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SECOND YEAR COURSE.

The necessary preparation for the successful pursuit of this
course is the completion of the First Year Course, or its equivalent,
and for students with only this amount of training the diligent study
of Mathematics 2 is essential to progress in the other classes.

Pure Mathematics 2. [Echols, 11.]

The Fall Term is given to the Analytical Geometry of the point,
the straight line, the circle, and the conic sections. During the Winter
Term the study of the Differential Calculus is taken up with its
applications to the geometry of the plane curves. In the Spring Term
the Integral Calculus and its geometrical applications are studied.
The methods of instruction are the same as in Mathematics 1.
Numerous original exercises are set for solution and the progress
of the student is constantly tested by oral examinations and by written
reviews.

Applied Mathematics 2. [Thornton. X.]

The studies of this class furnish an introduction to Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics. The Fall Term is given to a course in
General Mechanics, in which the fundamental doctrines of motion,
force, and energy are developed and applied to the study of the
simpler problems in the Statics and Dynamics of material particles
and rigid bodies. In the Winter Term the general method of Graphical
Statics is developed and applied to the study of the strength of materials
and to the analysis of engineering structures. In the Spring
Term a course is given in Hydrostatics in which the fundamental
propositions concerning the equilibrium and pressure of fluids are
carefully developed and applied to a series of important problems.
The elementary principles of Hydraulics are also taught.

Physics 1. [Hoxton, XI.]

The Fall Term is devoted to the study of Experimental Mechanics
and Sound. In the Winter Term the topics followed are Light and
Heat. The Spring Term is given to an elementary course in Elec-

tricity and Magnetism. The lecture course is paralleled by a carefully
planned laboratory course of six hours per week, in which the
student is taught the methods and routine of physical measurements
and learns to verify for himself the great laws of experimental
physics.

Drawing 2. [West, XII-II.]

The Fall Term in this course is given to Machine Drawing, the
Winter Term to Graphical Statics, and the Spring Term to Structural
Drawing and Design. The student executes each week under the
direction of the instructor a plate 15 by 20 inches, the subjects being
as far as possible so chosen as to illustrate and enforce the associated
lecture courses. The entire course comprises thirty plates.

Shop-Work 2. Required for M. E. and E. E. [Instructors; Afternoon
Hours.]

The Fall Term is given to the Machine Shop, the Winter Term
to the Foundry. The preliminary exercises with hand tools for chipping,
filing, and scraping are followed by careful instruction as to
the construction of the engine lathe and practice in its use. The
other machine tools of fundamental importance are then studied in
the same way and practical exercises are given on the shaper, planer,
drill press, milling machine, and grinding machine. In the Foundry
the methods of tempering the sand, making moulds of green sand
and of loam, and moulding and baking cores are then taught. Finally,
each squad is practised in the management of the cupola and in taking
off a heat.

Field-Work 2. Required for C. E. and E. M. [Instructors; Afternoon
Hours.]

The methods of instruction are the same as these described in
detail under Field-work 1. The exercises of the Fall Term include
advanced problems in Curve Location, Stadia Surveying, and the
Location of the True Meridian. In the Spring Term the squads are
taught how to take observations for Latitude, Azimuth, and Time
with the Complete Transit and with the Solar Transit, and are
practised in the routine of Base Measurements and Triangulation, and
in Barometric Leveling. The course terminates with a thorough
practical examination on the adjustments and uses of the field instruments
of the engineer.

Mechanical Laboratory 1. [McKergow and Instructors; Afternoon
Hours.]

The class is divided into squads so small that each man receives
the personal care of an instructor. The work of the Fall Term consists
in a careful study of the standard methods for testing Hydraulic
Cements. In the Winter Term a similar course is given in Timber
Tests, with both small specimens and full sized beams. In the Spring
Term the principal Metals used in Construction are taken up and
tested for strength, elasticity and other important properties.