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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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2 History of Campus Plan mental trees from the Dunlap nursery. In addition, the Illinois Central agreed to remit $50,000.00 in freight charges. These items constituted the properties and the assurances with which the new institution entered upon its career. How these resources were utilized in the growth and development of the University it is the purpose of this record to trace. In laying the foundations of an institution which is to last through coming 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. These words, written in March, 1867, by the committee of the Board of Trustees which selected the first course of study, reveal the spirit with which the initial problems of the University were approached. They show unmistakably that in the minds of the founders existed a prophetic vision strong enough to direct the growth of the institution wisely through its infancy. Ample evidence of their foresight lies about us; there is available today a notable record of the broad and generous imagination which lay behind the policies adopted in the pioneer period. Important among the actions of the Board of Trustees, after the preliminary organization and election of necessary officers, was a consideration of the proposal made during the struggle for the establishment of the University, that the "polytechnic branch" be located in Chicago. The support of this city in the campaign had been gained largely through a suggestion embodied in a flexible clause in the original charter which gave the trustees the right "to establish a branch or department of said University at any points elected by them." The seat of the University being finally determined, the trustees were obliged to settle the matter at once. This they did by resolution, establishing the mechanical department as near as possible to the center of the city of Chicago, and placing the responsibility of securing legislative authority for the new branch upon that municipality. Such authority Chicago never
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