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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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Historical Sketch The University of Illinois is younger than most of th« larger state universities, and besides the fact that it is young, it was slow in beginning its development. Like the other state universities the Illinois Industrial University, as it was at first called, grew out of the desire of the common peoph to furnish their children practical education as good ; the best. In July, 1862, an Act was passed by Congress donating public lands, in the ratio of thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative, to the states and territories which would provide colleges for the teaching of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Under this Act Illinois would receive 480,000 acres of land valued at $600,000.00, the income on which could be applied for educational purposes. The Legislature of Illinois accepted the grant in February, 1863. The following year a committee of si fessor Jonathan B. Turner of Jacksonville, Illinois, was perhaps the most influential member, was appointed by the State Agricultural Society to take the matter up, and to present t the State Legislature a plan of organization. This w 5 done and in February, 1867, a bill was passed by the Legisl un locating the institution at Urbana. This action was taken in view of certain donations amounting to perhaps $3 000.00, made by the Illinois Central Railn id 1 >m| n Champaign County, and the cities of Champaign and I'rl These donations included the "Urbana and Champ ign Institute Building/' a large, ill-built structure standing roxi mately where the baseball diamond on Illinois \rlc\{\ j s . >NV located. In this building, which was al 0 used partlj t9 a dormitory, the entire work of the CJniversitj was I y< r^ carried on. The government of the University was at first \ a ! : I in su ' Of Trustee insist! of the Coven th,
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