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Petition to the Legislature 601 "FOURTH—Would it be advisable, and if so, under what restrictions, to admit apprentices, while serving as such to the benefits of the institution ? FIFTH—How can a thorough, practical knowledge be best imparted to the student, step by step, as he shall become master of the theory of mechanics ? "SIXTH—Would a country village or rural district be a more or less eligible location for a school of instruction in the mechanic arts, than a populous town or city, where manufacturing and mechanical pursuits are largely carried o n ? " This letter was dated so late as December 14, 1864. In due time the undersigned received replies from the Hon. Henry Wilson, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in the XL S. Senate, the Hon. Wm. H. Seward, the Hon. Wm. Whiting, Solicitor of the War Department, Gov. Smith, of Ehode Island, Hon. Erastus Corning, Albany, N. Y., President Hill, Harvard University, Hon. Erastus Hopkins, Northampton, Mass., Alfred S. Kennedy, President of the Penn. Polytechnic School, James T. Ames, Chicopee, Mass., Mechanic, Gridley T. F . Bryant, Boston, Mass., Architect, the Hon. E. B. Bigelow, Boston, Mass., Horatio Allen, New York, Manufacturer, Charles W. Copeland, New York, Mechanic, Ethan Eogers, Boston, Professor in the School of Technology, E. W. Stoughton, New York, Patent Lawyer, J. H. Hoadley, New Bedford, Mass., Mechanic. Most of these letters came to hand during the absence from Chicago of two of the undersigned, which absence continued until some time after the meeting of the present session of the Legislature. And it is not until this late day that the undersigned have had any opportunity of throwing their views into precise form. During the absence of the undersigned, as above mentioned, they had opportunities for conversation with Commissioner Holloway, of the U. S. Patent Office, with Gov. Andrews of Massachusetts, with various parties in Philadelphia, and with a number of intelligent persons at different points between Chicago and the city of Washington. From all these sources, the opinion originally entertained by the undersigned, in favor of establishing distinct schools of instruction for agriculture and the mechanic arts, was emphatically confirmed. Great difference of
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