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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

ARCHITECTURE.

The object of this course of study is to prepare graduates for the profession of architecture, as architects, draughtsmen, and superintendents of construction. A thorough knowledge of scientific principles applied to construction, and of drawing in its various developments, a practical acquaintance with the methods and processes of the various building trades, as well as a considerable degree of skill in the use of tools, are all essential to the fulfillment of this purpose, and are therefore made prominent in the course of instruction.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.

The principal lines of technical study take up the theory and practice of construction, the history and esthetics of architecture, architectural drawing as now practiced in offices, as well as the various modes of finishing drawings, the use of the architectural orders, and the usual routine and methods of office practice, so far as this can be successfully taught in a professional school. This instruction is imparted by the study of text books, with recitations and the solution of numerous special problems, also by lectures, as well as by the use of syllabuses instead of text books, where suitable works do not yet exist. Engravings, photographs, models and sketches are employed as illustrations. Drawing is practiced during the entire course, and whenever possible, the student is required or encouraged to produce original designs. Opportunity is also afforded for two years' instruction in free hand drawing, modeling, water colors, designing, and sketching from nature. Shop practice commences with the production of true plane surfaces in wood, and extends through joinery, cabinet work, turning, and veneering, to the making of models of architectural constructions to scale from drawings.

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 departments of architecture and of design; models of ceilings, roof trusses, stairs and Schroeder's models of joints in wood work and of construction in cut stone work, in the engineering museum. A collection of Japanese, Norwegian, and Indian work in industrial art from the Columbian Fair.