Semi-centennial History of the University of Illinois, Volume 1University of Illinois, 1918 |
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... learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in their several ...
... learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in their several ...
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... learning and culture known as universities . The univer- sities themselves as organizations have often opposed reform and advances , but in most cases such ideas have sprung from the heads of men who have had the benefit of university ...
... learning and culture known as universities . The univer- sities themselves as organizations have often opposed reform and advances , but in most cases such ideas have sprung from the heads of men who have had the benefit of university ...
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... . The university anthem , which was written by Doctor Gregory and sung at the opening exercises of the institution , indicates this vague feeling . " We hail thee ! Great fountain of learning and xiv History University of Illinois.
... . The university anthem , which was written by Doctor Gregory and sung at the opening exercises of the institution , indicates this vague feeling . " We hail thee ! Great fountain of learning and xiv History University of Illinois.
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... learning and light ; There's life in thy radiance , there's hope in thy might ; We greet now thy dawning , but what singer's rhyme Shall follow thy course down the ages of time . " Prophecies of the men who labored to secure the ...
... learning and light ; There's life in thy radiance , there's hope in thy might ; We greet now thy dawning , but what singer's rhyme Shall follow thy course down the ages of time . " Prophecies of the men who labored to secure the ...
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... learning , and stand- ing solitary and alone , dependent upon public funds for assist- ance , and having no sympathy whatever with the religious senti- ment of the country , I would adopt the plan recommended by the Governor . I would ...
... learning , and stand- ing solitary and alone , dependent upon public funds for assist- ance , and having no sympathy whatever with the religious senti- ment of the country , I would adopt the plan recommended by the Governor . I would ...
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Page 567 - ... section of this act, or the grant to such state shall cease; and said state shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the state- shall be valid. Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results...
Page 566 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease...
Page ix - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 584 - Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act.
Page 582 - States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents or less per acre.
Page 583 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 582 - ... of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act...
Page 583 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 565 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 473 - State was then entitled for the "endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...