Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871 [PAGE 48]

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Soils, Manufacture of Manures, Drawing and Mapping, Zoology, German or Chemistry, Physics. Third Term.—Mechanical treatment of Soils and Drainage, Entomology, German or Chemistry, Physics. THIRD YEAH. First Term.—Fruit growing, orchards, etc.; Comparative anatomy and physiology, French or History. Second Term.—Nursery plans and records, Geology, French or History. Third Term.—Vegetable garden and small fruits, Political Economy, Book-keeping, French or History, FOURTH YEAR. First Term.—Hot and green houses, Kural Economy and Rural Law, History of English and American Literature. Second Term.—Rural Architecture, Physical Geography and Meteorology, History of Civilization. Third Term.—Landscape Gardening, Geology of Illinois, History of Philosophy and Inductive Logic.

COLLEGE O F MECHANICS A N D E N G I N E E R I N G .

FACULTY.

T H E REGENT.

S. W .

ROBINSON, STUART,

Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering. Professor of Applied Chemistry. Teacher of Railroad Engineering.

S. W. SHATTTTCK, Professor of Mathematics.

A. P . S.

A L E X . THOMPSON,

JAMES BELLANGEE, Teacher of Architectural Drawing.

This College, for the present, embraces the following Schools : 1st, the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering. 2d, the School of Civil Engineering, 3d, the School of Mining, and 4th, the School of Architecture.

l . _ S C H O O L O F MECHANICAL SCIENCE,

The aim of this School is to fit students to become Mechanical Engineers, and to prepare them to invent, construct and manage all kinds of machinery. The instruction, while severely scientific, is also severely practical, and aims at a thorough understanding and mastery of all the mechanical principles and devices. Shop practice is required as a regular study in the course. The students of this department, under the direction of the Foreman, have manufactured a steam engine, several lathes, and many pieces of finely finished apparatus. They also have done a large amount of work for outside parties, including patterns for castings, models for the Patent Office, a heliotrope for the United States Coast Survey, several thermometer graduating machines, and some pieces of scientific apparatus for other institutions.