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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OE INSTRUCTION. 143 COLLEGE OF E N G I N E E R I N G . REPORT BY N. CLIFFORD RICKER, M. AR6H., PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE. S. H. PEABODY, LL. D., Begent: DEAR S I R — I herewith transmit to you my yearly report on the present condition of the school of architecture under my charge, the studies pursued, methods employed, improvements made and •contemplated, with some considerations relating to the work of the blue printing laboratory. 1. The Course of Study.—The present course of study for architectural students will first be briefly reviewed, noting changes and improvements made since my last published report. The instruction in mathematics, projection drawing, descriptive geometry, free hand drawing, mechanics, resistance of materials, physics, history of civilization, constitutional history and political -economy, is identical with that imparted in these branches to students in the other schools of the college of engineering. French is studied for but a single year, chemistry for one term, and a term of water color sketching is added, as well as a term of sanitary construction, about half this last term being devoted to the practical use of the engineering instruments, nowhere else provided in the architectural course. The shop practice is under the charge of Mr. Parker, who has become a very successful teacher, and has materially raised the standard of attainment by improvements in tools and appliances, and by the introduction of more effective and pleasing designs, especially in ornamental work. A large amount of work has also been done for the University in the architectural shops during the past two years, consisting of repairs, carpentry for the improvements in ventilation, cases and tables for the laboratories, etc. This work has been materially aided by the use of the new wood-working machines. From the limited time available for the classes in shop practice, not exceeding about 350 hours for the three terms, or not quite one and one-half working months, it is considered most profitable
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