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and honors according to their personal mer
its without invdious distinctions.
1t ia in reality great gain TO men OF the
different calings to grow up together In
the same institution. They learn to re-
spect aud cease 10 fear each other. The
! farmer who has matched himself In the
same recitation room, id the same debating
| society, and on the same stage, with the
lawyer or the minister, feels himself to be
socially and professionally his peer, possibly
as an individual his superior At any rate
this personal contact amid o variety of
studies is mutual benefit.
THE COURSE IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY.
This c0ufs. covering, like the full
courses, four years, embraces along with
the studies for discipline and culture spoken
Of above, chemistry in all is brances, sci
and cumulative; assayiDR of ores and min
erals; medical chemistry and toxicology;
! aud the various industrial applications of
chemistry which scientific invention is null
tiplying every year. In the prospective
development Of the industrial arts there ia
no field Of enterprise more promising than
that which opens before liborally trained
chemist, that is, one who is net only an ex-
peri in chemistry itself but is. masier Of the
large group Of sciences which border il on
all sides, and in conjunction with which it
is to gam its future triumphs, such rs min
eralosy, physics ard mechanics. An abridg-
ment OF this cOurse, If the whole cannot be
taken, will be OF great service to those in
tending to study medicine, or TO become
practical pharmacists. Arrangements may
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chemistry in schools or academies may get
instruction and practice in conducting ex-
periments.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.
The design in this department is to make
the instruction at the same time so scenti-
fic in its basis and so broad in its spplica-
tons, that the young man who graduates
from this department. will be qualified to
enter any part Of tie great field OF engin-
eering enterprise wkich he may choose A
glance at the tsble of studes will show that
the student receives instruction in the sur
veying and mapping OF land, harbors aud
rivers, roads aud railroads. in the strength
of materials; in the theory Of the construc-
ton Of bridges, roof-trusses and other
frames; in the stability of retaining walls
|
including plan and elevation, shading and
tinting, perspective, topogrs phical and
structural. If at any time there should be
3 cessation or slackening of industry in one
part of the field, young man thus variously
instructed can readily turn to another. In
vast country like ours, with inexhaustible
resources hardly begun to be developed,
there IL sure 10 be demand for competent
and well trained engineers. The depart
ment is well equipped with models and in
slruments. In the later years of the course
considerable time is speut in the aeld, and
practical experience is acquired by actual
surveying and other engineering operations
IN which the professor and his class are
employed by individuals or the city author
tiles or On railroads and other work in the
vicinity. I. is not claimed that the grad
yates Of this department are qualified at
once to enter upon the more diff cult and
responsible works Of construction aud su-
pelintendenCe, or can match themselves
with engineers of long experience. But it
is claimed, and it is proved by facts, that
they take In experience very rapidly, and
coon leave behind those who have had ex-
perience alone without scientific training.
In this course, as in the others spoken Of
, above, literary and general studies are
iniHS4Su WIN t.iosS puISiJ lScuHICdi. uc
engineer Will be both more of an engineer
p aud more OF man for having pursued stad-
les that give him breadth, acumen and cul-
ture. The graduates from this department
= who have bscome successful as practical
/ engineers, tell US that they do not regret
q the time given to these general studies, but
regret rather that they could not have given
more.
The special studies in the department of
f civil engineers are sometimes taken as
= postgraduate course, in which case they
: occupy two years.
SELECT COURSE IN SCIENCE.
These who wish to pursue liberal course
D in science without reference to any partc-
: usr profession, may, under the advice of
the faculty, make up select course, from
among the sui jects taught in the Univer-
: sity. No such student, however, is entitled
to q degree, unless he pursue a course
! which is equivalent to one OF the full four
i years courses laid down in the annual cat
slogue.
For further information, send for a cat
alogue, or communicate by letter with the
. President.
NJ. II. BucKHAM, President,
; Burlinrton VT