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of existing customs and social institutions. Lectures and prescribed reading. Winter term, full study. Assistant Professor DANIELS. Required: A major or minor course in Economics, Geology, Psychology, or Zoology.

ANTHROPOMETRY

1. This is a short course of lectures and reading under the direction of the professor of physical training. It treats of physical measurements and their application in various departments of anthropological investigation. The time at which the lectures are given is subject to arrangement between the professor and students. For students in sociology (Economics 7 or 7a) the course will be counted for one-fifth of a credit. Assistant Professor EVERETT.

ARCHITECTURE

2. WOOD CONSTRUCTION.—Formulas and data for computing dimensions and strength of columns, rods, beams, girders, etc., of wood or metal, are given and applied in the solution of various examples. Kinds of wood and uses in construction and decoration, seasoning, shrinkage, defects, and modes of protection from decay, are next studied. Construction and design of wooden floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs, are then treated, and afterwards joinery, doors, windows, bays, inside finish, cornices, wainscoting, etc. Kicker's Wood, Stone, Brick, and Metal Construction; Jones's Logarithmic Tables. Fall term, full study. Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: General Engineering Drawing i, 2, 3, 4.

3. STONE, BRICK, AND METAL CONSTRUCTION.—Foundations of

stone, brick, concrete, and piles, are first studied, then materials employed in stone masonry, their uses, defects, qualities, and modes of preparation. Kinds of masonry and external finish. Tools for stone cutting and their use. Preparation of working drawings, with practical applications to the arch, the vault, and the dome. Brick masonry is next examiner!, with its materials and bonds. Manufacture and refining of cast iron, wrought iron, and steel are then studied, with the processes of pattern making, molding, casting, refining, rolling etc., and standard dimensions or sections to be obtained in the market. Special properties and value of each metal in a structure, designing of a line of columns in a tall mercantile building, and of beams, girders, and footings, together with the study of joints and connections, completes the work of the term. Same text-books as in fall term. Winter term, full s/udv, Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: General Engineering Drawing 1, 2, 3, 4.