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266 THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE.
combinations of the following subjects are recommended as the most
suitable for entrance to the course in the College of Architecture :
Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Free-Hand Drawing, and the alternative
Modern Language.
[For details as to subjects and methods of admission see pages 33-
72-
. .
For admission to the freshman class communication should be ad
dressed to the Registrar. See pages 33-52.
For admission to advanced standing from other colleges and uni
versities, communications should be addressed to the College of
Architecture. See pages 52 and 53.
For admission to graduate work and candidacy for advanced de
grees, communications should be addressed to the Dean of the Uni
versity Faculty. See pages 64-72.}
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE IN ARCHITECTURE.
A good course in Architecture may be divided into four main parts ;
1, Construction, both theoretical and practical ; 2, Expression, or the
technical representation of architectural and decorative ideas on
paper ; 3, Composition, which includes the science of convenient and
effective planning and the art of architectural and decorative design ;
4, that broad field which the literature of architecture covers and in
which are included History of Architecture and the many interesting
and important questions which arise in connection with the practice
of architecture and which often belong to the allied professions, such
as Engineering and Law. The following course has been based upon
this frame work. Minor changes and additions may be made from
time to time, but the scheme of teaching will, in general, be carried
on as described below in detail.
Construction and Practice.
Under this head are grouped all of those courses on the
bearing
purely practical work of the profession as distinguished from the aes
thetic. The aim is to give the student a thorough grounding in the
principles underlying sound construction, sanitation, and the best
practice in the installation of all modern conveniences. After the
pure mathematics, the technical work begins with a course in Me
chanics of Materials in which the theory of mechanics is taught and
the strength of materials discussed. This is followed by the work in
Structural Details which makes direct application in a special way of
the principles taught in the preceding course.
The ordinary problems relating to materials and construction are
taken up in the Masonry Construction and Working Drawings. This