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Caption: Course Catalog - 1871-1872
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SO ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. COLLEGE OF E N G I N E E R I N G . FACULTY. THE REGENT. S. W. ROBINSON, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. J. BURKITT WEBB, Professor of Civil Engineering. HAROLD HANSEN, Instructor in Architecture and Drawing. S. W. SHATTUCK, Professor of Mathematics. A. P. S. STUART, Professor of Chemistry. DON CARLOS TAFT, Professor of Geology and Zoology. ADMISSION. Applicants should be at least eighteen years of age ; and none will be admitted under fifteen. They will be examined in the following branches: English Grammar, Geography, History of the United States, Arithmetic, and Algebra to the equations of the second degree ; also in Plane Geometry. Applicants for admission in September, 1873, will be examined in Algebra through Powers and Roots of any degree, Calculus of Radicals, and Quadratic Equations, and in Natural Philosophy. For admission in September, 1874, the examination will include all of Geometry, and the elements of Botany and Physiology. Students will find it much to their advantage to present themselves at the opening of the Fall Term, and commence their studies with the regular classes. Advanced students will be received into the First, Second or Third Year Class, upon passing satisfactory examinations on all the previous studies of the class. PREPARATION. Thorough preparation is essential to success in the Professions of the Engineer apd Architect, and applicants will do well to make sure of passing their examinations in Mathematics. The studies are arranged so that those who will make further preparation than is required before entering, can make their courses more extensive and profitable, and the following suggestions will be of use to such as wish to make thorough work. One recitation a day is devoted to English and modern languages ; by coming well prepared in English Grammar and composition, with some knowledge of English literature, the whole of this time can be devoted to French and German, each of which should have at least one year. Some preparation in Latin will be of great assistance in these languages. The Engineer or
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