillâ€" ed laborers, 1766 as. farmers, 5180 in some form of business, 1719 in the professions, 417 in railroading and 293 in government service according to a survey of registration statistics for the semester just closed, made by the registrar, it was disclosed here today. * f T HE PR ES 3 versity and just made public disclosed. Where They Come From Approximately half of those from cities of the state come from communâ€" ities of over 25,000. Chicago leads the list with a total of 3,060 registerâ€" ed. Other cities represented in this list with the number of students for each follows: Aurora, 61; Bloomingâ€" ton 37; Champaign, 555; Cicero, 47; Danvilie, 129; Decatur, 94; East Saint Louis, 54; Elgin, 54; Evanston, 107; Joliet, 85; Moline 41; Oak Park, 229; The balance of the 10,944 city men and women come from towns and villages smaller than 25,000. Of the fim{ total registered from cities, 4,â€" ’ are men and 1511 are women. The proportion of men to women coming to the university from rural communities is slightly lower than for Cities there being 913 men and 203 women. 45; Rockford, 101;. Springfield, and Urbana, 693. y " Peoria, 4180;â€" Quiney, 55;â€"Rock Island,