The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-12-13
Prof. ]. B. Turner'S Plan
Oh AN
UniverSitV,
STATE OF ILLINOIS.

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All civilized society il. necessarily. divided in.
to two distinct co operatiye not antapopistic cas
ses A small class whose proper business it is
To teach the true princples Of religion law med.
icne. science. art and literature and a much lar.
gsr class who are engaged in some form of labor
ia agriculture, commerce, and the arts. For the
the sake of convenience. we will designate the for
mer the PROFESSIONAL and the latter the IspusrRr.
AL class not implying that each NAV not be Q.
qually industriou. the one in their intellectual
the other in their industrial pursuits Probably '
in 10 case wonld society ever need more than fy e
men out Of one hundred IN the professional class
leaving ninety. five in every hundred in the indus
trial and, SO long as so many Of our ordinary
teachers and public men are taken from the indus
trial class, as there are at present. and probably
will be for generations to come, do not reall Y
need even one professional man for every hundred
leaving ninety-nine in the industrial elias.
The vast difference, in the practical means, of an
APPROPRIATE LIBERAL EDUCATION, suited to their
wants and their destiny, which these two classe.
enjoy and ever have enjoyed the world over
must have arrested the attention Of every think
ing man. True the same general abstract science
exists in the world for both classes alike, but the
means Of bringing this abstract truth into eifestu
al contact with, the daily business an pursuits o
the class does exist while in the other case il
does not exist and never till it is nsw created
! The one class have schools seminaries, colleges
universities, apparatus, professors and multitu
dinous appliances for educating and training then,
| for months and years, for the peculiar profession
which is to be the buslnes. of their life and they
have already, created each class for its own use
vast and yolumnous literature that would well
nioh sink wbol. navy Of ships.
But where are m. universities the onror,trs
tho nrofessor. and the literature snecifcollv :,
dant.d 10 ,pv one Of the industrial clnsses
Echo answers vberel In other words soci.ty y
has bccome long since wis. enopph to know ,ba,
its TEACHERS need to be educated but il has no,
vet become wise enough 10 know that il, wopx.
yps n.,d edpco,;on iust as much In these 70.
u,,ks I have not forgot,en thai o,r com,,on
school, are equally adapted and appled to ali
cI,sses. I'm, roodirg w,i,;ng hc ave n,or.rIy
M mora educat;on Than catherine seeI i or,cnl
ture or cu,,;rg ,bin.,;mh.r noS;yot;on Tho
are Tho merc rndimen,s ne thew Are called cr
means The mere instrument Of an after eJucation
and If ma, en- ussd tbcv ,r. aud can h. of I;,,Io
morc use .o the nossessor Than nm oxp in the oar.
ret or a shin r,ttiur unon the stocks
No,ar / nnm;nIh,i of tho efFnrts of tho man.
arch, and a,istocrats of the old world in fnpnding
schools for the Fifteenth cousins" of their order
in homes Of training tbem into .o, Of oenf,,j far.
m,r, nr rather orey,,,y, of farmers. nor vol n,
the several "back fires. IN, the Prairie Farmer sio
piGcontlv d.siprates them( set bv some 81 onr
old.r rrofessionol insti,rtiops IN lo.n r;.;n,
and blazing thouoht of the industrial masses from,
burning too furiouslv They hay. ho,IeJ n Canoe
alongside Of their huge professional steapsbins
and invited all The furd,.r- and mechanics of III,
State to Jump on board and sail with them; but
the difficulty is, they will not embark. But we
thank thsm even for this pains and courtesy. 1t
shows that their hearts are yearning toward US
notwithstanding the ludicrous awkwardnsss Of
their first endeavors 10 save US.
But an answer to two simple questions will
perhaps sufficiently indicate our ideas Of the whole
subject, though that answer, on the Presen occa
sion, must necessarily be confined to bare out
line. The first question 'hen Is this
l. WHAT Do THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES WANT
III. How CAN THAT WANT Re SUPPLIED
The first question maysbe answered in few
words. They want and they ought to have, ;he
same facilities for understanding the true pblloso
| phy-the science and the art OF their several pur
suits, (iheir ite'buslness) and OF efficiently apply
ing existing knowledge thereto and widening its
domain, which the professional classes have long
enjoyed in their pursuts.-Iheir trst labor Is
therefore, to supply vacuum from fountains al
ready full, and bring the living waters OF knoN
edge within their own reach. lhelr second Is, tt
help IL! the fountains with still greater supplies
They desire 10 depress no institution no class
whatever; they only wish to elevate themsclve:
and their pursuits to position IN society to whicl
all men acknowledge they are justly entitled, anC
to which they also desire To see them aspire.
| ii. How THEN, CAN THAT WANT he SUPPLIED
| In answering this question, | shall endeavor tc
present. WIN All possloie itahkhees ana cear
eief'hrss' 'he outline o' impressions ana coh''c
Hons ',"t nave oeen eiauuh''y ueepeh'nS III my
own hl'hu LOT the past twohlv years anu let theh
pass lot Whatever tue true itlehus oi lhe cause
may thihh them worth
Ana l answer hrst negatively that thIs wan
cannot oe snppNeu oy any oi 'he ex'H''ng Hs''
tn'iohs 'or 'he Pr"'esS'ohll classes nor oy any
incidental append'ge attached 10 mem as
mere secondary department.
ihese ihsutu'iohs were ues'Sned ana auap'e'
10 meet 'he wants Oh ,he Pto'ess'o''a' classes "
sueh-esPeclaliy 'he 'leflcai order' ana they ut,
no more suited to me real wants oil the lndusui
al class 'han 'he institution we propose Tor theh
wonla oe suited 10 tue PROFESSIONAL class; ~
iher wno.e Sp't't ana ann Is OF shouiu oe, III
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