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342 History University of Illinois Joseph Oscar Cunningham (1830-1917) was a trustee from 1867*1873. He was a lawyer of keen insight and large vision which made him a valuable member of the first board of trustees when vexing questions in regard to land titles frequently arose. Cunningham served one term as judge of the county court for Champaign county; was joint author of Jones and Cunningham's "Practice in the county courts of Illinois;" and author of "History of Champaign county." As a member of the executive committee and living in Urbana, his work on the board and his counsel available at all times were invaluable. Matthias Lane Dunlap (1815-1875) was a trustee from 18671870. He was one of the notable agriculturists of the state. Himself a farmer, nurseryman, and fruit grower, he resented bitterly the attitude of the schools of the day towards agriculture. He longed ardently to alleviate the weight of ignorance which he saw on the farms all about him. As "Timothy Hardup" he published in the Chicago Democrat and the Prairie Farmer an account of the hardships he had met and overcome while farming in the 40*8 and early 50 's. Later when the Democrat was merged into the Chicago Tribune, Dunlap under the pseudonym " S u r a l " became its agricultural editor, and a real power in the agriculture of the state. When the new university especially founded for the sons of the soil opened its doors, he was determined that it should not stray from the purpose to which it had been dedicated, and it can truly be said that whenever he saw it straying he forcibly prodded it back. Dunlap was for a term a member of the Illinois House of Representatives; in 1852 he was nominated for lieutenant governor but declined the nomination. Political life he could endure as a duty but he would not seek it from choice. The home that he established known as the "Rural home fruit farm" situated three miles south of the city of Champaign under the ownership and expert management of his son Senator Henry M. Dunlap has become one of the model farms of the state. Robert Douglas was at the time a practical florist and nurseryman of Waukegan, and besides a thorough professional knowledge possessed by him, was a man of the most advanced practical good sense in a general way. Mr. Douglas appeared m
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