Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870 [PAGE 35]

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. The course in this Department will occupy one year, the first term of* which will be occupied in teaching the principles of book-keeping in general; the second, their application to special lines of business, general business forms and papers, and the third, to the higher operations of a counting house, commercial law and political economy. Students who wish to prepare for a commercial career, and also to acquire a general education, may extend this course through two or more years, by taking such collateral studies as their contemplated vocation may render desirable. Studies recommended for this purpose, would be : the English and German Languages, Mathematics, one or two terms of Chemistry (for druggists, etc.), and History. First Term.—Book-keeping by single and* double entry. Theory of Mercantile Accounts, and the several principal and auxiliary books. Penmanship. Commercial calculations. Second Term.—Partnership Accounts, Commission and Shipping. Farm books. Business forms and papers. Notes. Drafts. Exchange. Endorsements. Bills of lading. Account current. Account sales. Inventories, invoices, etc. Commercial correspondence. Third Term.—Banking and Bank-book Keeping. Railroad Accounts. Political Economy, Twelve Lectures on Commercial Law. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS. This Department is organized under the provision of the Acts of the National and State Governments, requiring the instruction in Military Tactics. The Board of Trustees of this University have adopted the rule, that all students take part in military exercise, unless excused for sufficient cause, as aggregation of numbers is a paramount necessity to render such instruction effective. The instruction in this Department will be given in two sub-divisions, arranged as follows: 1. Practical Instructions in Military Tactics (for the present, confined to the infantry arm), to all able-bodied students of the University, comprising the following branches : Manual of Arms; Squad and Company Drill; Bayonet Exercise ; Skirmish Drill; Battalion Drill; Guard and Picket Duty ; Evolutions of the Brigade ; Target Practice. The exercises are confined to three hours' drill and instruction per week. 2. Military Science. There will be taught a class in Military Science and Art, as far as it is necessary for duties as officers of the line. Students will be admitted into this class after having participated at least two terms in the general military exercises, and shown such proficiency and ability as may secure a utilization of the instruction thus received. The instruction, thebretical and practical, is to occupy not to exceed five hours per week, and is so arranged as not to interfere with any other courses