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\nois Plun for Lund Grunt COIICQCH 38 the Granville convention, calling a convention of the ''Mends of concentration/1 The convention was assuming, he declared an aspect entirely foreign to the proposed object, and instead of the friends discussing the plan other gentlemen, who had for two years openly opposed the movement, were occupying all the time of the convention. Professor John Evans of Chicago, one of the leaders of the small colleges, called for the reading of the resolution admitting gentlemen to a scat in the convention. The chair sustained Evans and the controversy continued. Turner presented the outlines of the plan of an industrial university, submitted by him at the Granville convention. Evans opposed Turner's plan and submitted one of his own. The main idea in Evans' plan was that existing colleges should carry on courses for the industrial classes.18 This should be accomplished by means of professorships established, the holders of which should travel from college to college- A leading argument urged in favor of this plan was the saving of expense. Mr. George Lumsden, an earnest friend of the industrial idea, was opposed to the plan of Evans in toto. He especially ridiculed the idea of itinerant professors and characterized them as travelling menageries. !' He desired to know whether it was intended the state should furnish geological cabinets, chemical apparatus, etc., for each of the colleges; or whether each Professor was to back his own collection, and transport them in his semi-annual perigrinations from college to college. In the former alternative, he was of opinion that the frightful expense, which had been so much dwelt upon, of furnishing the one institution proposed by Professor Turner's plan, would sink into insignificance compared with the nine complete equipments required by the distribution plan. Mr. L. moved to lay the plans of Dr. Evans on the table." 10 After a scene of considerable confusion the motion to lay on the table was carried.20 On the afternoon of June 8th, the friends of the industrial university idea took things into their own hands by having "For Evans * plan sc$ appendix, p. 427. ^Prairie Farmer, August, 1852. "For an incident showing how Turner put his opponents to rout on this occasion see below, p. 134,
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