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Caption: Course Catalog - 1875-1876
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(5/ Illinois Industrial University. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF STATE GRANGE. " W e would also call your attention to the subject of educating- the sons and daughters of the farmers, and that this education should be such as would prepare them to better fill their stations in life, and to this end we would recommend the Industrial'University, of Illinois, as one of the institutions deserving our patronage." LETTER FROM PUBLIC OFFICERS. 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 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. VVe wished heartily that all tne citizens of our State could come and see for themselves the magnificence ot 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 thev 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 industrial classes, we tender you our .'good wishes for the still greater prosperity of our State Industrial University. JEFFERSON RAINY, H. A. M I L L S , J . C. SHELDON, W . B. H U N D L E Y , C H A S . D. HODGES, C. ii. S T E E L E , Committee of the Senate. A. J. THOMPSON, JOHN HISE, JOHN GORDON, GEO. BENSON, ISAAC RICE, A. E. STEWART, J. T. BROWNING, A. B. BARRETT, W. M. PHILLIPS, S. M. ETTER, Committee of the House. Siifit. of Public Instruction.
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