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26 History University of Illinois educators, and to men prominent in affairs throughout the country. The Weekly Journal (Springfield) of January 7,1852, thus summarized the attitude of the newspapers of the state: "The Press of this State, so far as it has referred to this enterprise, is generally in favor of it. 11 The Joliet Signal says: 'The farmer, the mechanic, the practical business man, needs an education to prepare him for the sphere in which he is placed. His calling is great, and all that is wanting to render it so is to encourage a system of education that knows no distinction. We are glad that a move has been made in the matter. • The LaSalle Standard well remarks: 'Illinois demands an institution devoted exclusively to the cultivation of the industrial arts. She needs a race of scientifically educated farmers. And if she have them, she must educate them at home. The learned professions each have their centers of light and knowledge, in all parts of the Union, from which go forth yearly, an innumerable multitude to propagate and sustain the peculiar provinces and creeds of each. But where shall the enlightened cultivator of the soil look for opportunities to educate the rising generation for the profession (for so it may be termed with propriety) of farming. Alas he has no such place. Is not the establishment of such an institution then well worthy of legislative consideration?' The Peoria papers favor the measure. The Republican says: 'An institution of the kind has long been a desideratum in our state and would have the effect to elevate the farmer to that position to which he-is so justly entitled.? The Press also says: ' I t is high time that some disposition is made of the immense amount of money, that has accumulated for educational purposes, and we trust our readers will inquire into the subject and prepare themselves to act when the question is placed before them/ The Galena Jeffersonian in approving of the proposed Agricultural College, observes: 'The state has enough of lawyers, doctors and preachers, such as they are, and the theological, medMrs. Carriel says that the majority of the newspapers were opposed to the Turner plan. Carriel, Life of Turner, 101. M •If
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