members being present, and the Governor in the Chair. J. M. Gregory, LL. D., for several years Superintendent of Public Instruction in Michigan, and at the time of his appointment President of a College in Kalamazoo, was elected Regent of the University, at a salary of $3,000 per annum; Willard C. Flagg was elected Corresponding Secretary, John W. Bunn, Treasurer, and O. B. Galusha, Recording Secretary. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. Various preliminary steps were taken in respect to the organization of the University, the most important of which was the appointment of a committee on the selection of a course of study and the appointment of a Faculty; and the adoption of the following resolutions in respect to the establishment at Chicago of a Polytechnic Department or Branch of the University: Resolved, That a Mechanical or Polytechnic Department of the Illinois Industrial University be and the same is hereby established at Chicago, at such point as a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees residing in the Third Grand Division and first Congressional District, shall determine. The said members of said Division and District are hereby authorized and empowered to receive contributions and subscriptions for said department, and as a committee of the Board, to take all other necessary and lawful proceedings for the organization of said department, and the direction and control thereof. Provided, That said branch be located as near the centre of the city as possible. Provided, That no part of the funds, scrip, or other property of the University, other than such as may belong to or be received for such department, or be donated for its support or endowment, be used in the establishing or carrying on of said Mechanical or Polytechnic branch or department. The committee on organization, consisting of Messrs. J. M. Gregory, N. Bateman, M. Brayman, S. S. Hayes, and W. C. Flagg, have published a report, recommending the establishment of the following departments: I. The Agricultural Department-Embracing: 1. The course in Agriculture proper. 2. The course in Horticulture and Landscape Gardening. II. The Polytechnic Department— Embracing : 1. The course in Mechanical Science and Art. 2. The course in Civil Engineering. 3. The course in Mining and Metallurgy. 4. The course in Architecture and Fine Arts. III. The Military Department-Embracing: 1. The course in Military Engineering. 2. The course in Military Tactics. IV. The Department of Chemistry and Natural Science. V. The Department of Trade and Commerce. VI. The Department of General Science and Literature-Embracing: 1. The course in Mathematics. 2. The course in Natural History, Chemistry, etc. 3. The course in English Language and Literature. 4. The course in Modern Languages and Literature. 5. The course in Ancient Languages and Literature. 6. The course in History and Social Science. 7. The course in Philosophy, Intellectual and Moral. PROPOSED COURSES OF STUDY. The course of instruction may properly employ four classes of Teachers :1st. Professors, or principal instructors in each department of study. 2d. As sistant Professors-younger, or less accomplished teachers, employed in subdepartments, or to aid in departments in which the work cannot be fully done by one man. 3d. Lecturers, or non-resident Professors-men eminent in some speciality of art or science, who may be employed to visit the University at specified seasons, and give courses of lectures. 4th. Tutors, or young men employed temporarily to give instruction in the more elementary studies. The committee indicate the following as among the more important departments or chairs of instruction: 1. The Professorship of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. In addition to these, the committee suggest the following Lectureships: 1. The Lectureship of Veterinary Science. The Military Department will be made an important and efficient part of the University, and the plan reported by Major J. H. Whittlesey of the United States Army, for providing a system of National military education, will be acsepted, when offered, in all its details. Drill exercises will be introduced from the outset, and a uniform of Cadet gray will be worn by all the students after the opening of the next autumn term. THE LABOR SYSTEM. All students, unless excused on account of sickness or physical inability, will be required to join in the work of the farm, and the garden, of fruit growing and animal husbandry, for from two to three hours per day, for which compensation will be made. BOARD, TUITION, ETC. Students can obtain rooms in the order of application, in the University buildings, at $4 per term, or in private families. Meals are furnished at cost. Each student pays a matriculation fee of $10, and, if from Illinois, 5 per term; if from out of the State, $20 a year. The formal opening will be on the 11th of March, 1868. |