Drawing 1. [Thornton and Hancock].
The work is distributed over the several terms as follows, one
finished plate 15″ × 20″ being required of the student each week.
The theoretical instruction in the subjects of this course is given
in connection with the work of Engineering 1. The practical
teaching is given at the drawing board. Hours, 11-2, Monday,
Wednesday.
Fall Term.—Mechanical Drawing; embraces careful training in
technique, assiduous practice in lettering, and the graphical solution
in the weekly plates of a series of carefully selected problems in
practical plane and solid geometry, and in graphical algebra and
trigonometry.
Winter Term.—Machine Drawing.—Carefully constructed and
finished plates consisting of detailed working drawings of machine
parts. The drawings are made, in part, from free-hand sketches
from the machine itself, and, in part from designs and specifications
worked out by the student in the class in Machine Construction.
Spring Term.—Topographical Drawing.—This course consists of
nine hours per week in the drawing-room throughout the Spring
Term of the Freshman year, and is devoted to a study of the conventional
methods employed in making topographical maps. Each
student is required to make a number of plates, and to become reasonably
proficient in the preparation of such maps. Particular attention
is given to the study of contour maps, and the solution of
problems relating thereto.
