The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois at Urbana; Including Annals
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The Alumni Record OF THE University of Illinois at Urbana Including Annals of the University and Biographical Notices of the Members of the Faculties and of the Boards of Trustees Edited by FRANK WILLIAM SCOTT 1906 University of Illinois Urbana t;OUkM.--l 1 1- l\i ! iv 1 i Y U I V ^' .' L I !; A i( /:r/)^ I- f ,>t Illinois Printing Company Danville, Illinois ;^c^^^'^^ U- V1 lr:5);jVlHlJ Y5i A ji (ijUL CONTENTS Foreword v Annals of the University vii Baccalaureate Alumni 1 Graduate Alumni 444 Honorary Alumni 458 Faculty 471 Trustees - - - 573 Directory of Alumni Clubs 595 Geographical Index to Graduates 599 Alphabetical Index to Alumni - 633 Annals ANNALS OF THE UNIVERSITY 1862 An act donating public lands, on the ratio of 30,000 acres for each Sena- tor and Representative, to the states and territories which would provide colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was passed by- Congress, and approved on July 2, 1862. Under this grant Illinois would receive property to the value of $600,000.00 (480,000 acres) the interest on which was to be applied for these purposes. The grant must be accepted and applied to its uses before July, 1867, or it would revert to the government. 1863 The Legislature of Illinois accepted the grant Feb. 14, 1863, and discussed the matter for some time without being able to come to any agreement on the details of the proposed college or on its location. Some wished to divide the money up among the existing colleges, provided they establish schools of this nature : some to establish a school to teach Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts; and some to attach a new school to the Normal University. 1864 At the State Fair held in Decatur in 1864, a committee was appointed by the State Agricultural Society to take the matter up and present some defi- nite plan to the Legislature. This Committee was composed of Wm. H. Van Epps, Prof. J. B. Turner, A. B. McConnell, B. G. Roots, and John P. Rey- nolds. They drew up a bill as an expression of the views of the farmers, and presented it to the Legislature in 1865, and again in 1867. 1866 State meeting of all those interested in the organization of the proposed Industrial University held at Bloomington. Meeting recommended that the state build only one university. Sept. 21 —Notice was published of an informal election to be held in Champaign county on Oct" 10, by order of the board of Supervisors. The voters were to decide whether or not the county should appropriate $100,- 000.00 worth of Champaign county bonds "to secure the location of the Illinois Industrial University in this county. Oct. 5 —Proposition of Champaign and Urbana was to purchase the build- ing then standing, called "The Urbana and Champaign Institute Building," with the eight acres on which it stood at a cost of $30,000.00, then use the other $70,000.00 to buy more land and secure the location of the University over the other contestants—Bloomington, Jacksonville, and other towns had give this made offers. The Champaign papers said that they could thus building, 1,000 acres for a farm, 100 acres for a "garden-patch" and still have $40,000.00 left. The building was erected in 1861, supposedly at a cost of $175,000.00, the and was said to be "one of the largest and most substantial buildings m north end State, second only to the Normal University." It stood at the Avenue. The Mam part ot of what is now Illinois Field, facing University i'rom structure was 125 feet front, forty feet in depth, and five stones high, high. It the center projected a wing forty-four by seventy feet, four stones ' for pnn- contained ninety dormitories, each ten by fifteen, suitable rooms students. cipals, professors, etc." and "accomodations for 800 issue show Oct 12—Returns of the election on the question of the bond l,035--ma]onty for 566. the vote to have been: For, 1,601 ; agianst, measure A "Urbana and Champaign were unanimously m favor of the country towns how- considerable opposition was manifested in some of the smaller towns regarded the ever. " This opposition was due to the fact that the to make the en- whole thing as a scheme on the part of Urbana and Champaign benefit these two communities only. tire county pay for a school which would : viii University of Illinois 1867 introduced^ ^ Jan. 10—Mr. Tincher (Senator from the Seventh District) into the Senate a bill for "an act to provide for the organization, endowrnent, and maintenance of the Illinois Industrial University." This bill provided, among other things, that the Institution should be located at Champaign. At the same date Senator Fuller (Twenty-third district) introduced a bill similar to Mr. Tincher's except that it provided for the location of the University by a commission to be appointed by the Governor. These two 1 bills were read twice and ordered printed. Jan. 1 —Both bills in the House were introduced, the Champaign bill being offered by Mr. Griggs from that district. The Senate at this time voted that the entire grant should be ap- plied to one institution. Jan. 25 —The Governor approved a bill giving any county, city, township, or incorporated town authority to levy taxes or vol- untary subscriptions for the purpose of securing the location of the University. Feb. 1 —Mr. Tincher moved to amend the Fuller Bill by striking out the section providing for a committee to locate the college. This amend- ment was carried by a vote of fifteen to nine. Feb. 22—House Bill amended by adding to the offer contained (the Institute property) therein (as requirements for the location) 810 acres of land, $50,000.00 worth of freight (appropriated by the Illinois Central), $100,000.00 in Cham- paign County Bonds, and $2,000.00 in fruit, shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery from Dunlap's nursery, making a total of $450,000.00 esti- mated valuation of property. This bill as amended passed the House on the same day. Its provisions were that the institution should be located in Urbana The trustees were to be appointed by the Governor, with approval of the Senate, five from each grand judicial division, and one from each con- gressional district. They were to serve for six years, without salary, the first appointment to draw lots, one-third to serve two, one-third four, and one- third six years. The trustees were to elect a Regent to serve two years, a Treasurer, and a Recording Secretary, and were to provide buildings, teach- ers, etc. Students were to be at least fifteen years old. Each county was entitled to a scholarship for descendants of soldiers and seamen. No degrees were to be conferred on graduates. The Regent, with the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the President of the State Agri- cultural Society were to be ex-ofjicio members of the Board. The instructors were "to teach in the most thorough manner such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts and Military Tactics, with- out excluding other scientific and classical studies." The college year was to extend through six autumn and winter months so the students could go home for the six spring and summer months or stay at the University and pursue optional studies "provided that no student shall at any time be al- lowed to remain in or about the University in idleness, or without full mental or industrial occupation." This Act passed the House by a vote of sixty-six to ten, the Senate by eighteen to seven, and was approved Feb. 28, 1867. The immediate result was a huge celebration in Champaign. Mar. 8—Passage of Supplemental Bill, providing that on the failure of the county authorities to comply with the requirements of the Act by June 1, the trustees were to locate the University at some other town. Trustees were appointed by Governor Oglesby as follows 1st Congressional District, David S. Hammond, Cook Co. 2nd Congressional District, Luther W. Lawrence, Boone Co. 3rd Congressional District, Horatio C. Burchard, Stephenson Co. 4th Congressional District, John S, Johnson, Hancock Co. 5th Congressional District, Samuel Edwards, Bureau Co. 6th Congressional District, O. B. Galusha, Grundy Co. 7th Congressional District, M. L. Dunlap, Champaign Co. 8th Congressional District, Samuel Allen, Tazewell Co. 9th Congressional District, Alexander Blackburn, McDonough Co. 10th Congressional District, M. C. Goltra, Morgan Co. 11th Congressional District, J. P. Hungate, Clay Co. : Annals ix 12th Congressional District, Willard C. Flagg, Madison Co. 13th Congressional District, A. M. Brown, Pulaski Co. First Grand Judicial Division—L. R. McMurry, Effingham Co.; Charles Topping, Union Co.; Thos. Quick, Washington Co.; and Isaac S. Mahan, Marion Co. Second Grand Judicial Division—George Harding, Edgar Co.; Henry Pickerel, Macon Co.; Mason Brayman, Sangamon Co. Third Grand Division Judicial —John M. Van Osdel, Cook Co.; J. C. Burrough, Cook Co.; S. S. Hayt, Cook Co.; Emery Cobb, Kankakee Co.; and Robert Douglass, Lake Co. First meeting to be held in Springfield, Mar. 12, 1867. Mar. 12—First meeting of the Board of Trustees held in Springfield. Nominations for the position of Regent being called for, the names of Hon. Daniel Pickney, of Ogle l5r. N. J. County, N. Wood, of Morgan County, Hon. J. L. Pickard, of Cook County, and Dr. John Milton Gregory, of Kalamazoo, Mich., were proposed. Dr. Gregory was elected, at a salary of $3,000.00 a year.