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Caption: Course Catalog - 1874-1875
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4? Illinois Industrial APPARATUS. University. THE DRILL HALL is 124 by 75 feet. 350 rifle muskets are ranged around it in racks, W. There are DRILL HALL also cavalry swords, fencing swords and muskets, an armory with a growing collection of arms, and models of arms and projectiles for practical instruction. Below ARMORERS PRINTING the Armorer's room is the ArtilPLATFORM lery room, and above it the Band OFFICE ROOM Room. The Platform and GallerMECH. AXD MIL. BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, ies L, M, will accommodate over 300 visitors. The PARADE GROUND is shown on page 3 of cover. The University Library contains books on Military Science, Military History and Engineering. 0, A GYMNASIUM, at present in the Drill Hall, has been furnished with apparatus, and classes are organized under a skilled leader. 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. In connection with the Military Department, there is a Telegraph office in the New University Building, with accommodations for learners and connections with the Mechanic and Military, the Dormitory and several private houses, making about 3 miles of Telegraph lines. The Students form an association or class, and the members join the University main line, using their own instruments in their rooms. The class appoint their own officers, inspectors, etc., and pay a small contribution for mantaining batteries, etc. At present there are 27 instruments on the line. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE. The course in this School is given in Appendix; 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.
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