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Caption: Course Catalog - 1867
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KEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COURSES OF STUDY AND FACULTY FOR THE ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OP TRUSTEES. Inasmuch as some time must necessarily elapse before the University ean be properly equipped and prepared* for opening, the committee present now, only the outlines and some of the general features of a plan, of organization, hoping to be permitted, by fuller consultation with each other, and with eminent educators in other States, who are engaged in organizing similar institutions, to ripen their plans more fully before presenting them in detail. In laying the foundations of an institution which is to last through corning ages, and to affect all future generations, "we have need to plan wisely. We must not expose ourselves, needlessly, to the inconveniences of changes, nor to suspicions of caprice. THE GENERAL AIMS OF THE UNIVERSITY. The aims of any institution necessarily control its organization. It should be fitted to its uses. The great general aims of the University are defined by the statutes under which it is established. Though not strictly confined by law to the objects proposed in the congressional grant,' we are yet bound to meet those objects fully and fairly. According to the language of the grant, " the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes, in the several pursuits and professions in life."
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