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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868
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194 effect of Machines. Construction and Calculation of Strength and Proportion of Parts of Machines, Hand Machinery, Hydraulic Motors, Steam Engines, Horse powers, Hot Air and Gas Engines. Construction and arrangement of machinery in Mills for various manufactures. CHEMISTRY—Elementary, and applied. Botany, Zoology, Geology, Mineralogy, Meteorology. English, French and German languages. History, Philosophy, etc. DRAWING.—Elementary, geometrical, and free hand. Drawing of Machines. Principles of Perspective. Lights and Shadows. Coloring and Theory of Colors. Architectural drawing, plans, elevations, perspective views, working plans, etc. ARCHITECTURE.—Its principles and styles. ventilation, etc. Principles and modes of warming, Carpentery, and principles involved in the several trades. The University already has one shop ; and students, during the past term, have been employed to some extent in practical mechanics. It is hoped that other buildings and facilities for practical instruction will soon be added, so that students may be enabled to acquire some skill in the use of tools, in the construction of models, and in the management of motor powers. The candidates for this course must be prepared to sustain an examination in the branches required by law, and in Algebra and Geometry. THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE. The course of instruction in this department will embrace the study of Tactics in the various arms, both of the Company and Battalion, Grand Tactics, and Military Engineering, including principles of fortifications, siege works, and gunnery. The studies of the course, and the collateral studies, will be arranged as fast as the wants of the department shall require it. All of the students wear a uniform, and a military drill is held three times a week, or oftener. Candidates for the course in Military Engineering must sustain the same examinations as those required in the Mechanical Department. The Departments of Mining and Metallurgy, and of Civil Engineering, will embrace the studies usual in such departments, and these studieB will be arranged in courses as soon as they shall be required. The instruction will comprehend a full set of field exercises with instruments, and excursions to mines, public works, etc.
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