Show big memorial to big aduca educational onal id idea ea HANVILLE UL IILA A giant G GRANVILLE boulder bowlder of granite dropped into a bed of limestone by some prehistoric glacier then lion taken down a hillside by the hand of man has finally come to rest here in granville to mar mark k the spot where the worlds greatest educational idon iden was waa boru born A monument to tin an educational iden den la Is considered unique but the fact Is forever preserved by a bronze riveted into tile the face of the rock tills this marker comment commemorates orates the granville c convention of november 1 18 1851 fit at which jonathan baldwin turner first proposed tile tho plan for establishing higher institutions of scientific industrial learning by federal aid a plait which laid the foundation of ahe university of I 1 illinois and every other land grant college of tile the nation the boNX boulder bowlder Ider was placed on the campus of the high school by the gral iville Cord community association so which initiated J the I 1 ie movement tor a monument to commemorate alc tlc the mellor memorable 16 granville convention of 1851 1 Q banim riman Is principal of this high school for or two years he sed searched relied tile the surrounding 42 country within a dius of 12 to 15 miles for a boulder bowlder suitable for the purpose 1 this spring a 0 satisfactory bowldes bowlder was located on oil the south blufy bluff or of the illinois river opposite peru tile stone was blue gray tit in color and ideal in shape for a marker it rested in a bed of limestone on the side of tho the bluff hut but it weighed pounds 1 the boulder bowlder was jacked up tip out of its resting place ond and put on oil rollers an ali incline plane was constructed down clow n jahe tho bluff to a roadway the huge stone was eased down doivo an inch at 11 time until it rested on a heavy stone wagon three teams of heavy draft horses pulled the with its ten ton burden by easy stages to tile lie high school grounds the plans upon which tile ho Un lyer sity of illinois 1111 nola and 52 5 othe oilier r colleges tin in the united states were credited as s in tho the monument was first propos edby prof Joti coriat athan han bald win turner of jack jacksonville a pioneer educator ifor of illinois chos who said to have done dond more f for at education in 0 this is state than tiny any other person the plan was fought for by 11 and add fi finaly ty tit the e law wa signed by tin an lilt noisa n ns its prest president dent abraham unco lincoln 1 n |