UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
N A V I G A T I O N D I G I T A L L I B R A R Y
Bookmark and Share



Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871 [PAGE 351]

Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.


Jump to Page:
< Previous Page [Displaying Page 351 of 372] Next Page >
[VIEW ALL PAGE THUMBNAILS]




EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:



343 The resolutions were read, as follows:

Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to "The Prairie Farmer" Company for the very liberal courtesy extended to this convention in procuring the use of the rooms in which we have met, and in other kind attentions extended to us during our stay in this city. Resolved, That we also heartily thank the agricultural and daily press of this city for their reports of our proceedings; and the officers of the Riverside Improvement Company and of the Illinois Central Railway for their invitations to visit their respective grounds and railway lines. Resolved, That our thanks are heartily tendered to the President and Secretary for the official discharge of their respective duties.

The resolutions were unanimously adopted.

E X P E R I M E N T STATIONS.

Mr. Flagg offered the following resolutions:

Resolved, That the very strong commendation that the agricultural experiment stations of Europe have received from such persons as Johnson and Liebig as a source of a large amount of agricultural science and practical progress, as well as our own examinations into the subject, make us believe the establishment of not less than one such station in each of the several States of the Union, would be eminently beneficial to the agricultural interests of the country. Resolved, That a committee, consisting of one from each of the several States in which an institution founded on the national grant has been organized, be appointed by the President, whose duty it shall be to memorialize Congress and the several State Legislatures for the speedy establishment of such stations throughout the country.

The resolutions were adopted. Mr. McAffee—There is one matter that a gentleman who was present here wished to present to the Convention, but he saw that the time was passing, and he had so much to do that he refrained from doing it. It is a matter of great importance, and a matter that I wish simply to announce here as food for reflection, and if we meet again in this capacity, or any persons representing these institutions, it is worthy of being considered. It is this: how best to get a knowledge of the work of these industrial institutions, and of what they are trying to accom. plish, and what they do accomplish, before the people. It is a great thing. We well know that the class of the community who are expected to be benefited by the exertions of the officers connected with this institution are the most inert in attending to information about them. They won't even take the trouble frequently to send for the published reports, and it is worthy of consideration whether there is not some other way of getting the information about them—everything about them—all that we can get before the people and make the matter as public as need be. If there is any possibility of distributing printer's ink among them, it seems to me it ought to be done. The simple fact of getting out the reports, and presenting them, and having them printed, and distributing them as well as you can, don't seem