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34 History, University of Illinois a committee of their own number appointed to memorialize the legislature for a state university. Debate was closed and the committee, consisting of J. B. Turner, chairman, John Hise, Oaks Turner, Mr. Little of Fulton county, and August Adams of Kane, was appointed. This committee prepared the following memorial which was presented to the legislature. As it is typical of a number of important memorials prepared by Turner it is given in full. ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION MEMORIAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. "The Convention of the friends of the Industrial University, proposed to the consideration of the people of Illinois, by the Granville convention, whose report is alluded to in the message of the Governor of the State, beg leave to submit to the consideration of the Senators and Representatives of the people, the following memorial: "But three general modes have been publicly proposed for the use of the College and Seminary funds of the State. 'I. The perpetual continuance of their use for common school purposes, is not seriously expected by any one, but only their temporary use as a loan for this noble object 11. The equal distribution of their proceeds among the ten or twelve colleges in charge of the various religious denominations of the State, either now in existence or soon to arise and claim their share in these funds, and the equally just claim of medical and other Institutions for their share, it is thought by your memorialists, would produce too great a division to render tnese tunas of much practical value either to these Institutions or to the people of the State. Nor do they consider that it would ZlT a n ? P r a e t i e a l difference, in this regard, whether the funds Ctly b y t h e S t a t e o v e r W * +• to the Trustees of these institutions, or disbursed indirectly through a new board of overseers or Regents to be called the University of Illinois. The ™™fc! a ^ f m p t i n e t 0 elect by State authority, some smaller moer of these institutions to enjoy the benefit of the funds, on
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