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ANNOUNCEMENT OF COURSES.

SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.

Professor Mitchell.

Adjunct Professor Olivier.

Dr. Alden.

Mr. Briggs.

Mr. Dales.

For Undergraduates.

Astronomy B1: General Astronomy: Mathematics A1 prerequisite.—The
fundamental principles and methods of theoretical and practical astronomy.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11.30-12.30.
Rouss Physical Laboratory. Professor Mitchell and Dr. Alden.

Astronomy B2: Modern Astronomy: Astronomy B1 prerequisite.—Newer
methods in astronomy; use of instruments; principles of navigation.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Hours to be arranged. Rouss Physical Laboratory
and McCormick Observatory. Adjunct Professor Olivier.

Astronomy B3: Navigation: Mathematics A1 prerequisite.—For men who
wish to prepare for service in the United States Merchant Marine or in the
United States Navy. Day's work, middle-latitude sailing, Mercator's sailing,
great circle sailing, distance from a fixed object, use of charts, latitude, longitude,
correction of compass, Sumner lines, etc. Laboratory fee, $5.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two lectures and one two-hour laboratory
period per week. Hours to be arranged. Professor Mitchell.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

Astronomy C1: Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Astronomy B1 and
Mathematics B2 prerequisite.—Spherical astronomy and theory of astronomical
instruments, with practical exercises in making and reducing astronomical
observations.—Hours by appointment. Rouss Physical Laboratory and McCormick
Observatory. Adjunct Professor Olivier.

Astronomy C2: Celestial Mechanics: Astronomy B1 and Mathematics
B2 prerequisite.—Rectilinear motion, central forces, potential; problems of two,
three and n bodies, perturbations, determination of a preliminary orbit.—Hours
by appointment. Rouss Physical Laboratory. Adjunct Professor Olivier.

For Graduates.

Astronomy D1: Advanced Practical Astronomy: Astronomy C1 prerequisite.—Determination
of the positions of the fixed stars, use of transit
instrument, equatorials and measuring machines.—Hours by appointment. Professor
Mitchell.

Astronomy D2: Theoria Motus: Astronomy B1 and Mathematics B2
prerequisite.—Determination of the position of an undisturbed body from known
elements, determination of the elements of an undisturbed orbit, theory of
special perturbations.—Hours by appointment. Professor Mitchell.

Astronomy D3: Advanced Celestial Mechanics: Astronomy C2 prerequisite.—Problem
of three bodies, and theory of general perturbations.—Hours
by appointment. Professor Mitchell.

Astronomy D4: Photographic Astronomy: Astronomy C1 prerequisite.—
Theory and reduction of astronomical photographs, including spectrograms.—
Hours by appointment. Professor Mitchell.

The Leander McCormick Observatory is situated upon Mount Jefferson,
which furnishes an unobstructed horizon. The principal building is a rotunda
forty-five feet in diameter, which contains the great Clark refractor of twenty-six
inches aperture. The instrument and building are the gift of the late
Leander J. McCormick, Esq., of Chicago. The telescope is fitted with micrometer,
photometer, and a plate-holder for stellar photography. The computing
rooms adjoining contain clocks, chronograph, machines for measuring astronomical
photographs and spectrograms, and an excellent working library. In a
smaller building are a three-inch transit and a six-inch equatorial.

The members of the Visiting Committee of the Leander McCormick
Observatory are:

• THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.

• THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY.

• MR. ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, JR.

• MR. LYMAN B. KENDALL.

• PROFESSOR E. C. PICKERING, DIRECTOR OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.

• THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEANDER MCCORMICK OBSERVATORY.

A temporary students' observatory, erected in the rear of Dawson's Row,
is intended primarily for the use of students in Astronomy B1.

For information in regard to the Vanderbilt Fellowships in astronomy,
see page 99. For summer-school courses in astronomy on which college credit
is allowed, see page 214.