To combine the friends of this interest, THE INDUSTRIAL. LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS was incorporated by the Legislature, Febru ary 1853.

Ist. With a capital of $20,000, to be raised by members, fees and donations;

2d. With a Board of one chief Director and five associates; whose office it shall be

3d. To print and distribute books, pamphlets, and papers, explaining the advantages and necessity of this system of education.

4th. To employ lecturers to visit all parts of the State for the same purpose, and to appoint agents for making collections, &c.

5th. To circulate, and present, to the Legislature and to Congress, petitions, urging the adoption of this plan for a University and the liberal endowment thereof by Congress lands and by State funds in each State in the Union.

6th. To receive from each member ten cents admission, and ten cents annual subscription, with fee for diploma and such voluntary donations as may be contributed.

7th. The funds so collected to be applied to the payment of lecturers, agents, and officers, (other than Associate Directors, who shall receive no compensation for services,) to the payment of printing and such incidental expenses as shall be approved by the Board: and on the establishment of a University as herein contemplated, any surplus funds in the treasury to be paid over to the treasury of such University.

8th. Members of the Industrial League, who desire it, may withdraw from their membership upon giving notice to any agent of the Board, provided their dues are all paid, including those for the year in which they withdraw.

9th. The year of the League commences with the first day of each January.

[The undersigned hereby enter their names as members of the "Industrial League of Illinois," from the date set opposite their names.]

DOCUMENT NUMBER 3

PROF. JOHN EVAN'S PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY Illinois Journal, (Springfield,) June 24, 1852.

The following plan was submitted by Professor Evans, before the late Industrial Convention held in this city.

Dr. Evans then submitted the following plan, remarking, that for some of its most valuable features he was indebted to the suggestion of Dr. Roe, of Jacksonville, and moved its reference to a committee of three, who should prepare a bill embodying it, and memorialize the legislature upon subject.-He however, afterwards accepted an amendment offered by Dr. Roe, providing that the committee should consist of six, three to be chosen from the friends of this plan, and three from the friends of Professor Turner's plan, and that the two plans be referred to said committee.

The plan was: That the Legislature should incorporate seven citizens, to be styled "the Regents of the Industrial University of Illinois."

That the proceeds of the College and Seminary Funds be placed at their disposal to be applied to the promotion of practical education as hereinafter provided.

That the Regents appoint six Professors who shall devote all of their time to teaching, and to the diffusion and advancement of knowledge upon the subject assigned them and receive each a salary of one thousand dollars per annum for their services.

That they shall give regular courses of instruction on the subjects assigned them, in colleges as hereafter provided; and that the appropriate professors shall visit mechanical, agricultural and horticultural fairs, educational and other meetings, as may be consistent with their other duties, and give practical lectures and demonstrations for the instruction of such as may attend. And, also, to publish from time to time such matter of interest pertaining to their departments as they may deem valuable to the public.

That the remaining portion of the annual proceeds of the funds, shall be expended in providing apparatus and means of illustrating and demonstrating the branches taught by these professors.

That there shall be, 1st, a Professor of the Chemistry of Agriculture and the Arts, to teach the analysis and composition of the soil, and the adaptation of such as are found in the State to the growth of the various products of agriculture; their wants, and the means of improving them; and the composition of vegetables, and also the chemistry of oils, soap, dye stuffs, articles of food, &c., &c.

2nd. A Professor of Practical Agriculture, Horticulture, and Botany-To teach the best mode of cultivation, adaptation of climate, fitness of the soil for the various products of the farm and garden; and also the botany and physiology of all the plants cultivated, &c., &c.

3rd. A Professor of Mechanical Philosophy, and the nature and use of tools and machinery;-To teach the philosophy of all implements and their use, and the principles of machinery, and their application to the practical purposes of life, &c., &c.

4th. A Professor of Natural History, Comparative Anatomy, and Veterinary Surgery-To teach the origin, habits, nature, forms, structure, uses, and the means of improving all of the animals, birds, reptiles, and insects by which we are surrounded; and the diseases of animals, and the best modes of treating them, &c., &c.

5th. A Professor of Geology, Meterology, and HygieneTo teach the science of the weather, of the form and composition of the earth, and the origin of soils and minerals, &c., and the laws and means for the preservation of health, &c., &c.

6th. A Professor of Normal Instruction in English Literature To teach the best modes of conducting the common schools, the most important rules for imparting instruction, and the proper subjects and the order in which they should be taught.

That the regents, with the professors, shall devise a course of study to be pursued in each department, and alter the same as may be found necessary.

That they shall select as many of the colleges in the State as they may deem expedient, and as may accept under the provisions of the law, in which courses of instruction in these several departments shall be given by turns, by the respective professors to such students as may desire to attend, under the regulations of the regents of said university.

That the colleges accepting under the act shall agree to furnish room for the lectures and recitations, and for the necessary apparatus for imparting these courses of instruction. Also to establish a scientific course of instruction, and to confer upon such as pass through satisfactorily the degree of bachelor of science. Also to admit students to the courses of the professors of the Industrial University, without requiring any other than an initiation fee and room rent, which shall be fixed between them and the regents, before completing any such arrangement.

DOCUMENT NUMBER 4

Turner manuscripts, Springfield, Ill.

Prof. J. B. Turner

Springfield, Ill., Jan. 13, 1853.

Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday I got this evening. And feel highly complimented with your kind insinuation; but nevertheless am not so elated as to lose my balance. My heart is in this work. I am tendered the principal editor's place of the Decatur "Shoaff's family Gazette," I have sent piles of our matter for diffusion there. Also I have sent a lot or two to Ottawa Free Trader. The memorials will come out just as they are being discussed in the Legislature. It's time enough for them. I have purposely omitted the mention of them in the Leader of the "Journal" I sent you. I furnish them a leader every day, besides items! I am now on the message of Matteson, and will give the memorials due consideration by & bye. I have prepared a Charter for the League which I will hand to Denio or some other friend tomorrow-I am now getting ready another copy of Leg. Memorial for Senator Cook, Denio has one. When I get it through, I will send it down. You can gather up your armor for short stabs and close fighting. Your speech at the general meeting is most fully reported for the Ottawa Free Trader. If you keep a look out for it, you may there see yourself in your utmost glory. I shall fix up and on and through this subject till the close of the session and then fight among the people.

Excuse this scrawl, and believe me your friend truly

George L. Lumsden