, 1875-01-30
INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.
Tie Mechanical Department Of the
Institution.
Machine and Carpenter slops-..Chem'
istry, Architecture, and
Printing.


CHAMPAIGN, III, Jan. 28.-NArfng baen
furnished with = Programme Of the work
laid out Sor tho Agricultural Department, per-
hars you will lond your columns for a short ac-
count Of what has bcen done, aud what 1t is In
tended shall be done, in the Department. Of Ms-
chauics Tho Machine aud Carpenter shops.
The object of these silopn Ia to make good
mechanics iu both Iron aud wood, by teaching, Al
Que aud the sAn,s tin.s the psacsicai aud scieA-
tiGc side of thsas two, and oLhet Islatod t<adsB
and callings.
THE IRON on MACHINE snor
contains bcnches and tools for tan students, and
il furnished with an Huproyel u horae power
ttcsc. engine, utai. In .tie shop. two power and
two hs,A fRthes. ono pAns, . hiacssmitl-forgo,
sna + email Furnaces for casting braee, In Which
fafEetf cart FAUST Of tho rauUh fcr1lsB I'm
ished in tnis nhcp. ! 1ho,s !. slae lsrss aad
Convenient Pattern 8hpp. IN Nfsiuh the work
dana 10 by Do Means un1ti1,el to ths ehnfr.
A rsss of tie force af The etcp. xEo'lr stu
drots azesek the {eloush, Ia uow sssaEed ON =
naattsso Of rather Gnsl!y ard dilhasa: canslrlc-
tin7..-A tAernossetos aea1o rr!ae
Of Which, ri.na finished Mill be $3.50. Ihe hi'
stltutton hns ti.s monopoly Gs tie nsna arfac.urs
Ut this nRehinc, OF wilich tea f,xvn shtadr beaR
nRae "aa x'id, Ai1l uef:s:iat,oas asa pnndins for
| the eosS.tu.t.en ci ~ In1lty u,eIa.
Duglp- the list niEn mouths b,nzo have keen
ta,ned out from thia depert17Aut, u Witch tbs
I work Lan BEEN done by ssuaentH, - rasa1& hull
AnEe1h, " p1toh1 PoVor Aa!-fosknt " !~Ksher3
nstent toassr@dsss, md :sl inreistits aatonns Of
| Job ard rapas warl. such ~ this neighhMhood
| requires. Tho ltoJs arc AIBo building, q M.insh
wood turning .1nths Ter ths GRtrone er 5h3p, aud
| e1noetr after Tho adjustment Of SONS ipsiur slo-
tails ot contract, to beRtn ssaanl. .as,sno, Ct
pattern ainslar 10 thoir OWL, for tlla loRA Aeri-
eui!u1A Col!rge.
Tltr CARPENTER SHOP
| is sufficiently coMmcdieun to work G1Ileon hanaa
! to advantage, aud Ia furnished with benches,
tools, and powar-mhcoinus for the purpote, the
u,Rehtuoa embracing Gus planor, nntl slipping.
/ sticking, tenonnE, and 1norticiuE rach'nos, auh
aiao one Gig. QUO splitting, and ons cuttinG.o:s
cav, lathe, otc., etc.
Tool-cseos for educational classea aro furnished
| gratutuGpslv in both bhopt.-the 4tu1en. gIying
receipt to iususe cateful handling aud full re-
snrn ia Eacd order. tut the Loiaora OF thess
cAasS arc nok paid for thcit labor.
Among tho items for jo1s dnno iu the Carpen-
| ter Shop during tho lset Mnp months. is onA OF
$1,000 fer eAbInet-wnrk for the ner CalleCe, aud
| two others, Of = liko character amounting to
| $54o. Ia adjltion to doing tohp.ng zuI repairs
to n,oek the wants OF tIls town and country. tbs
Caspenter,Slo loas all tbs work Of Keeping this
| b,tiadinEs and Improvements Of the innthus1ou
| in re;air.
| TIE FAY
Of the students employed in the Machine sna
Carpenter Shops during tsr'ntiue, In Which eaci1
student may wor. four Aours daily, rangeb fro,n
6 cclta an hour for green hands t. Is cents for
| tho advanced clasaes: and, during y2catloR,
frnm to 90 cents par hour for ton llours daily.
through the Whole period frhm tho middle u
Juns to the middle Of SeiitenboF. The prezrat
foramen Of the Machiuo and Carpenter SAopa
rera formerly studentn aud nre now Paij j,-ths
Gus Is esnts snl ths o...e. u ccats, tho hour.
There Ia IN ehhy ,orrnstuaitv for industrious
! students to pay hhnro ct thotr way from tho
start: advAucsd otes rssy. ty working through
vacation. earn nearly enon;:h 10 carry them
through. The oarniugs OF lilo shop Tor the year
ending aept. !, 1874, woso e6.2a5.3s
). cNsMisrN1,
Recently txnnty.sour additional doskx hays
besn fillod 10 for this Chemical Department, ii,
the Llbrary-lsoon Ut tho old University Build
| lug; and for tho claHaeg ia CheMistsy, in which
tlete asa tnore than 100 sIud>nts, ei1ty dobka
| and ns many ful, sets Of chemicals and appar2-
tun hnys been provided.
! BY reconk vote OF thu TFuateaa, : courSe o{
| inHkrnctiou in
ARCHITECTURE
laa been provided for mechanics and others Of
any age, who wlah 10 increase thsit knowledge
Of tile principles of construction AaI building
generafly aad for accass to which notlrHo, the
usual preliminary examination viii b. disponHed
with Ihue, any mechanic desiring to tA4e los
sonB tn Archttactnrs aud solecLel Hub}ocsa hnY
ouly to apply to the Regent personally Or by let
tor, aud pay IS for ncidspta{ expenses, to ba Oh.
titled to thirtocn vteks' Glktui.onn seachiaE on
the acieutalc AAd sashetlo aanects Of hin uada.
1 PnIhTtNc,
That tie art prrscryatiye Of Ill tl,a a.is" nag
not ba wholly lost sight Of in Our IndastrisI
University tho students Of tue advanced ciAssee
have rceenGy bought, su1 now own Anl run,
printing press which in located in one Of th'
sparo upper roonla Of the Mechanical Dotsrs-
,nsnt.-~li.o students In .hia work 10 tluubt m
ticipaAng the t,ns not far o1, wlioo tue fnud.
Of the institution will enable the TruBte,a to aad
| printing to tho olhot traioa taught fn tha Gul.
yarslty. From thia ol!ca ia iBauhd tla Ii:,si, 4
college, monthly which, like all magazines Of tht
kind H. ut tho same tlnls, instructive and ou-
totlanng publication.
In concluding tlis Rhozt notice of th'
Mechanical Department Of the Illluoa 1nduxtsia
University, il may ha fairly c!ained that th.
} Tfusteo4 ass houeatiy carrying out tIs lnta1.t
md rs fs,btully TO 10 liz litter @ tha sw
Illinois creating it, ty o1osiMg and Furnishing Ii
, wolkingmnn, and to all others, liza choap UNI
roady means cf AolulEinG = practical an'
acientile training In ths more important an,
leading tsades aud industries, without wll.cl
training aud nany-sIdal knowledge no ,nechxui
In ths slrong compesition Of tbs future, cAl
hope to obtain more than moderate success Il
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