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Caption: Book - Early History of University (1916)
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XLIV U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S the Board. John W. Bunn of Springfield was elected treasurer, and a finance committee was appointed to serve for one year. Willard C. Flagg of Madison County was elected corresponding secretary; 0 . B. Galusha of Grundy County, recording secretary. The Board passed a resolution favoring the establishment of a Mechanical Department to be located at Chicago. Mar. 29—An election was held in Urbana and Champaign to decide whether the two cities should appropriate $45,000.00 for the University, Champaign to give $25,000.00, Urbana, $20,000.00. The vote was as follows: Champaign:—For, 676; against,' 4. Urbana:—For, 406; against, 0. Mar. 29—Dr. Gregory visited Champaign and Urbana for the first time. Apr. 1—Dr. Gregory entered upon his duties. Apr. 10—Vote authorizing Supervisors to issue the bonds for $100,000.00 resulted as follows: For, 2,731; against, 867. May 7—The second meeting of the Board of Trustees was held in the chapel of the " U r b a n a and Champaign I n s t i t u t e , " twenty-two of the thirty-two trustees being present. Opened with prayer by Eev. Mr. Burroughs, one of trustees. Dr. Gregory accepted the appointment, his salary having been increased to $4,000.00 a year. A committee on Buildings and Grounds was appointed, the land grants accepted, and the University permanently located at Urbana. Scrip was ordered sold. A seal was adopted. Evening session was opened with prayer by J . C. Stoughton. I t was decided to open the institution on the first day of March, 1868. A resolution to admit both sexes was referred to the Executive Committee to be appointed by the Regent. A committee on Courses of Instruction reported the following curriculum: I Agricultural Department (1) Agriculture (2) Horticulture (3) Landscape Gardening Polytechnical Department (1) Mechanical Science and Art (2) Civil Engineering (3) Mining and Metallurgy (4) Architecture and Fine Arts Military Department _ (1) Engineering (2) Taetica Chemistry and Natural Science Trade and Commerce General Science and Literature (1) Mathematics (2) Natural History, Chemistry, etc. (3) English Language and Literature (4) Modern Languages and Literature (5) Ancient Languages and Literature (6) History and Social Science (7) Philosophy (Intellectual and Moral) II III IV V VI • J u l y 31—Dr. Gregory issued a circular, proposing that each County Agricultural society offer a prize of one hundred dollars to aid the best scholar from the public schools of the county who should attend the Industrial University.
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