accounted for by said committee, as fees and expense in locating said land scrip. On motion of Judge CUNNINGHAM, it was Resolved, That the faculty be authorized to publish such catalogue and circular as, in their judgment, may be deemed necessary. Adjourned to meet at the call of the Regent. AFTERNOON. The Committee was called to order in Dr. Gregory's library, at 12:30 P. M. On motion, it was voted that Prof. Stuart be authorized to have the room intended for a laboratory enlarged. Permission was given to the Professor of Agriculture to have put up in his room a case for agricultural specimens, books and documents. The following communication was received from Prof. Stuart: The undersigned, to whom was referred the valuation of the cabinet offered for sale by Prof. Burrill, respectfully begs leave to report that, in his judgment, the said cabinet is worth $500. URBANA, May 5th, 1869. A. P. S. STUart. On motion of Mr. PULLEN, the report of Prof. Stuart was accepted, and the Regent was authorized to purchase the cabine for $500, subject to the State appropriation. On motion of Mr. GOLTRA, it was voted that the Regent be requested to purchase a pump for the well of the University. On motion of Judge CUNNINGHAM, it was voted that the salary of the Regent to the first of September, 1869, be paid in advance. On motion of Judge CUNNINGHAM, it was voted that the gar. dener's house be located at such point on Green street as the Regent and the Professor of Agriculture may determine. On motion of Mr. PULLEN, it was voted that the experimental orchard be planted in quincunx order, with trees 24 feet apart, and that the East and West avenue be extended to the western line of the orchard. On motion of Mr. PICKRELL, the Recording Secretary was authorized to purchase a desk for his office and procure a copying press. On motion of Judge Cunningham, it was Resolved, That the Regent be authorized to purchase such amount of hard coal as, in his judgment, may be required for the use of the University during the winter months. On motion of Mr. GOLTRA, it was ordered that in planting hedges on the outside of the experimental farm, they be set two rods from the lines on each side of the same, except on the west side, along Wright street, where the hedge shall be set 14 feet from the line, and along Mount Hope avenue, where it shal. be set 40 feet from the line. Proposals for a new roof on the University building were then opened, in presence of the committee, and, on motion of Mr. PICKRELL, referred to the Regent and Judge Cunningham, with power to act. W. F. BLISS, Secretary. J. M. GREGORY, Regent. JUNE MEETING. UNIVERSITY BUILDING, URBANA, June 2, 1869. The Executive Committee was called to order in the Regent's office, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and, in the absence of the Regent, Mr. Goltra elected chairman. On calling the roll, it was found that only Messrs Cobb, Pickrell, Cunningham and Goltra were present; and, on motion of Mr. Pickrell, the Committee, for want of a quorum, adjourned to Wednesday, July 7, the time of their next regular meeting, without transacting any business. W. F. BLISS, Secretary. M. C. GOLTRA, Chairman AGRICULTURAL LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS. Following the precedent of the Yale agricultural lectures of 1860, the following course of agricultural lectures and discussions were held at the Industrial University, in January of 1869. A number of gentlemen from Illinois, Missouri and Michigan, all eminent in their respective specialties, kindly consented to aid gratuitously in the inception of the first of what it is to be hoped will be a long series of farmer gatherings for mental instruction in the art and science of agriculture. Prof. BLISS and SANFORD HOWARD were unable to fill their ap. pointments. With these exceptions (resulting from circumstances beyond the control of the gentlemen mentioned) the lecturers were all able to be present, and performed the parts assigned them. A large portion of these lectures have been solicited for and published in the Missouri Agricultural Report, for 1868, with the following note by the Secretary, Dr. L. D. Morse: "Thus was inaugurated a new and probably important movement in Western agricultural education and improvement. Regarding it as an experiment, it may safely be recorded as resulting successfully. The lectures and discussions were attended by the students of the University, seventy or more in number, quite largely attended by the citizens of Champaign and vicinity, and there was a goodly number from various parts of the State. The lectures were, most of them, of an eminently practical character, and the discussions lively and interesting." [CIRCULAR.] ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, The first annual course of agricultural lectures and discussions, instituted by the Illinois Industrial University, in Champaign, commencing Tuesday, January 12th, 1869, and continuing during four days of that and the subsequent week, with three sessions in each day. This is intended to be an annual gathering of the farmers of the State, and of their sons and daughters, for the purpose of discussing the best methods of agriculture; and it is earnestly hoped that all who desire to improve our tillage, our crops and our live stock, will be present and lend a helping hand. No charge is made for admission. The University provides a hall properly warmed and lighted, and pays the expenses of the gentlemen who have kindly consented to open the discussions. Each lecture, essay or "talk," will be followed by a discussion on the same subject, in which all are invited to participate. Dr. John A. Warder, author of "American Pomology," will lecture daily from 4 to 5 P. M., on the subject of Fruit Culture. Good boarding places can be had convenient, and at reasonable rates. Railroads will be solicited to return persons in attendance at reduced rates. W. C. FLAGG, Corresponding Secretary J. M. GREGORY, Regent. PROGRAMME. TUESDAY, January 12th. Morning, 9 o'clock. Introductory Address, Agricultural Facts and Theories.-Dr. J. M. Gregory. Afternoon, 2 o'clock. The Natural Sciences and Agriculture.-Prof. W. F. Bliss. WEDNESDAY, January 13th. Morning, 9 o'clock. Meteorology.-Prof. W. M. Baker. Afternoon, 2 o'clock. The Soils of Illinois.-H. C. Freeman, of the State Geological Survey. Evening, 7 o'clock. Management of Soils -Dr. John A. Warder. THURSDAY, January 14th, Morning, 9 o'clock. Grass.-Dr. L. D. Morse, Editor Journal of Agriculture. Afternoon, 2 o'clock. Corn.-M. L. Dunlap, Agricultural Correspondent Chicago Tribune. FRIDAY, January 15th. Morning, 9 o'clock. Potatoes.-Jonathan Periam, Superintendent Practical Agriculture. Evening, 7 o'clock.-Agricultural Book-keeping.-Capt. Ed. Snyder, Instructor in Book-keeping. TUESDAY, January 19th. Morning, 9 o'clock. Orchard Fruits.-Dr. E. S. Hull, of Alton. Afternoon, 2 o'clock. Grapes.-Hon. Geo. Husmann, of Hermann, Mo. Evening, 7 o'clock. Small Fruits.-Samuel Edwards, of Lamoille. WEDNESDAY, January 20th. Morning, 9 o'clock. Breeds of Cattle.-Sanford Howard, Secretary Michigan State Board of THURSDAY, January 21st. Morning, 9 o'clock. Sheep.-A. M. Garland, President Illinois Sheep Growers' Association. Morning, 9 o'clock. Afternoon, 2 o'clock. Vegetable Physiology and Economy.-John H. Tice, Secretary Missouri FRIDAY, January 22d. Rural Economy and Rural Life.-Dr. J. M. Gregory. Evening, 7 o'clock. Timber Growing.-O. B. Galusha. FIRST DAY. ADDRESS OF WELCOME: BY DR. J. M. GREGORY. GENTLEMEN AND LADIES: It is my high privilege to-day to welcome you to the Industrial University to its first annual course of lectures. We inaugurate to-day a part of the plan of operations, contemplated from the outset, to extend the benefit of this university beyond the ordinary students who shall gather here, out into the fields of adult life and of actual labor. The university, in this movement, leaving for the moment its place near the gateways of practical life, where it sits to train those about to enter, and to fit them for life's great duties, seeks to go out into the very midst of the busy throng of labor, and mingle its counsels and lend its light to the struggling, toil and thought of the practical world. Not content to teach its science to the young, it also seeks to enlighten, with its learning, the labors and the lives of the grown men and women who are doing the world's great work and bearing the burden of its endless battles. Teaching to beginners the elements of science, it also desires to take part in the solution of the fresh problems which are always arising in the progress of practical affairs. If science has gathered any clear light from the study of the past, when can it be better displayed than in aiding to solve the questions which perplex the present, and in thus opening the clogged highways which lead to the future? Through these annual courses of lectures addressed to the actual cultivators of the soil, the university will mingle its voices with yours in the very midst of the farmers and fruit-growers of the State. But thus while welcoming you to these lectures as learners, we do not for get that you come also as teachers, and we extend to you a double welcome as bringing to us, fresh from the great fields of practical life, the latest ques tions which have arisen there, and the latest and best experience which have been gained. Your assembling here will help us to give a still more practical character to our institutions, and your discussions will lend a new and real air and value to the sciences our pupils are studying. We have to thank you, therefore, as well as welcome you, for the aid thus lent by your presence here in giving to the university the "pre-eminently practical character" the Trustees desire it shall bear. It will be our study and pleasure to make your stay here as pleasant and profitable as possible, and we solicit your co-operation to give to this initial lecture session such interest and value that the Trustees may feel encouraged to repeat it in the successive years. It has already been seriously proposed to hold other lecture sessions in different parts of the State; and, if sufficient encouragement is given that |