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GENERAL LIST OF SUBJECTS.

16. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNING. (Residences).—Practice in

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design and the study of the requirements of dwellings of moderate size are the objects of the study. Several typical plans are selected as bases, and numerous changes suggested, which usually produce radical changes in the design. The student is also encouraged to make working drawings for actual clients, criticisms and suggestions being freely made to him. The work is limited to residences, since this class of buildings is likely to afford the graduate his first opportunity for independent original work, and practice in satisfying their requirements is considered to be more valuable than the study of theoretical or impossible problems. The designing of a convenient, attractive dwelling, to cost a limited, amount, is really a very difficult problem, requiring more time and thought than any other building of equal cost. Gibson's Convenient Homes. Scribner1s Homes in City and Country. Winter term, full study. Assistant Professor WHITE. Required: Architecture 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20. 17. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNING. (Problems).—Since students often find considerable difficulty when commencing to express their ideas in designs, several simple problems are first given, such as a tower, a store with flats over it, a small library, etc., five being studied usually during the term. Each student makes sketches at small scale, which are criticised and modified until approved, then worked out in plans, elevations, and details, one elevation being washed to show color or shade effects. The object is to obtain as much practice in original design as possible; and in the making of rapid and effective sketches, suitable for submission to a client or employer. Spring term, full study. Assistant Professor WHITE. Required: Architecture 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20. 18. ESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE.—The laws of correct design, so far as these may be formulated in words, illustrated by the study of numerous examples. Commences with the study of the nature and mode of working of the different materials used in structural and ornamental purposes, deducing the proper ornamental treatment for each, then taking up the proper decoration of walls, ceilings, ,and roofs. The general principles of ornamentation are next stated, as applied to flat surfaces and to solids of various shapes. A full study of the various materials used in furniture, art works, etc., is then made, with suggestions of their proper use in the art industries. About twenty