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TRIBUNE CO., Chicago. nj,
MONDAY. DEcEMBEB 8, 1866.
THE AGRaCULTuRAL CoLLEGE
CRANE.
The nltcd States has made u grant OF a
portion Of the public lands, to each State.
for the endowment Of college for the edu.
tlon Of men in agricultural and mechauica,
sciences The portion Of this grant falling
to tic State Of Illinois, ia estimated in round
numbers as equal to $500, 900, the interest
onlE OF which is TO be applied to the pur-
Poses OF the grant. The sum therefore to be
disposed Of in this State will be about SIS. 90
annually. By the terms Of the act of Con-
sress, This fund has to be accepted and au-
Piled to Its uses before July, 1867, or the
donation will revert TO the United States,
II several Of the States the whole matter
Aas been long since disposed OF, and the
funds employed, but In Illinois nothing has
been done for tho reason that the Legislature
has never been able to agree upon any Of thc
conflicting propositions made.
1t is proposed by one class of persons
that there elall be founded distinct and
separate college with large tract of land
attached. The whole interest to be used in
definylng the expenses and the State to
erect the buildings. This is an expensive
mode-how expensive we will not, in the alb
sencc Of estimates, venture 10 say, but tho
experience Of the past shows that there will
BE-. in addition to the cost Of the land and
buildings m annual charge of no Enconsid-
eIable amount The course Of study being
fpceirl Will not have that value that would
he derived from more general one. There
arc ofcsuEsc several different propositions for
the location Of this college, and the rivalry
bids fair in the future, as it has in the past,
10 d.ftat any final legislation on the subject.
Another proposition is, that Of the dozen or
eighteen colleges now in this State, some
three ur :our shall be selected md between
these the eighteen thousand dollars shall be
divittd, and that Instead Of ono college, the
objects OF tlc grant shall be attained through
The agency Of several. THIS proposition was
formally and officially endorsed at the Con-
renlion Of Illinois College Presidents held in
Chicago some weeks ago: That this propo..
sition will be nccepted without strenuous
e1l"s''i"n IS not likely.
IL" II" aehnins Tue obJecs OF the grant
ano ao'tl1''hS Tue disposition OF Inc luna
-':c':nes tsat ........ .....-...
=; .G"ess so inscstco fEat eonsutn!e pei
ever ErdIuiiuls he'd and The interest OF wu,ch shsil
be IesaflE appropriated, by csrh STATE which
sn,o,t .J .aio,an...s a T. ~ .aG
orc college. where the lcadirr objccl sllali Be,
El'nnut ess4EtihG oihsf stleEtinc and classical
suri, l., aT.nes d, issrnnr rs arc T.i,fs Il, aTrii
c2l:"lc aud the N. chanic arts, in sac manner rs
.Ls H. T. 49, 9. ~ ne s.a.e Ias ~, tp
nracicaI euratinn Of Tho arfaf rfasss il, fhe
5eseia! pursuits aud professions IN lite.'
1leie Is no mlstahlnS 1hls lan:eua@c' IL
lyoridcs fund to secure the tcachln@ ol
such branches Ut LEARNING as Are related 10
agriculture, the mechanic arts, anu military
tactics. The Ian leaves 1t optional whether
other branches Of learning shall be taught
nrn not, hut tLesc must BIZ The law seems
10 contemplate that these specified studies
Shall le taught in college OF colleges
where other studies are pursued. It docs
not exclude anything 1t only Insists upon
the thicc particular studivs, aud inleren-
tial1y. II not directly. suproses that they
shall form . part only of that liberal
and l:actic5l education fitting men for
The several pursuits and professions in life.
Had We in this State University owned aud
controlled hy the State, there is no question
that tie endowment OF chairs therein for
instruction in such branches Of learning Is
arc related to ag riculturc, the mechanic arts,
and military tactics, wou!d be an honest aad
literal compliance with the terms Of the
grant All that the State has TO do is to
1,tDSItiG tly- fitt Studies. lnu IbG state t1N