Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1872-1873 [PAGE 42]

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Illinois Industrial

University.

A GYMNASIUM, at present in the Drill Hall, has been furnished with apparatus, and a club has been organized under a skilled Leader. LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT. The recent Act of the Legislature requires that all male students shall take part in the Military Drill, unless exempted by physical disability, and wear the University Uniforms as prescribed on page 51.

SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.

The course in this School is given on page 53, the first term will be occupied in teaching the principles of book-keeping in general; the second, their application to special lines of business, general business forms and papers ; and the third, to the higher operations of a counting house, commercial law and political economy. Students who wish to prepare for a commercial career, and also acquire a general education, may extend this course through two or more years, by taking such collateral studies as their contemplated vocation may render desirable. The studies recommended for this purpose are : English and German, Mathematics, one or two terms of Chemistry (for druggists, etc.) and History, Political Economy and Commercial Law.

SCHOOL, OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE & ART.

The purpose of this school is to provide a full course of instruction in the arts of the household, and the sciences relating thereto. No industry is more important to human happiness and well-being than that which makes the home. And this industry involves principles of science, as many and as profound as those which control any other human employment. It includes the architecture of the dwelling house, with the laws of heating and ventilation ; the principles of physiology, and hygiene as applied to the sick and the well; the nature, uses, preservation and preparation of animal and vegetable food, for the healthful, and for invalids ; the chemistry of cooking; the uses, construction, material and hygiene of dress; the principles of taste as applied to ornamentation, furniture, clothing and landscapes; horticulture and culture of both house and garden plants; the laws of markets; and the usages ofsociety and laws of etiquette and social life. It is intended eventually to develop the course to cover the topics named and whatever else may pertain to domestic economy. The instruction in this school will be developed as fast as practicable. The full course will very nearly correspond with the course in Eng. and Modern Languages, page 58, except that in the second and third years lectures on the foregoing topics will take the place of the mathematical studies. Drawing is taught by a skilled Instructor, music can be had as an "extra," and Painting will be provided for. Other schools, especially adapted to the wants of women, will be opened as fast as the means in the possession of the University will permit. Young ladies have free access to all the Schools in the University, and several are already pursuing studies in the Schools of Chemistry, Horticulture, Architecture, and Commerce.