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Illinois Industrial

University.

MISCELLANT.

DRAWING.

Complete Courses in Geometrical and Projection, Architectural Engineering, Mechanical and Free-hand Drawing are given. F R E E HAND DRAWING is given by personal instruction in the execution, with pencil and crayon, of "studies" by celebrated French and German artists, and in drawing from plaster models and other objects. The selections are made from a large and valuable stock purchased in Europe. Painting in Oil and Water colors will be provided for. MODELLING IN CLAY has been recently introduced as an adjunct study in the Architectural course. It is taught by an educated Sculptor, a graduate of the Fine Art School of Louvain in Belgium.

MUSIC.

Instruction is provided for on the Piano and Organ. This is charged for at the rate of $10 for term of 20 lessons; and if a University instrument is used for practicing, the charge per term for such use is $2 for each daily practice. The class meets weekly for public practice, and at the end of the term they are examined in public and marked, as in the other classes.

EXAMINATIONS.

Frequent examinations will be held to test progress of study, and to determine each student's fitness to remain in his classes. The University insists on thoroughness in its own proper studies. Regular examinations of all the classes are made at the close of each term. A record is kept of each student's standing and from this his final certificate of graduation is made up.

CERTIFICATES.

Under the law, any one who remains a year at the University, and maintains a satisfactory standing in his studies and in character, is entitled, on leaving the University, to a certificate of his studies and standing. The full certificate of the University will be given to those only who have satisfactorily completed a four years' course in some one of