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of water and gas in cities. Practical Astronomy. Use of the sextant, transit, equatorial and zenith instruments in the determination of latitude and longitude, by the method of equal altitudes; circum-meridian altitudes; meridian transits, and any altitude of a star or the Sun. Second Term.—Stability of frames. Derivation of formula for the strength and stability of the various members of trussed frames of all kinds, such as trussed bridges and roofs; steel iron, and stone arches; stability of a wall sustaining a building, roof, pressure o£ water in dams, or pressure of earth in embankments. Construction drawing. Drawing of existing engineering constructions, with due regard to the most approved methods of uniting materials in structures. Third Term.—Stone cutting. Application of the theory of descriptive geometry and graphics to the determination of the dimensions and form of stone required in buildings ; plain, groined, cloistered, skew, and other arches; lining for tunnels, etc. Geodesy. Determination of the figure of the earth; methods of conducting extended surveys of the earth's surface; ordinary methods of measuring base lines; method by the standard compensating rods of the United States Coast and lake surveys; running of standard meridians and parallels for government land surveys, etc. Drawing. Finished drawings of bridges and other structures. MINING.

This Department embraces two branches of studies: 1st. Engineering operations; including mine surveys, the opening and working of mines, all mining constructions, etc., taught at present in the College of Engineering. 2d. The subjects of Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Assaying, treatment of ores, smelting, etc., as taught in the College of Chemistry. The course in Engineering and in Metallurgy will be found under the head of those two colleges.

E N G L I S H LANGUAGE A N D L I T E R A T U R E .

In the arrangement of the studies in this Department, the endeavor has been to present so thorough and extended a drill in grammatical and philological study, and in the authors and history of our language, as to afford the advantages, so far as may be, of the ordinary study of Latin and Greek. The course is arranged to extend through three years, but it may be shortened according to the ability or needs of the student. Instruction will be given by text books and lectures ; and constant practice in essay writing, forensics, presentation of plans and criticisms, will be required. Public declamations, original or selected, and original essays, are required of every student at least twice a term, during his entire connection with the University.

FIRST YEAR—First Term.—Punctuation; use of capitals; sources of the English language; principles of composition and essay writing. Second Term.—Primary rhetoric; advanced grammar; philological and grammatical analysis of modern authors. Third Term.—Advanced grammar; philological and grammatical analysis of Milton and other authors; history of their times and contemporaries. SECOND YEAR—First Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Shakespeare and early dramatists; history of the times anc contemporaries of Shakespeare. Second Term.—