New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-26
SECOND DAYS SESSION.

Pursuan. to adjournment the Convention met in the
chapel of Farmers College at lOi A. NJ OF thurs
day, Sept II, 1854.
present the Rev. l.. L. LasGsTRorH, first Vice Pres
dent assumed the Chair and called the Convention to
order
Delegates from various parts of the country, not
preseut at the previous session OF the Convention
were introduced, when the report of the Business
Committee was called for, presented, read and &C.
copied
On motion, President Isaac j. Allen of Farmers
College was appointed to report the proceedings OF
the Convention.
On motion of Bronson MURRAY, Esq, the report
of the Business Committee was taken up, and adopted
in detail.
ON motion. a Special Committee on Resolutions
consisting Of Doctor Brown Of Indiana, b. Murray
Esq, of Illinois, and Gen. 5. F. Cary of Ohio, was
appointed. H.
to Reasonable at o'clock p. NJ.
At the appointed hour the Convention redssembled.
The President the Hon. John McLean,e and the lst
Vice. President the Rev. L. l.. Langstroth, not being
present DR.. Brown Of Indiana the I'd Nice-President
assumed the chair and called the Convention TO order
On motion, the Convention resolved itself into
n Committee of the Whole the general state
of Collegiate and University Education IN the United
States, President ISAAC j. ALLEN OF Farmers Col
lege in the Chair.
President f. G. CARY, of the Farm Department Of
Farmers College, made brief exposition of the in
fuences which operated in the assembling and organ
zing of the Convention, for the purpose OF awaken
ing and concentrating public opinion on the subject
of educational reform, and ecltlng proper EFFORTS Tor
the promotion of the cause OF Industrial University
Education.
Doctor BRowy of Indiana delivered spirited adj
dress, in which he gave the highest rank, among
human occupations, to the department OF agriculture
f. G.. CARY read several extracts from state papers
of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, ex-Gov.
Trimble of Ohio. and others, and followed wit, re-
marks showing that the great public mind OF the
country was awakening TO the Importance OF action
in the direction indicated by these master minds and
concurrent with the objects and action OF this Con-
yention.
BRoysoS MURRAY, Esq. of Illinois, presented the
statistics of the Industrial League of Illinois, and fol-
lowed with address indicating the plan OF opera
lions of the Illinois League and future expectations
md prospects.
Gen. = +. CARY addressed the Committee, happily
hitting off the absurdities of ultra conservatives and
the opposers of progress and reformation, in the es
ablished systems OF academic and university educa-
ton.
The Rev. BENJAMIN WATKISs of Hamilton Coun-
w. Ohio delivered an address in which he urged the
importance of the education of the whole man-phy-
steal as well as mental.
At3 o'clock Il. NJ, motion, the Committee OF the
Whole arose and the Convention resumed its session,
when
The Rev. L. L. LAsGsrRorH of Massachusetts, de-
lvered an eloquent poetic and pathetic address on
the HoneyBee
On motion, the Convention adjourned TO meet at
A. NJ of September Is 1854, in the great tent, on
the grounds Of the Farm Department of Farmers
College.