The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-12-18
ITS EFFECT IN CONGRESS,
Illinois Industrial Convention.


in caucus last Saturday.
Illinois Industrial Convention.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. Dec II.
CONGRESSIONAL GRANT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL
UNIVERSITY.
In accordance with q call issued by the
board of the state-agricultural society, atthe
time Of the late state fair at Chicago, a con-
vention assembled at this place to day to take
action in reference to the grant of land made
by congress to the state of Illinois, tor the
establishment of an industrial university
This grant donates 'to the several states and
territories. which may provide colleges for
the benefit Of agriculture and the mechs ME
arts" public lands in the proportion of $780,
600 acres Tor each senator and representative
in congress-" The amount of lands to which
the state is entitled under this act is $50, 600
acres. By further terms Of the act. the sew
eral states were left to their own discretion
in the matter Of location for the university,
but no portion of the money derived from the
sale of said land was TO be appropriated TO
the erection of buildings, that being left for
the states individually TO do, the whole Of the
fund going 20 the endowment Of the iustitu-
ton and the professorsbips. 1t was further
made incumbent upon the states 10 accept
and act in positive manner upen the grant
previously to the 1st Of June. 1867, or the
right TO accept would be forfeited.
LOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Several attempts have been made to decide
upon a location for the proposed university,
but so far without success. The Blooming
ton convention was called to take action in
the matter, and was timed TO occur at or near
the period of the meeting of the horticultu-
raj society, when prominent men identified
with the agricultural interests of the state
are expected to be pre-ent.
After organizations appointment; of commit
tees, &c, &c, the following resolutions were
adopted:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, The true principles ofedGcaton. like
the true principles of civilized government every
where. require the greatest practicable union,
operation, and concentration In all Its higher de-
partments, c mbiReo with the utmost practical
diffusion in its lower departments; therefore,
ResOIred, That the state of Illinois, should at
present attempt TO build only university of the
highest order, and that the energies and resources
OF our people should be directed TO that end
be appropriated thereto.
R6SOired That We approve OF the principles OF
location adopted BY former state conventions and
presented to the state legislature al It's last
sion by the committees OF the stale agricultural
society.
Reso!red That We approve OF the general prin-
cIple adopted and approved by all parties at the
last session of the legislature that in preparing
the character tor the university, all mere details
of organization and government should be left to
the future necessities the of institution, the dis
erection of the people, and the existing board OF
trustees; and that the charter should limit their
freedom only to those points indispensable TO
fundamental law.
RssOlred That committee be appointed TO
urge these views upon the next legislature or, If
neeGiul call another representative convention IN
the summer or fall Of 1866.
ReSOIred, That urge upon the people the
cessity ofkeepIng the principles embedded IN these
resolutions before aspIrants TO offices, and that
they emphstically repudiste any a csndi-
date who is untavorable 10 these views
AN ADDITIONAL REVOLUTION.
The following resolution, which was in
tended to modify the fifth resolution of the
series offered and adopted:
ResOired, That the committee who have pre-
scented the report before this meeting, shall
constitute the committee contemplated IN the res
buttons. and that we instruct them To secure the
of the bill presented to the Legislature of
this state at ITS last session by committee sp
pointed by the state agricultural society and cause
900 copies OF the bill TO be printed; also that
they be instructed to secure the appointment OF
subcommittee in each Of the representative and
senatorial districts of this state, whose duty It will
be to present a copy of said bill To each and every
person whose name shall be before the people az a
candidate for nomination the Office of fepreseA
the senate Legislature OF this state, and
shall Give the public pledges OF such candidates
for nomination, that they will use all laudable en-
deavors If nominated and elected, TO secure the
passage Of said bill and that, IN any candi-
da-e shall refuse neglect TO gave such pledges,
such sub mmittees shall publish the fact such
refusal throughout the district IN which such
dIdate resides, through the newspapers published
therein.
The following letter, explanatory of the otl
jec,s OF an industrial college, was read to the
meetings
Mr.. KLIPPoRT's LITTER.
COLUMBUS OHIO. Dec. 4.-Yours of the 29th ult.
is at hand. The chief notifications of my views
advanced in the address Of last winter are: / In
relation to the size OF the farm. am now salts.
fed that for Ohio do not want over 100 acres
100 acres for experiments, and 90 acres for mead
ow and pastures, and IN this same connection to
a bandon the idea of a model farm which 10 strong
ly advocated. This model farming is all nonsense
2. insisted on 4 practical education now, in a
general sense. itill insist this, but in the
specific sense in which advocated II last year,
4 persuaded that ] was In error. My view now
that should teach the principles Of scientific
agriculture, and demonstrate these principles on
the experimental tract or farm, and not have 4
model farm to demonstrate farming without prin-
ciPles. five teach algebra, geometry, trIgonom-
etry, messuration, integral and dHerental calcu-
lus, IL 10 then very easy matter TO apply the prn-
ciPles to surveying, engineering, astronomy, nayi-
cation; &c but II we teach these latter without
teaching the former, although we may make mod |
FL navigators, surveyors, &C. yet do not make |
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