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College of Engineering.

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Stone Work, in Plaster, Cutting Ashlar and Moulded Work, Rusticated Work, Venssotts for Arches, Domes, and Vaults, Carving, Relief and Incised.

APPARATUS.

A large collection of casts, donated by the Spanish Government, and another of casts in plaster, of various architectural details, from Lehr of Berlin. Models in stone cutting, of Splices, Joints, &c, made by Schroeder of Darmstadt, belonging in Schools of Architecture and Designing, Models of roofs, trusses, stairs, &c. The casts, photographs, &c, of the Art Gallery. A libraiy containing many of the best English, German, French, and American Architectural works and periodicals, such as Daly's Motifs Historiques, Architecture Privee, Racinet Ornement Polychrome, Builder, Civil Engineer's and Architects Journal, Workshop, Skizzenbuch, Encyclopedie dj"Architecture, Penley's Water Color Painting, <5bc. A large Carpenter and Cabinet shop containing full sets of tools, six sets of model-making tools, foot lathe with slide rest, chuck, drills, &c. Cross and splitting saws, planer, moulding and tenoning machine, lathe, whittler, &c.

'BUILDER'S COURSE.

The Trustees allow persons desiring to fit themselves for Master Builders to take a course of a single year, pursuing such technical studies of the course in architecture as they may be prepared to enter upon with profit, and as will be most advantageous to them. Candidates for the Builder's course must pass the examinations in the common branches, but need not pass in the Studies of the Preliminary Year unless they shall desire to pursue other studies than those marked in the following : 1. Wood Construction, 10 ; Projection Drawing, 10 ; Shop practice (Carpentery and Joinery), 10. 2. Stone, Brick and Metal Construction, 10 ; Architectural Drawing, 10 ; Shop practice (Stair Building), 10. 3. Agreements, Specifications, Estimates, Heating, and Ventilation, Architectural Designing, 10 ; Shop practice (Cabinet Making \ 10.

ARCHITECTURAL COURSE.

FIRST YEAR.

1. Projection Drawing, 10 ; Plane Trigonometry and Advanced Geometry, 5 ; French, 5. 2. Descriptive Geometry and Drawing, 10 ; Analytical Geometry, 5 ; French, 5. 3. Drawing and Modeling, 10 ; Calculus, 5 ; French, 5.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Wood Construction, 10 ; Advanced Algebra and Analytical Geometry, 5 ; Modeling, 10. 2. Stone, Brick and Metal Construction, 10; Advanced Calculus, Free Hand Drawing and Designing. 3. Shop Practice, Architectural Drawing, Modern History.