PREPARATORY COURSE IN CLASSICS. First Year. FALL SESSION.-Arithmetic, Algebra, Physiology, Latin Grammar and Reader. WINTER SESSION.-Algebra, English Composition, Physical Geography, Latin Reader. SPRING SESSION.-Algebra, English History, Botany, Cæsar and Latin Composition. Second Year. FALL SESSION.-Algebra, English History, Cæsar and Latin Composition, Greek Grammar and Reader. Practicum-Drawing, one hour daily. WINTER SESSION.-Algebra, United States History, Cicero's Orations, Greek Grammar and Reader. Practicum-Drawing and Book-Keeping, one hour daily. SPRING SESSION.-Geometry, United States History, Ovid, Xenophon's Anabasis. Practicum-Drawing and Book-Keeping, one hour daily. COLLEGE COURSES.-General. The college offers, as already stated, two full courses, each of four years' duration. That in general science, probably the most popular of all college courses, embraces German and French, mathematics, and a fair outline of the natural and the metaphysical sciences. The classical combines with the essentials of the old, time-honored "college course large amount of the scientific knowledge and the practical training which that course formerly lacked. Each course, as here taught, aims at the full development of the student's powers of observation and of reasoning. a At the close of the sophomore year, the student in either course may enter one of the technical courses. The conditions for admission to the freshman class, at the beginning of the first session, are, for the present, as stated on page 2. After the year 1881-82, applicants for freshman standing will be examined on all the studies of one of the preparatory courses. In the following schedule of studies, a figure placed after any subject indicates the number of hours of recitation or of practice given to that study each week. GENERAL SCIENCE COUrse. Freshman Class. FALL SESSION.-Algebra (3), Geometry (3), German (5), Tactics (4). WINTER SESSION.-Algebra (4), Geometry (2), Rhetoric (4), German (5). SPRING SESSION.-Trigonometry (5), Physiology (4), German (3), French (3). Practicum-Drawing (4), Horticulture (4). Sophomore Class. FALL SESSION.-Trigonometry and Surveying (4), Chemistry (4), German (3), French (4). Practicum-Surveying (6), Chemistry (4). LEG. DOC.] PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. ་།། R LIBRA UNIVERSITY Artolan (3), CAL 53 WINTER SESSION.-General Geometry (4), Chemistry (4), German (3), French (4). Practicum-Chemistry (8), Mechanic Arts (2). SPRING SESSION.-Chemistry (3), Descriptive Botony (4), German (2), [NOTE. For the General Geometry of this session, students preparing for the course in Agriculture, or that in Natural History, may substitute seven hours of practicum in Chemistry.] Junior Class. FALL SESSION.-Rational Mechanics (4), Chemistry (3), Logic (3), Animal SPRING SESSION.-Physics (4), Mineralogy (3), Civil Government (3), Eng- Senior Class. FALL SESSION-Physics (4), Geology (4), Mental Philosophy (3), History WINTER SESSION.-Geology (3), Political Economy (3), Astronomy (4), Practicum-Geology (5). SPRING SESSION.-Geology (3), Astronomy (3), Ethics (3), History of Practicum-Geology (5), Thesis or Oration. CLASSICAL COURSE. Freshman Class. FALL SESSION.-Algebra (3), Geometry (3), Virgil (5) Xenophon's Anabasis WINTER SESSION.-Algebra (4), Geometry (2), Rhetoric (4), Virgil (3), SPRING SESSION.-Trigonometry (5), Physiology (4), Sallust (3), Plato's Practicum-Drawing (4), Horticulture (4). Sophomore Class. FALL SESSION.-Trigonometry and Surveying (4), Chemistry (4), Horace (3), Herodotus (4). Practicum-Surveying (6), Chemistry (4). WINTER SESSION.-General Geometry (4), Chemistry (4), Cicero de Officiis (3), Homer (4). Practicum-Chemistry (8), Mechanic Arts (2). SPRING SESSION.-Chemistry (3), Descriptive Botany (4), Tacitus (4), Euripides' Alcestis (4). Practicum-Chemistry (6), Botany (4). Junior Class. FALL SESSION.-Rational Mechanics (4), Logic (3), Thucydides (4), Botany (4), or Differential Calculus (3), (elective). Practicum-Mechanics (4), Botany (4), Physiology (4). WINTER SESSION.-Physics (4), Zoology (4), Natural Theology (3), Greek History and Antiquities (3), Demosthenes (3). Practicum-Physics (3), Zoology (4). SPRING SESSION.-Mineralogy (3), Civil Government (3), English Literature (5), Roman History and Antiquities (3), Sophocles (3). Practicum-Physics (3). Senior Class. FALL SESSION.-Geology (3), Mental Philosophy (3), History of Ancient WINTER SESSION.-Geology (3), Political Economy (3), Astronomy (4), Practicum-Geology (5). SPRING SESSION.-Astronomy (3), Ethics (3), History of English Literature (3), Evidences of Christianity (3). Practicum-Geology (5). The technical courses now offered by the college are four in number: Agriculture, Natural History, Chemistry and Physics, and Civil Engineering. For admission to either of these courses, with a view to graduation, the applicant must pass an examination on the studies of the Freshman and Sophomore classes of one of the general courses, or their full equivalent. COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. Agriculture involves the application of the sciences to a greater extent than any other human employment. The aim, then, of a college course of instruction in agriculture is to teach how the sciences are applied to the business of farming, to afford a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of its principles and methods. It explains the nature of soils and of manures, the reasons for and the best methods of tillage, the constituents and characteristics of plants and animals, and the conditions favorable to their development; and it combines theory and practice wherever the processes involve skilled labor, but it does not consume the student's time in the mere manual labor of plowing, planting and feeding. For instruction in this branch there are the college farms of four hundred acres, with nearly twenty acres of orchard, vineyard of about five hundred vines, experimental grounds of more than thirty acres, barns, implements, etc.; the libraries; the laboratories of all the different departments, each of which is in certain respects subsidiary to agriculture; and the laboratory for agricultural work, with its special appliances for quantitative analysis of grain, grasses, fertilizers, etc. In addition to purely technical studies, the schedule includes a few others, such as mental philosophy, political economy, ethics, etc., which are needful to fit the student for the right discharge of his duties as a citizen. SCHEDULE OF STUDIES. Junior Class. FALL SESSION.-Rational Mechanics (4), Agricultural Chemistry (3), Cryptogamic Botany (4), Animal Physiology (4). Practicum-Physics (4), Chemistry (6). WINTER SESSION.-Physics (4), Agricultural Chemistry (4), Zoology (4) Agricultural Engineering (3). Practicum Zoology or Physics, Chemistry. SPRING SESSION.-Mineralogy (3), Civil Government (3), Entomology (4), Senior Class. FALL SESSION.-Anatomy and Breeding (4), Geology (3), Mental Philoso- WINTER SESSION.-Geology, (3,) Political Economy, (3,) Feeding, (4,) SPRING SESSION.-Dairy, (3,) Sheep Husbandry, (1,) Ethics, (3.) History of English Literature, (3,) History of Agriculture, (1.) Practicum-Agriculture, Geology, Thesis. Course in Natural History. The design of this course is to give a practical knowledge of geology, zoology, botany, etc., and to train its graduates for the work of collecting and classifying objects in natural history, and for the superintendence of scientific explorations and investigations. Instruction is derived not only from the text-books and lectures and the work in the laboratories, but from the study of the various collections and from excursions in the vicinity of the college, the surrounding district being especially rich in material illustrative of geology and botany. SCHEDULE OF STUDIES. Junior Class. FALL SESSION.-Rational Mechanics, (4,) Cryptogamic Botany, (4,) Animal Physiology, (4,) Logic, (3.) Practicum-Mechanics, (4,) Botany, (4,) Physiology, (4.) WINTER SESSION.-Physics, (4.) Zoology, (4,) Phænogamic Botany, (4,) Natural Theology, (3.) Practicum-Physics, (3.) Zoology, (4.) Botany, (4.) SPRING SESSION.-Physics, (4,) Mineralogy, (3,) Civil Government, (3,) Entomology, (4.) Practicum-Physics, (3,) Entomology, (9.) Senior Class. FALL SESSION.-Anatomy and Breeding, (4,) Geology, (3,) Mental Philosophy, (3,) Zoology, (5.) Practicum-Geology, (3,) Zoology, (8.) WINTER SESSION.-Geology, (3,) Political Economy, (3,) Astronomy, (4,) Embryology, (4.) Practicum-Geology, (5,) Embryology, (6.) SPRING SESSION.-Geology, (3.) Astronomy, (3,) Ethics, (3,) History of Course in Chemistry and Physics. This course aims to prepare the student for work as a physicist or a practical chemist or pharmacist; it also seeks to fit him to enter the ranks of original investigators and discoverers. The extensive and well-equipped laboratories afford opportunities for qualitative and quantitative work in both chemistry and physics; they enable the physicist to verify the laws of physical force, the assayist to determine the value of ores, and the agriculturist to ascertain the composition of his organic products. SCHEDULE OF STUDIES. Junior Class. FALL SESSION-Rational Mechanics, (4,) Chemistry, (3,) Logic, (3,) Animal WINTER SESSION.-Physics, (4,) Chemistry, (4.) Natural Theology (3) or SPRING SESSION.-Physics, (4,) Chemistry, (4,) Mineralogy, (3,) Civil Government, (3.) Practicum-Physics, (3,) Chemistry, (9.) Senior Class. FALL SESSION--Physics, (3,) Chemistry, (1,) Geology, (3,) Mental Philosophy, (3.) Practicum-Physics, (4,) Chemistry, (18.) WINTER SESSION-Physics, (3.) Chemistry, (2,) Geology, (3.) Political Economy, (3.) Practicum-Physics, (4,) Chemistry, (16.) SPRING SESSION-Physics, (3,) Chemistry, (3,) Ethics, (History of English Literature, (3.). Practicum--Physics, (3,) Chemistry, (10,) Thesis. Course in Civil Engineering. As this course was established at the opening of the present collegiate year, no detailed statement of its scope can be made at this time. In general terms, its object is to combine thorough practical instruction and the higher mathematical training so essential to the success of the professional engineer. |