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F R E E H A N D AND CAST DRAWING.

To the Hon. Regent of the Illinois Industrial University :

Report of the Departments of Free Hand and Cast Draiving Enrolled for Year 1875.

Fall. Winter. Spring.

Music Free Hand Drawing Cast Drawing

30 65

32 82 8

35 60 8

I would suggest that it would be a great benefit to the class in Cast Drawing if a few easy models could be secured. The casts from the Art Gallery are too difficult for beginners to copy with. profit. Also, I would respectfully suggest that one more hour per day be given to the class in Cast Drawing. We have only one at present making it impossible for pupils to take it except as a half study. There will be a large class next year. If provision can be made for them I am confident thai the progress in that department will be as great as it has been in that of the Free Hand. Drawing. My advanced pupils in music are perfectly competent to assist in the music classes, thus making it possible for me to devote more time to the drawing. In the Musical Department a good piano seems to be in absolute necessity. Music must be provided for all the numerous public occasions. It is impossible to present it with satisfaction to the performers, credit to the teacher or acceptance to the audience on an inferior instrument. Two new music stools are indispensable. This report is respectfully submitted hoping it may meet with approval. C. E. PATCHEN. DOMESTIC S C I E N C E AND ART. To the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University : GENTLEMEN :—I am glad to be able to report at the close of the year that the Department of Domestic Science and Art seems to be gaining in favor faster than I had even hoped. During the year I have given instruction to four classes in this department—two during the tall term and one each ensuing term. I have mapped out a course in Domestic Science and Art, published in the new catalogue, to which I would respectfully call your attention, as setting forth our ideas of what the department is to embrace. Each term during the year I have taught one or two classes in light gymnastics, using dumbbells, wands, etc. Although fifty is the greatest number of pupils enrolled in these classes at any one time, and the average attendance has been much less, yet I feel assured that the work done has been sufficient to establish the value of physical education, which will insure larger classes in the future. In addition to my regular work during the past term, I have taught two classes in Botany, the two together numbering fifty-six pupils. Our dressing-room accommodations are quite insufficient for the number of young women we have had this year, and, as we are expecting a fuller attendance next year, I would suggest the necessity of making additional provisions for them. Respectfully, LOU. C. ALLEN. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.

J. M. GREGORY, L. L. D., Regent Illinois Industrial University: DEAR SIR—I respectfully submit the following report of classes in the School of Commerce for the past academic year. Two classes have been taught each term, as follows: Fall Term. Number of students in advanced division 4 • •' commencing the Course.. Winter Term. Spring Term. 23 15

21 47

To complete the Course in the time specified (one year) it seems necessary to have the time oi class exercises extended to two hours each. Instruction could be made more effective if a " Practical Business" department were established in this School. *. Very respectfullv, F. A. PARSONS, Teacher.