The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-25
Illinois industrial University.

A course Of lectures have recently been
delivered upon Agriculture and kindred sub.
iccts at the Illinois Industrial University, at
Champaign. The course was intended for
sill those whose tastes and inclinations lead
them 10 make agricultural science study.
The foregoing Introductory address delivered
by John NJ Gregory, L. d. regent of the
University, sets forth the objects, plans and
operations of the school
GENTLEMEN AND LADIRs-It is nv high
privilege, to-day, 10 welcome YOU 10 the In
dustrial University,-to its first annual course
Of lectures We inaugurate, to-day, IA part OF
the plan OF operations contemplated from
the outset, 90 extend the benefits of this uni
vcrsity beyond the ordinary students who
shall gather here, out into the fields OF adult
life and Of active labor The university, in
this movement, leaving, for the moment, It's
place near the gateways of practical life,
where II sits 10 train those about TO enter,
and III them for liie's great duties, seeks To
go out into the very midst Of the busy tbrong
of labor, and minglc its counsels and lend lis
light 10 the struggling toll and thought of
The practical world. Not content To teach
It's science 10 the young, IL also seeks To en-.
tighten, with its blessing, the labors and the
lives OF the grown men and women who are
doing the worlds great work, and bearing
The burden OF its endless battles. Teaching
10 beginners the elements OF science IL also
desires TO take part In the solution of the
flesh problems which are always arising in
the progress Of practical affairs. III science
has gathered any clear light from the study
OF the past where can il be better displayed
IMAM IN aidingto solve the questions which
perplex the present, and in thus opening the
clogged highways which lead TO the future.
Through these annual courses of lectures
addressed TO the actual cultiyators Of the
sou, the university will mingle its voice with
yours In the very midst of the farmers and
lTult-grOwers Of the state.
But while thus welcoming YOU TO these lee
lures as learners, We do not forget that YOU
come also as teachers and we extend 10 You
double welcome rs bringing 10 US, fresh
rom the great fields of practical life the
latest questions which have arisen there, and
The latest and best experiences which have
been gained. Your assembling here will
heip us TO give still more practical charac-
Ter 10 our Instructions; and your discussions
VIII lend new and more real air and value
10 the sciences our pupils are studying. We
have TO thank you, therefore, IS well as wei.
come you, for the aid thus lent by your pres.
cnce here, In giving 10 the university the pre-
emlnently practical character the trustees
desire II shall bear. frr
II has already been seriously proposed to
hold Vher lecture sessions in different parts
OF the state; and, ii sufficient encouragement
is given that the farmers and other citizens
will attend, two such sessions, Of three or
four days each, will probably be held during
this year, one in thu northern, and one In
the southern part Of the state II Is BY this
Tree aud frequent Interchange of views with
The practical sgriculturists Of the state, that
the university hopes TO work out one part Of
it, great missiOn-the diffusion Of agricuitur.
al science among mankind. Establishing
some community of ideas between itself and
The great classes In whose interests il works,
II viii be better able to organize its wide
reaching plans of scientific observation aud
experiment, and will bring under its eyes the
immense field Of research which il has under
'aken TO explore. a.s.t
And, finally we welcome YOU here, that you
Lay see for yourselves, the work we are do
ing, Are preparing to do, ipr the cause OF az
yiculture and industrial education. We ar