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UNIVERSITY

OF ILLINOIS.

First Term.—Carpentry and Joinery. Planing flat, square and octagonal prisms and cylinders; framing with single, double and oblique tenons; splices, straight and scarfed; miter, lap and gained joints; through and lap dovetails; mouldings, miters and panels. Second Term.—Turning and cabinet making; cylinders, balusters capitals and bases of columns, vases, rosettes, etc., fret-sawing, plain and ornamental veneering; inlaying, carving and polishing. Third Term.—Metal work, pattern making, moulding and casting, filing and finishing, drilling, screws, hand and machine turning. Stone work designs executed in plaster of Paris; production of plane, rule, warped and spherical surfaces; voussoirs of arches, vaults and domes; decorative carving.

APPARATUS.

A collection of casts donated by the Spanish government, and another of casts of various architectural details from Lehr, of Berlin, belong to the school of Architecture and Designing; models of ceilings, roof trusses, stairs, joints, etc.; Schroeder's models of joints in stone cutting, etc. The school possesses a large and growing collection of engravings and photographs illustrative of the history of architecture and its practice in all ages. The casts, photographs, etc., of the Art Gallery. In the library, many of the best English, German, French and American architectural works and periodicals. A large carpenter and cabinet shop, containing full sets of tools, for shop practice; foot and power lathes; cross and splitting saws; planer, moulder, tenoning machine, lathe, whittler, fret saw, etc.

ARCHITECTURAL COURSE. Required for the Degree of B. S., in School- of Architecture.

FIRST YEAK.

1. 2. 3.

Trigonometry; Projection Drawing; Shop Practice; French or German. Analytical Geometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice; French or German. Advanced Algebra; Graphical Statics; Shop Practice; French or German.