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Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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1>J& GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES ANTHROPOLOGY 1. GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY.—This course begins with a study of the physical and psychical elements of ethnography. Theories as to the origin of man are discussed, and the various races of mankind are distinguished and described. Special attention is given to the historical and comparative study of customs, ceremonies, rights, beliefs, and folklore of primitive peoples, with reference to the common characteristics and fundamental instincts of mankind, and to the origin and growth of existing customs and social institutions. / . ; M., W., F.; 1; (3). Professor DANIELS. Required: A major or minor course in economics, geology, psychology, or zoology. ARCHITECTURE 2. WOOD CONSTRUCTION.—Formulae and data for computing dimensions and strength of columns, beams, girders, etc., of wood or metal, are given and applied in the solution of examples. Wood and its uses in construction and decoration, seasoning, shrinkage, defects, and modes of protection from decay. Construction and design of wooden floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs, and joinery, doors, windows, bays, inside finish, cornices, wainscoting, stairs, etc. Kidder's Building Construction and Superintendence; -Part II.; Jones's Logarithmic Tables. I.; M., W.; 6, 7, and 8; (3). Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: 3. General Engineering Drawing I, 2. MASONRY AND METAL CONSTRUCTION.—Foundations of stone, brick, concrete, and piles; 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 application to the arch, vault, and dome. Brick masonry, its materials, and bonds. Manufacture and refining of cast iron, wrought iron, and steel, with processes of pattern-making, molding, casting, refining, rolling, etc., and standard dimensions or sections. Special properties and value of metal in a structure, designing a line of columns in mercantile building, and of beams, girders, and footings, together with the study of joints and connections. Kidder's Building Construction and Superintendence, Part I. II.; Tu., P.; 6, 7, and 8; (3). Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: General Engineering Drawing I, 2.
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