Pi, E F O Pt T OF THE REGULAR GOMllTTEE OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE, 33d GENEEAL ASSEMBLY, TO VISIT THE State Educational Institutions. SENATE. Henry Tub^s, Daniel B. Gillham. house. Wm F. Calhoun, J* Honey, John Lackie, F. M. Bichardson, Geo. M. Stevens. aPRINGEIELD, ILL.: H W Rokkeb. State Pbintbb and Bindbb. 1883. bepoet of the committee. Spbingfield, Illinois, May 4, 1883. ^ fhp ^'neaker of the House of Bepresen- To the Pretident of “"gjate of Mwhe : sirs' ■ •4 r~\T^ r\ ..-x^Tk m CJ T.T ( lISS g "i b" Calhoun “m Honey, ^actae M^^ Vresentetives The institutions ^erem mentioned ) ^ade detailed esti- ILLINOIS INDUSTEIAL UNIVEBSm. On Ih. im a« «I Snl aSed''us°Iu necessary and affairs of the nniYersity, i*® the requests made for the reasons as were tor its maintenance, several appropriations askeu lor Buildings and Departments. ^ The Cniversity veXlated.'^ Your «o“™**®® irl^^pVard^^th to the laboratory, museum, art 4 sallery, conservatory, etc. The museum contains a large collection illustrating the several departments of science, and. is unusually rich, and equaled at few, if any, of the colleges of the West. The art gallery— the gift of the citizens of Champaign and Urbana— is one of the largest and finest in the West, and contains a most ex- cellent display of valuable and interesting works of art. Ihe col- lection is fast proving its value as a means of education m the work the School of Drawing and Design. We were also very favorably impressed with the mechanical department of the University— the variety of work performed in wood and metals, the thoroughness ot instrukion, and the proficiency of the students in handicraft as shown by work in progress and samples completed. All that is needed to crowd this institution with students is a wider dissemina- tion and more general knowledge of the scope and excellence c)f the training imparted. The attendance at the fall term of 1882 was 352. Domain. The domain occupied by the University and the several depart- ments embraces about 623 acres, in a most desirable and healthful location a large portion of which is in an excellent state or culti- vation. The farm stock of horses, cattle, hogs, etc., are of good quality and in good condition, and great care has been taken in breeding. Origin. The Illinois Industrial University is both State and National in its origin, its object being— without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics— to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture, (for which pur- nose a separate college is organized,) and also the mechanic arts , its aim being to offer freely the most thorough instruction which its means will provide, in all the branches of learning useful in the industrial arts, or necessary to the liberal and practical edu- cation of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and profes- sions in life— including in this all useful learning, scientific and classical— all that belongs to sound and thorough scholarship, and is deserving of more extended patronage. Agriculture. The Agricultural Department is under the supervision of the fd- lowing faculty: Prof. Selim H. Peabody, Eegent; Prof. Cleor^ E. Morrow, Dean; and Profs. Thomas J. Burrill, Frederick W. Pi;en- tice Melville A. Scovell and Chas. J. Kolfe. This department has 150 ’acres of land devoted entirely to experimental uses in agricul- ture, horticulture, orcharding, vineyards, etc., and a stock farm ot A wrong idea seems to obtain as to the true object of an agricul- tural college. The practical farmer who has spent his life in farm labors, cannot understand the propriety of sending his son to learn of scientific professors. It is not simply to teach how to plow, but the reason for plowing at all — the composition and nature ot soils, 5 the philosophy of f action an7lllue teach ^ tojeed but to of agricul- of diKerent f^mds of ^0°^, a e. Morrow^, of whom, the trus- A Technical Education. A Bound Jeehnical education ture, Engineering, industrial ^Univers^^^ at an aggregate S, Tudf^t^fMVr similar course would cost “ ^d^jumbia School of Mines in 1^^®’ YnV^°«SlO and ’so on. The schools named above have New York .®° ° more completely furnished with ap- name busts aM^ that the great, populous tt..a.».r.l Z/tS iSScfcn •« S“and°| a f tac to l^te^Tv^ral' departonts t"l *"fharthTS:^n" rAg*e,Thite S;i ^ - ‘k. „.r.i p....«. of life. + Military Department. The law of Congress and of the State iSiiiiSP •=fes,-S;a.S« 'tour “ttetas most favorably Masses of the Illinds Industrial University should be >^ecognized as a part of the S militm and your committee do so recommend. 6 Appropriations. j The generally increased prosperity of the country, by reducing rates of interest on the eadowment funds invested (the income from this source this year being but one-half what it was in 1876), has » somewhat reduced the income of the University, making necessary an increase of appropriations. The University therefore asks a,n appropriation for the several items mentioned, as follows : Appropriations asked for. For the payment of taxes accruing in the years 1882 and 1883, on lands owned by the State and held for the use of this Univer- sity. in the States of Nebraska and Minnesota, per annum, Fo/repairs and improvements on buildings and grounds for the years 1883 andl884, the sum. per annum, of......-..-..----.. . • . . For current expenses of the Chemical. Physical and Botanical laboratories, and for the purchase of new andimproved appa- ratus for ^the same, for the years 1883 and 1884, the sum, per For^Sim^ses'of educaVibnal’w and prachcal instruction in the mechanical shops, for the years 1883 and 1884, per annum For the purchase of books and publications for t^he library, and ^ for binding the same, for the years 1883 and 1884, per annum . For collecting, preparing and mounting spoeimens tor cabinets of Geology, Mineralogy and Natural History, for the years For^c?rrent^expeSes^^ in the several departments, for the years 1883 and 1884, per annum For an addition to the machine shop, and for the necessary fit- tings and tools for the same, the sum of-.-.------------*-------- For the purchase of additional machines and tools for the ma- chine and carpenter shops, the sum of For the salary of the Business Agent, per annum Eecom- mended by Committee. $2,500 00 3.000 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1.500 00 1.000 00 14,000 00 2.500 00 2,000 00 1,000 00 $2,500 00 3.000 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1.500 00 1,000' 00 14.000 00 2.500 00 2, 000 00 500 00 Chair of Faculty, and Salaries. Salary, per annum. Regent and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics. Vice-President, and Professor of Betany and Horticulture Professor of Mathematics Professor of Modern Languages P-ofessorof Geology and Zoology. Professor of English Language and Literature Professor of Architecture — .----- 4 - Secretary„and Professor of History and Ancient Languages... Prof, of Chemistry Prof, of Agriculture Prof, of Veterinary Science..... Prof, of Industrial Art andDesignmg Prof, of Military Science and Tactics Prof, of Civil Engineering Prof, of Agricultural Chemistry _ Assistant Prof. Mechanical Engineering Assistant Prof, of English and Ancient Languages Foreman of Machine Shop Foreman of Carpenter Shop Instructor in Right Line Drawing Instructor in Elocution. j-f,--: Instructor in Mathematics and Botany.. Instructor in Natural Science, and Taxidermist Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music First Assistant in Chemical Laboratory Second Assistant in Chemical Laboratory Janitor $ 3,000 00 2,000 00 2,000 00 2,000 00 2, 000 00 1,800 00 1,800 00 1,800 00 2,000 00 2,000 00 1,800 00 1,200 00 Paid by U. S. l,50l) 00 900 00 1.000 00 1,500 00 960 00 750 00 Paid by fees. 900 00 Paid by fees. 400 00 600 00 Southern Illinois Normal University. Your committee visited on the 2 \Bt dayjf^Maroh^^ lSm,Jhe Southern Illinois Normal University Principal, who teously received at the depot and grounds, and gave showed us through the form an intelligent fo^rotthi wSs'of r institutio'n, and of its prospects for the %Ts institution was. chartered m l^/VTlllfd been steadily gaming m foorease— (the attendance for to learn that the attendance is on to S progressing, and that its 1882 being 407 )-that *he University w prospects for the future ^^ejnselves for the profession of ance of those df™g to prepare themse^^^^^ Faculty, as it ■teaching, is a .fact gre^l^^enc^^^^^^^^ shows that their ™ moj-g and better appreciated by noble profession are becom § generally. Further, it is directors and Pfcnts, and by toe puo g^jii^ren of the rural gratifying to note the large attcndanc ^ thorough preparation population, and their eagerness, to 4 ^ supporting normal for the duties of teachers: .fnd toe propm^^^ schools cannot be 4 ne®honed, b^a ^racticallyf come the great children of these classes, „„iioo^s • and the public schools, body of the teachers m our P^f to be, as they SIhfprTde of 'thf ffi, and .it is the highest duty to make them as |ood as any seminanes in the lanl. The quistion so often recurr ng Do f %y the report University teach?” is agam aske , statement that out of 1,693 • IdttfSid^since® thrfoaugSation of the institution, 913 have S employed as teachers in the public schools. Entomology. Tb. P„f.™ oi S.W Sf /a‘m?Sr..ll, 10 lie I»n..»en.y »d v.ta. of his department. Museum. The museum is of sP.ecia\interest and is^^^^ rrebfcJetS a ^Sanent value in this department. Library. ■ Th. lte« h.. r«.iy.a i‘« ^ritfrh1iSSrm« v'^Su -i««« additional appropriations from the State. 8 Laboratory. pelled to add several new cases and a analysis and philosophical experiment chemical analysis are particularly valuable ena’hliJa ^af chemical best of instruction in this denartmenf nf receive the Jddicious outlay of money in sunnl W L ^ practical research. A successful conduct of this department rin / apparatus for the m that it attracts students to^ such an infp returns, thought and practical development of field for . mg normal students in fact,^and lour becom- the work m this department progrLsing s^fevo/abty!"" ® Training Department. Department, rnstftuted In thl*^ th® f® ^ Training training of students in the art of nictfea) is thi ment IS not only a valuable acquifitfon tn th depart- named, but has, from the start erown in ^ f^r the purpose among the students. ’ ® ™ popularity and favor Military. whiS requfres alf mik“LfiJ“to‘^attm^^ such as may be excused for special reasons drill— except erect carriage, and an observanpo masons— affords manly exercise has been 187 cadets enrolled fht and discipline. There showing the appreciation of this dep®arim^nT“bt ^^®*i The arms are furnished by the United the male students. control IS detailed and paid by the^ationS Ser"^^ent! The Grounds. b7 thefastT*"'^* r?’ KuS^pSe rgS b^ty^ld^rld P" ‘ shaded ^ith treef. The Trustees eem to® “d thing possible for the general welfare ^f tbs n i’®®* time practising economy in the use of tb/ f^niversity, at the same hands by the state to Lterlrtereite^^ s 9 Appropriations, This institution asks for certain appropriations which, after due consideration, are recommended by your committee, as per the tol- lowing table, to-wit : Approprations asked for, Recom- mended by Committee. For salaries per annum (in addition to one-half the interest of the $12,806 44 $12,056 44 CollBg© anu oeiiiindry luuu; - 6,493 56 6,493 56 $19,300 00 $18,550 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 750 00 750 00 750 00 For repairs, per annum 1,250 00 For library, per annum 500 00 400 00 For apparatus, per annum * 500 00 500 00 For museum, per annum 350 00 250 00 For TrUStCBS GXPGIlbBbytJL auuum - 300 00 300 00 Andinadditfonto the^abf^^ committee recommends for coal 400 00 Chair of Faculty, and Salaries. Salary per annum. Principal, and Teacher of Mental Science, Ethics and Pedagogics $3, 150 00 2, 100 00 2,000 00 1, 800 00 1,800 00 1,800 00 1,500 00 900 00 1,500 00 900 00 600 00 Teacher of Higher Mathematics and Practical Pedagogics Telchl^ of Natural Philo and Chemistry, Lecturer on Applied Teaohefot Eteratui^ Elooution, Vocal fcsie and Calisthenics Teacher of Physiology and History, and Librarian.......... Teacher of Astronomy, Arithmetic and Elementary Methods, Teacher of Grammar, Etymology and Book-keeping Curator, and Teacher oi JNaiurai nisiury. Teacher of Geography and E^ments of Language Teacher of Penmanship and Drawing. , Professor of Military Science and Tactics Illinois State Noemal University. On the fourth day of April, 1883, your committee visited the State Normal University at Normal, where they were met by President Hewett and by him given such statement of the affairs ot the insti- tution, and information regarding the same, as we desired tor an intelligent understanding of its objects and aims, the facilities it now enjoys, and its wants and needs for the furtherance of the object in view. This institution was established in 1857, and has for its principal object the preparation of teachers for the public schools of Illinois, _2 10 and is we believe, faithfully and successfully doing the work for which ’it was established. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Uni- versity was celebrated on the 24th and 25th days of August last, under the sole management of the Alurnni Association, and was addressed by General Charles E. Hovey, of Washington, D. C., its first President, who delivered an able and interesting discouise, m which was recounted a history of educational movements in the btate previous to the establishment of this University. The attendance at this University is steadily on the increase, and is now taxing the institution to its utmost capacity. The necessity for an additional building-for the erection of which the last Gen- eral Assembly passed a bill through several stages— and for more teaching force, may be inferred from the following extract fiom the report of President Hewett (recently published), to-wit: “The total enrollment for the present term is 650, an increase of eleven per cent over last year. Of this number only 270 are provided with desks, while nearly thirty per cent, are compelled to occupy tempo- ■ rary seats without desks. Seventy-four counties were represented at the fall term, and sixty-nine this term an /^\e^age representa- tion of about two-thirds (|) of the counties of the school is filled to overflowing, and the em^oyment of at least one more efficient teacher is hoped for by the President, as in .^^at case he could give the Principal of the High School some assistance in managing the details of that large school, and could put some of the English classes in that school into other hands, thereby giving such classes instruction better suited to their get in the classes with the normal pupils, and at the same time relieve some of the normal classes of their overwhelming numbers. Quite extended repairs and alterations have been made in the building during the past year, the result of which has been to le- lieve the pressure for room to some extent, but the accommodations are still inadequate for the needs of the school. The primary and high schools are doing a noble work in their departments, and are deserving of the continued support of oui cit- izens and of the State. The high school is a very important ad- junct to normal school work. A large nuinber of high school pupils go out to teach; and when tjae school is full, as comes a source of considerable revenue in excess of its cost, and it would, therefore, seem proper that everything necessary be done to make this school as efficient as possible. Pupils Teach. The question so often recurring, “D? the Pupils of teach?” may be answered by the statistics collected by Pi of. Cook, whfch gi“rthe name and postoffice address of 968 have taught in Illinois during the past year — having laboied in 8 of the 102 counties of the State — besides 104 who been found teachiiif^ in other States. And an examination of the Alumni record shows more than 55 per cent, of the entire number of of this school have been engaged in school work since June, 188 . 11 Finance. The Treasurer’s report for to^ be^in^gooroon^j Education, >’1 ®q o^g sf beiU^^ in the treasury, an amount fSs^i^d^rsX^eftto® expenses for that quarter. ! Laboratory. Th. L.b.„tor, to'i'ofS a\d bi »d 7^‘,irwris‘ fi’n.a';”!.”! •;.5s“r ri=f. “"''isf frs«.: the director is to make ^.“rtgttants ^ s-pS. ‘.rbbr.x'“s “ s:s^siz z 5Ssfi.‘S;{bSs an assistant whose business it is to P^® “Xo^ i^ with attend to herbarium botany ; and a semetar^^^^ wUo the correspondence, ^dXirtment ’ it may be stated, as nitude of the operations of depaitment u one illustration, that the supply P ^ cent, of minor duties of the laboratory Mmfnt Irf ’se? Lfde for this the entire apprepriation for this de^ ^ specimens 5rrs.fu.s/K''b£s the public schools. Board of Education. . Superintendent of Public Instruction. Appropriations. This institution asks appropriations as follows, to-wit . Appropriations asked for. o»'f ’iS ,20.000 00 able duarterly in advance), the snm p^ annum oi ^ 2, 000 00 For erection of j anitor s cottage, the sum ot .^ school buiiding . . 18, 000 00 For the erection and eampnient of an auxiliary scnooi uunu & Recom- mended by Committee. $20,000 00 12 Chair of Faculty, and Salaries. President, and Professor of Mental Science and Didactics Principal of Training department . Professor of Language and Reading pJSfeKSJ of Hfs\ory aSd^^^ l»o^abiratory l!:SSfSia"«;ana Professor of Modern Lan^ages — . . First Assistant, Training Department Second Assistant, Teacher of Drawing .... - • ; First Assistant, Normal School Teacher of Reading Second Assistant, Normal School... Kespectfully submitted, Henry Tubbs, ^ Daniel B. GiLiiHAM, On part of the Senate. Wm. F. Calhoun, J. M. Honey, John Lackie, F. M. Eichardson, Geo. M. Stevens, On part of the House. /