, 1866-11-02
THE AGRICULTURAL C0ILEGE.
Letter fron Rev. J. blanchard.

Editors Ghtcago Tribune:
The following plan, or something like II,
would plenee many earnest and honest
friends OF Horticulture. Please give 1t to your
readers:
!. Let thc word "college" be taken In ita
ordinary aud proper scnsc, and mean q cor
poration.
9. Let our State Agricultural College con.
s3st OF tho Governor, Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction, President and Secretary of
| our State Agricultural Society, the Prcsi-
dents Of all County Agricultural Societies,
| together with the Presidents Of existing
| Colleges In this State. In which branches Of
| our State Agricultural and Mechanical Col
| Iegc shall be located. Let the above persons
| be ex.cdtcto. q corporation to exist aud be
known as the Illinois State Agricultural and
Mechanical College, created under the act
Of Congress of July, 1862, donating to this
State Is, coo acres Of land for the purpose.
!. Let this board or college hold Its annual
I meeting in connection with our annull Stale
Fair, and report to It By speech or 1cpoE:
from some ore elected BY the college.
yidcd - but let the fund and college be per-
petuasly controlled BY aud anenable to the
Ict the act establish m agricultural or
mechanical profcssorshir In each Of blank
number OF colleges, supported from tho
national fund by a fixed appropriation Of
say two thousand dollars per rear, and re-
qnire report from each Of the branches or
l'roftssorships to be made each year to tho
| annual meeting.
Let The Legislature By law admit the col
legcs to the benefits OF this act, and drop
any one Of the Professotships where the
funds are wasted or misapplicd.
The cbo,e plan. In substance, has been
submitted TO several able practical farmers
siss,ppi River, and without an exception has
met with their earnest appreciation.
Tho advantages Of this plan OF locating
brn she's Of our Agricultural College In ex-
isting colleges In different parts Of the stste,
are:
l. That the college will represent the soil,
season and climate in every part Of Our State,
Instead Of single locality.
2, It will cont1nc the Agricultural aud
mechanical fund exclusively to agti-
whereas II tho state adopts or ere
ates a single Institution In q single
locality. one of two things must be done,
VIZ: Tbs State must put into It's College
proiessorshirs Of chemistry: botany, gcolo-
; such Instruction as condition Of lis grant
/ Of funds. Bnt whr should the State create
and support Ill these protcssonhips when
: any one Of all the existing colleges Is willing
n
rsr;nna nrof.ssnrsiinsy Thai iS n AM
Why should the State establish but one
, | Agricultural College, when 1t might hare a
/ dozen lor the same money:
I 8. Another benefit of the difnsca plan !:
e III sHs sec,,1;an or ,n,,dci HecuIiad,ies. "
= II the State makes or adopts ono college
= I,c Chs,sftsn. nr mt chr;stians: If Christian.
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and me,hsnics he State viii bsft;cnd n
observation-disclosures wills II nrefcrs nonr. :"
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tprai fs1}e3c ftc S,,tc may orai1 itself nfth
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