PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITIES. 



trade; on political, financial, domestic, and manual economy, (or the saving of labor of 

 the hand,) in all industrial processes; on the true principles of national, constitutional, 

 and civil law; and the true theorj' and art of governing and controlling, or directing the 

 labor of men in the state, the family, shop and farm; on the laws of vicinage, of the laws 

 of courtesy and comit}'^ between neighbors as such, and on the principles of health and dis- 

 ease in the human subject, so far, at least, as is needful for household safety; on the laws 

 of trade and commerce, ethical, conventional and practical; on book-keeping and accounts; 

 and, in short, in all those studies and sciences, of whatever sort, which tend to throw 

 light upon any art or eniplo3'ment, which any student may desire to master; or upon any 

 duty he may be called to perform; or which may tend to secure his moral, civil, social, 

 and industrial perfection, as a man. 



No species of knowledge should be excluded, practical or theoretical; unless, indeed, 

 those specimens of " organized ignorance" found in the creed of party politicians and sec- 

 tarian ecclesiastics, should be mistaken by some for a species of knowledge. 



Whether a distinct classical department should be added, or not, would depend on ex- 

 pediency. It might be deemed best to leave that department to existing colleges, as their 

 more appropriate work, and to form some practical and economical connection with them 

 for that purpose: or it might be best to attach a classical department in due time, to 

 tlie institution itself. 



To facilitate the increase and practical application and diffusion of knowledge, the pro- 

 fessors should conduct, each in his own department, a continued series of annual experi- 

 ments. 



For example, let twenty or more acres of each variety of grain, (each accurately mea- 

 sured,) be annuall}' sown, with some practical variation on each acre, as regards the qua- 

 lity and preparation of the soil; the kind and quantity of seed; the time and mode of sow- 

 ing or planting; the time, and modes, and processes of cultivation and harvesting, and an 

 accurate account kept of all costs, labor, &c., and of the final results. Let analogous ex- 

 periments be tried on all the varied products of the farm, the fruit-yard, the nursery, and 

 the garden; on all modes of crossing, rearing, and fattening domestic animala, under va- 

 rious degrees of warmth and of light, with and without shelter; on green, dry, raw, 

 ground, and cooked food, cold and warm; on the nature, causes, and cure, of their vari- 

 ous diseases, both of those on the premises, and of those brought in from abroad, and ad- 

 vice given, and annual reports made on those and all similar topics. Let the professors of 

 physiology and entomology be ever abroad at the proper seasons, with the needful appa- 

 ratus for seeing all things visible and invisible, and scrutinizing the latent causes of all 

 those blights, blasts, rots, rusts and mildews which so often destroy the choicest products 

 of industry, and thereby impair the health, wealth, and comfort of millions of our fellow 

 men. Let the professor of chemistry carefully analyze the vaiious soils and products of 

 the state, retain specimens, give instruction, and report on their various qualities, adapta- 

 tions, and deficiencies. 



Let similar experiments be made in all other interests of agriculture, and mechanic or 

 chemical art, mining, merchandize, and transportation by water Jhd by land, and daily 

 practical and experimental instruction given to each student in attendance, in his own 

 chosen sphere of research, or labor in life. Especially let the comparative merits of all 

 labor-saving tools, instruments, machines, engines, and processes, be thoroughl}- and prac- 

 tically tested and explained, so that their benefits might be at once enjoyed, or the expense 

 of their cost avoided b}"^ the unskilful and unwar\'. 



It is believed by manj^ intelligent men, that from one-thiid to one-half the annu 



