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ported by shores; of a wall sustaining the floors of a building; sustaining a roof;1 sustaining the pressure of a fluid; the pressure of earth in embankments, etc. Drawing, drawings of buildings and bridges in perspective and in orthographic projection. Third 'Term.—Stability of structures; general conditions of the stability of an arch; to determine the lin e of resistance, the angle of rupture, etc.; applications; stone cutting; walls bounded by plane surfaces; to construct the projections and three dimensions of the bounding lines and surfaces of the voussoivs of a horizontal full center arch; of the groined and cloistered arches, etc.; drawings and estimates; finished drawings of bridges and other structures, giving plans, elevations, section and details with estimates will be required. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 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 the 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 criticism, 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. FIKST 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 YEAH.—First Term. Grammatical and Philological Analysis of Shakspeare and early dramatists, History of the times and contemporaries of Shakspeare. Second Term. Grammatical and Philological Analysis of Chaucer, Qouce, Spenser, &c, and history of their times, &c. Third Term.—History of English Literature, Essays and Criticisms. THIRD YEAS.—First Term.—History of English and American Literature, Essays and Criticisms. Second Term.—Rhetoric proper, Instruction, Plans. &c. Third Term. Elements of Criticism. Methods of Philological Study, &o. DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. This language being of quite practical value to the farmer and artisan in this country, it will be taught thoroughly in a two years' course. The first year aims to enable the student to read such German scientific works as his course demands. The second year completes the course, and makes the student thoroughly acquainted with the language.