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THIBD YEAB.

1. Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Chemistry and Laboratory Practice; Railroad "Engineering. 2. Analytical Mechanics; Chemistry and Laboratory Practice; Physics. 3. Analytical Mechanics; Astronomy; Physics.

FOUETH YEAR.

1. Resistance of Materials and Hydraulics; Mental Science; Geodesy and Practical Astronomy. 2. Bridges; Constitutional History; Geology. 3. Stone Work; Political Economy; Bridge Construction.

In each of these two courses the student will take two years of German or French, but not one year of each. SCHOOL OF AECHITECTUEE.

OBJECT OF THE SCHOOL.

The School prepares students for the profession of Architecture. For this a thorough knowledge of scientific principles applied to building, ability and correct taste in design, and a technical knowledge of the various building trades, witn skill in the use of tools, are necessary, and are prominent objects of the course of instruction.

INSTRUCTION.

The work of the School of Architecture, in imparting instruction and its aims and methods, may be classified under four heads: 1. The imparting of technical information. 2. Training in the use of the tools and methods employed in the building trades. 3. Training in the use of drafting instruments and materials. 4. Training in the art of original design. 1. Technical Information—Is given as to the materials and methods employed in the various building trades; a knowledge of the preparation of legal papers, contracts, agreements, specifications and estimates of cost; also a knowledge of the various architectural styles and their most prominent examples. This knowledge is almost wholly imparted by lectures, as few text-boooks are available, and they are illustrated by engravings, photographs and sketches with reference to work in the library. The lectures are concise, written witn a type-writer on transparent paper, and are then copied by the "blue" process. In this way each student can obtain a complete copy at much less cost than he can write it out for himself. The text is read more easily than manuscript, being in print. The lectures can be made as full and complete as desired, instead of being limited by the time of delivery, as is usually the case. Illustrations are also drawn on transparent paper and printed in the same way. Training in the vse of Tools.—The object of this is two-fold: 1. To give the student such knowledge of a trade, that if he meet with reverses in life, he will still have a means of honestly earning a living, or that he may do the work which is often required about a residence on a farm.