Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868 [PAGE 74]

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courses of lectures. 4th. Tutors, or young men, employed t e m p o r a r i l y t o give i n s t r u c t i o n in t h e more elementary studies. The Committee would indicate t h e following as among t h e more i m p o r t a n t dep a r t m e n t s or c h a i r s of instruction : 1. The Professorship of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. 2. " " of Horticulture. 3. '* " of Analytical and Practical Mechanics. 4. " " of Military Tactics and Engineering. 5. " '• of Civil Engineering. 6. " " of Botany and Vegetable Physiology. 7. " " of Zoology and Animal Physiology. 8. " " of Mathematics. " of Chemistry. of Geology, "Mineralogy and Physical Geography, 10. of English l a n g u a g e and Literature. 12. *' " of Modern Languages, 13. " " of Ancient Languages. 14. « * " of History and Social Science, al and Moral Philosophy. 15. " " of Mental a In addition t o t h e s e , t h e Committee would suggest t h e following l e c t u r e s h i p s : 1. The Lectureship of Veterinary Science. 9. " " of Commercial Science. 3. " " of Human Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. 4. " " of Constitutional, Commercial and Rural Law. Several of these d e p a r t m e n t s may, at the outset, be r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e same m a n . The professor of Botany may also be professor of H o r t i c u l t u r e ; and t h e professor of Zoology may fill, likewise, the chair of P r a c t i c a l A g r i c u l t u r e . Civil and military engineering may be u n i t e d in one c h a i r ; and the professor of Chemistry may t e a c h also M i n e r a l o g y or Meteorology. The professor of P r a c t i c a l Agriculture should be the s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of the experim e n t a l farm, with such foremen and o t h e r laborers u n d e r h i m as may be necessary to carry out his plans. The farm is his laboratory and apparatus of instruction, by which he illustrates t h e scientific principles and theories which he t e a c h e s , and d e m o n s t r a t e s b o t h t h e t r u t h and t h e value of his doctrines. H i s p l a n s for the t r e a t m e n t of each field and crop, and for t h e several experiments to be t r i e d , should be submitted to t h e Regent and Faculty, and after careful discussion and final adoption by them, or by t h e Executive Committee, should be p u t on record as t h e s e t t l e d plan for t h a t season, t o be carried out under the careful supervision of the superi n t e n d e n t , and its progress and results fully recorded in t h e farm record. I n like manner, t h e professor of H o r t i c u l t u r e should be s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e gardens and ornamental grounds, and should, in the same way, p r e s e n t to t h e F a c u l t y for their discussion and approval, h i s plans for t h e m a n a g e m e n t of such grounds and gardens. H e , too, when necessary, may be aided in h i s work by a foreman and o t h e r laborers. The students, in t h e i r labors in t h e g a r d e n s or on t h e farm will be u n d e r the guidance of t h e professors whose instructions those l a b o r s are designed to illustrate and a p p l y ; and thus t h e lecture room and the field p r a c tice will t e a c h t h e same t r u t h s , and throw upon each o t h e r t h e light of a m u t u a l illustration. The professor of Mechanics may h a v e u n d e r his care such shops as may be n e e d e d on t h e g r o u n d s for purposes of repairs, o r of such new constructions of any k i n d as may be easily m a d e . W i t h a small steam or caloric engine as a m o t o r power, t h e r e m a y b e run a variety of common machinery, such as t h e t u r n i n g l a t h e , circular saws, mills for grinding feed, e t c . , and t h r e s h i n g and o t h e r machines, which will enable the instructor in this d e p a r t m e n t to furnish practical illustration of the principles of mechanics. The t r u t h t a u g h t to t h e eye is m u c h more easily u n d e r s t o o d and re-