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ASTRONOMY

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11. THEORY OF COLOR.—In this course the student takes up the study of color as a means of interior and exterior decoration. Several original problems are required. Winter term, full study. Professor

FREDERICK.

Required:

12.

Art and Design 1,2.

RELATION OF DESIGN TO MANUFACTURE.—This> is primarily a

course in industrial design arranged for special students of that subject. Spring term, full study. Professor FREDERICK. Required: Art and Design 1, 2, 3, 10, 11. 13. ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING.—This course is intended primarily for students of architecture. Perspectives are rendered in watercolors, and buildings sketched from nature. Frederick's Architectural

Rendering in Sepia. Spring term, full study. Professor FREDERICK.

Required: Art and Design 1, 2.

ASTRONOMY

4a. DESCRIPTIVE AND GENERAL ASTRONOMY—Minor course.—For

students of any college of the University, pursuing work in astronomy. The course aims to supply a general knowledge of the facts of astronomy, a clear conception of underlying principles and some acquaintance with the methods of arriving at these facts. Studies in the location of constellations and stars are made. Subjects considered in the class-room are the doctrine of the sphere, the nature, dimensions and other ascertainable characteristics of the heavenly bodies, with their mutual influences, such as arise out of their attractions, radiations, etc., etc. As a means to obtaining an acquaintance with astronomical methods, a sufficient number of elementary exercises, involving the use of astronomical instruments, are given, to enforce and fix in mind the teachings of the class room. In this course, practical questions are considered, though not made matters of chief importance. The literary and purely scientific features of the science, being assigned chief promi-

nence. Young's Elements of Astronomy, also Young's General Astronomy. Spring term, full study. Associate Professor MYERS.

Required: Mathematics 4. A line of study, consisting of the three following courses, is offered for students who may desire to pursue the study of astronomy as a major subject.

4b. DESCRIPTIVE AND GENERAL ASTRONOMY.—This course is

arranged for students who may wish to devote to astronomy the time needed to make such a study of it as belongs to a general and liberal scholarship, and for those who wish tp fjt themselves, well either for