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from dividing the fund arising from the congressional grant, it should not only 

 be held together, but increased in every possible way. The industrial colleges 

 must, at once, assume the highest rank as educational institutions, or they will, 

 prove most expensive failures. 



3. I cannot better conclude this Part than in the closing remarks of Mr. 

 Flint, on the responsibility that now devolves on those whose duty it shall be to 

 establish the industrial colleges : 



" The work of deciding this question satisfactorily, and of carrying into 

 operation a scheme of such magnitude as that now proposed in most of the loyal 

 States of the Union, is one of great difficulty and responsibility, and one in 

 which the parties on whom the responsibility rests will need the confidence, the 

 forbearance, and the cordial co-operation of the people. It will require caution, 

 judgment, and practical wisdom on the one hand, and a candid appreciation of 

 the difficulties and the entertainment of reasonable expectations on the other. 

 It will require faith in the application of science to the improvement of practice. 

 We know that it has elevated other arts, improved the appliances of labor, and 

 cheapened the production of the necessaries of life. Why should it not lead, 

 within a reasonable time, to more enlightened processes of form- work, bring 

 rnind and thought to bear upon the labors of the hand, and infuse new spirit 

 into the whole farming community." 



PART III. 



[The article which follows, on the museum, the plan and arrangement of 

 the college building, &c., has been prepared by Professor Richard Owen, of 

 Indiana State University. To no one more competent could it have been com- 

 mitted. It will assist, very much, the several States in determining the details 

 of their industrial colleges, arid their necessary endowment. This article has in 

 view an industrial college of the first magnitude, but from it can readily be 

 devised one of lesser greatness, or of a less cost, where free tuition is not contem- 

 plated. The particular subjects treated of are mentioned in the beginning 

 of his article, and his concluding remarks on the necessity of giving instruc- 

 tion through the eye is, in a most special manner, commended to the reader's 

 attention.] 



AN INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. 



BY PROFESSOR RICHARD OWEN, OF INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. 



Details of the museum, or school of illustration, and other collateral subjects connected with State 

 agricultural colleges and normal schools. 



INTRODUCTION. 



It is proposed, first, to give a few details regarding the model farm; then, 

 concerning the model garden; next, to describe the general plan for the build- 

 ings ; afterwards, to discuss each department of education somewhat more in 

 detail, including the adjuncts or aids to instruction ; then, to offer a schedule 

 apportioning the duties and salaries among the professors and assistants ; and 

 finally to exhibit an approximate estimate of the entire cost of the buildings, 

 illustrative adjuncts, &c., showing the amount to be raised by the State, 

 and also the disposition of the annual income, based upon the gift of land, 

 which Indiana would receive from the general government, if our legislators 

 agree on fulfilling the conditions. The various estimates, &c., can, from these, 

 if correct, be readily modified for larger or smaller States. A few closing re- 

 marks are added on educating the eye, as the best means of obtaining knowledge, 

 also some advice suggested as to the direction which should be given to the 

 student's energies, when he is entering on the duties of life. 



