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Caption: Course Catalog - 1875-1876
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THE'UNIVERSITY* REGULATION PAPER. 3$ The Following sizes -and qualities <of paper will he required fei'all else College exercises. For manuscript and unimportant drawings, a heavy flat-cap paper., $wt slightly si-zed. For ordinary drawings, not colored, « heavy first* •quality smooth drawing paper. For drawings finished in colors, the £>est Whatman's paper. For topographical and right-line drawings, and lettering, the best three sheet Bcistol board. sr-ZES. For Problems, Exercises, Vacation Journals, Lectttfe ho'tesv, Theses and other MaMiiscrips a«d for Geometueal, Projection, Topo* graphical, Railroad, Typographical and "Coustructian Drawings* Paper 8-x 11% in., the size of the plate being 8 x 10 with yz added for binding. If Bristol beard is used it must be -cut 8 x JQ in% and the bind' ang margin hinged on with muslin. CONSTRUCTION* Our friends and students are earnestly desired to send its 'speci» tnens of material and manufactures, and drawings, models or photo* graphs of machinery, bridges, and other engineering a'nd architectural works. Finished and detailed working drawings, perhaps otherwise useless, would be of great value for purposes of instruction* Illustrated circulars and price lists of manufacturing firms are desired* Contributions will be labeled with the donors' names and placed in the cab* inets of the College for the inspection of students, and the illustration of lectures. SPECIAL EXERCISES, VACATION JOURNALS AND During the second and third vacations, Journals are required to be kept by each student of the college; and should contain accounts of mat1 ters pertaining to his chosen pfofession. These will be presented at the opening of the winter term, and will be read before the faculty and students of the college in evening sessions held in the physical lecture room; the reading being illustrated with blackboard sketches, draw 1 ings, photographs or specimens. The journals should be pithy and concLe, instead of voluminous. The Journals should consist of illustrated descriptions of engineer; ing and architectural subjects: such as important steam engines, water and gas works, mines and mining machinery and processes. Special methods in use of government and land surveys, make up cf parties!, plans and ornamentation of important buildings; Architectural style and details, stability, economy and novelty of construction of roof trusses, arches, briges, canals and reservoirs, peculiar instruments*' machinery for spinning metals, making- gas pipes, saws, &c. These Journals and Memoirs will be preserved in the cabinets of the respective schools, for future reference; also they will be credited, upon the diplomas, and no course of the college will be regarded as, completed without them.
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