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men. The idea is as absurd as that of one diet for all men. The 

 old curriculum is as absurd as the monkish learning. It is a thing 

 that has floated down from old ages. You can't lay down a rule on 

 the subject. It is not a mortal possibility. The intuitive instincts 

 that determine what we do can only be known to God. Put all on 

 the platform of instinct, and let instinct determine what each shall 

 study. 



Galusha — We have in the University, a Professor of Agriculture, 

 as nearly as we can get by education and practice. The sympa- 

 thies of the Board of Trustees, I know, are with you in this matter. 



Baldwin — I was a co-worker with Brother Shepherd. The first 

 object was education for our sons — the sons of farmers. The prob- 

 lem was a difficult one. 



I fear the Industrial University is not in the right track. The 

 Regent told us last night that its primary object was education. 



Flagg — I wish we had the three gentlemen who have spoken, 

 Messrs. Shepherd, Turner and Baldwin, upon our Board of Trus- 

 tees of this University, that they might understand fully the disad- 

 vantages under which we labor, and how much easier it is to criticise 

 than to carry out plans. And I suggest that we shall have next 

 month a course of agricultural lectures at Champaign, where they 

 can aid us greatly in carrying out their ideas by attending and 

 participating. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Edwards offered the second resolution : 



Resolved, That as the law makes no distinction in sex, that none should he made in 

 admissions to the University in any of its leading departments. 



Which was, without discussion, unanimously adopted. 

 Dr. Spalding, of St. Louis, being called upon, read a portion of 

 his report, as follows : — 



