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820 History University of Illinois boys, so to a large extent their will became law in such matters, at least during school hours and to some extent throughout the day. I do not think the admission of girls had any other appreciable effect for a considerable number of years. The University was a boys' school to which girls were admitted." The faculty list as presented at the beginning of the second term in the fall of 1868 was distinctly promising and rather imposing, not only as to numbers but as to talent represented. In addition to the four instructors of the spring term, Gregory, Baker, Atherton, and Burrill, there were now on the list J. W. Powell,8 professor of natural history and geology; Willard F. Bliss, professor of agriculture, A. P. S. Stuart, professor of theoretical and applied chemistry; Colonel Samuel W. Shattuck, assistant professor of mathematics and instructor in military tactics; Captain Edward Snyder, assistant professor in bookkeeping and German: non-resident professors; John A. Warder, Cincinnati, lecturer on vegetable physiology and fruit growing and Edward Eggleston, Chicago, lecturer on English literature.9 Most of these men had notable careers, some of them honored the Illinois industrial university with the labors of a lifetime, while others did significant work elsewhere. The task of organizing the work of agriculture, which department was intended to be particularly emphasized in the new institution, was stupendous. In the first place to put the university farms into such shape that they might serve as a laboratory for the agricultural department, proved a huge task in itself. Jonathan Periam, head farmer, undertook the work with grim determination, large enthusiasm, and exceptional ability and found them all sadly strained before even a good beginning was made. From the depths of a spirit sorely vexed, he exclaimed against "so much stock running at large, ranging from sucking pigs to droves of cattle and horses, some of them, I am sorry to say, owned by persons who ought to have felt above allowing their stock to pasture in the road." 10 Not only had predatory stock •Other interests, chiefly journeys of exploration, took the time of Major Powell so that he never actually served the university as a professor. His resignation was presented to the board of trustees in M&rch, 1869, •Sketches of the lives of the members of the early faculty and their pictures will be found below, p. 348. "Second annml-report of the board of trustees, p. 43 (a). k.
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