2.

The working plan which has been in operation since the opening of the term, March 2d, was considered somewhat in detail, and no present changes found necessary.

The following votes were passed

That a meeting of the Faculty be held every Monday evening.

That under authority conferred by the Trustees, tuition be remitted to students Cragie and L. E. Shinn of Champaign Co., and to students Rader and Stoddert of Coles Co.

That the Honorary Scholarship of Sangamon Co. be awarded to student Staples.

That Prof. Atherton, for the present, act as Secretary to the Faculty.

Adjourned.

G. W. ATHERTON, Sec."

Monday evening, Mar. 16, 1868.

At the meeting of the Faculty the following votes were passed

That labor hours be, for the present, from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.

That lectures on U. States History be delivered by Prof. Atherton; be delivered the first hour on Monday morning, and from 4 to 5 on Thursday afternoons.

That lectures on Physiology be delivered by Dr. Gregory on Tuesday afternoons.

That Military drill, under supervision of Prof. Atherton, be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday after

noons.

Adjourned.

G. W. ATHERTON, Sec.''38

"Faculty Record; I. I. I. U. (Illinois Industrial University).

The military drill thus begun under direction of Professor Atherton was continued the next two terms under the supervision of Colonel S. W. Shattuck, and in the spring term of 1869 by Captain Edward Snyder who held the position of commandant until the United States government assigned a regular army officer to this work in 1878.

The university was actually started, it had a regent, a faculty, and a student body; three essentials of a modern educational institution. Different groups of men had contributed to its establishment; it was now to be seen what spirit would domi nate its accomplishment.

CHAPTER XII

THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF UNIVERSITY WORK

After the enthusiasm incited by the inauguration had died away, the university settling down to every day existence found itself confronted with hard facts and hard times. It had to work its way against unbelief; money was far from plentiful and a proper expansion impossible without it. It was soon apparent that unless the legislature could be induced to appropriate funds for the new enterprise, it must certainly fail. Attention was then directed to the method that should be employed to secure legislative aid.

In 1868 Dr. J. W. Scroggs obtained the republican nomination for representative, and one fact strongly urged in his favor was that he would push the financial interests of the university in the general assembly. At least one newspaper, when it was understood that the legislature was to be asked for appropriations, recalled that Champaign had grandly announced when bidding for the location, that she had ample buildings and means to run the university without cost to the state.1 But what a group of politicians eager to possess had promised, a group of educators had to fulfill and fulfillment was impossible. Money was absolutely essential and in the opinion of the Champaign Gazette J. W. Scroggs was the man to get it. But the mention of money plus the name Scroggs aroused apprehension, and the Illinois Democrat, of July 3, 1868, in its alarm thus indignantly inquires:

"Are those 'several things' which the Gazette says the university wants, an intimation that Champaign is to send agents to the legislature to repeat the infamy of 1865 and 1867? Is the Champaign swindle ring about to reorganize, and is another fraud to be perpetrated among the people by the county and another raid made upon the county treasury? Has somebody another tumble down old man-trap to sell to the county at three or four times its value? Is another committee to be appointed Jacksonville Journal, December 17, 1868.