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Caption: Course Catalog - 1874-1875
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Letters From Legislators. BETTERS FROM To J. M. GREGORY. Dear Sir: In our visit to the Illinois Industrial University we were struck with surprise at the unexpected extent and grandeur of the institution, and at the amount and value of the means of instruction—the Library, Cabinets, and apparatus—already gathered there- We were especially gratified with the sound and practical character of the instruction given in the several departments, and with the evidence afforded by the work of students in the Shops, in the Chemical and Physical Laboratories, and in the several Draughting rooms, of the excellence of the education they are receiving. We wished heartily that all the citizens of our State could come and see for themselves the magnificence of the University which the care of Congress, and of the state legislature, has founded for the young men and women of Illinois; and especially for the promotion of the great industrial interests of our state. We would earnestly suggest to you and the Trustees, the importance of a more thorough and extensive advertisement of the University to the people, and particularly to the young men and women of the State. The public ought to know its real character and value. If they understood it and could once visit, and see it for themselves, we believe your numbers would speedily be increased to the full capacity of the splendid, and spacious buildings of the University. Wishing to see this bounty of Congress and of the State enjoyed by as many as possible, and the usefulness of the University in that way, largely increased for the benefit of our great industries and of the mdnstrial classes, we tender you our good wishes for the still greater prosperity of our State Industrial Uniuersitj. W. B. HUNDLEY, JEFFERSON RAINEY CHAS. D. HODGES, H. A. MILLS, J. C. SHELDON, C. B. STEELE, J S. M. ETTER, Supt. Com. of the Senate. Pub. Jnstriiction. A. E. STEWART, ' A. J. THOMPSON, JNO. HISE, J. T. BROWNING JOHN GORDON, A. B. BARRETT, GEO. BENSON, W. M. PHILLIPS, ISAAC R I C E , Com. of the House. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPRINGFIELD, I I I . March 23d, 1875. DEAR DR. GREGORY:—To-day I most cheerfully signed a statement commending to the public the Industrial University over which you have the honor to preside. Haviug visited the Institution and examined its practical workings, I am prepared to endorse much more, and in much stronger language than as set up in said statement, well knowing that the facts fully bear me out in so doing. Combining the useful with the beautiful, your Institution moves forward on a scale so
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