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PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D., Professor of Common and Statute Law.
JAS. H. GILMORE, Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Equity, &
This Department is organized with a view to acquaint the student
familiarly and practically with the principles of his profession. The instruction
is as thorough as possible, and is given partly through textbooks
and partly through lectures, with daily examination upon both
A Moot-court, in connection with other instruction, tends to perfect
the student in the details of practice. Under the immediate supervision
of the Professors, he is required to pronounce opinions upon supposed
cases; to devise and institute remedies by suit or otherwise; to conduct
suits at law and in equity from their inception, through all their
stages; to draw wills, conveyances, and other assurances; and in short,
to perform most of the functions of a practising lawyer.
The Department comprises two Schools, each of which is divided
into two classes, and the course of study is as follows:
SCHOOL OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
Prof. Minor.
Junior Class:—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law, namely:
Vol. I., The Rights which Relate to the Person.
Vol. II., The Rights which Relate to Real Property.
Minor's Synopsis of Criminal Law.
Blackstone's Commentaries.
Senior Class:—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law, namely:
Vol. IV., The Practice of the Law in Civil Cases, including Pleading.
Vol. III., The Rights which Relate to Personal Property.
Stephen on Pleading.
For reference.—Virginia Code (1888); Revised Statutes of United States.
SCHOOL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW, MERCANTILE LAW, EVIDENCE, AND EQUITY.
Prof. Gilmore.
Junior Class.—Vattel's International Law, with Lectures; Lectures on ; Federalist.
Senior Class.—Smith's Mercantile Law; Greenleaf's Evidence; Adams's Equity, with
Lectures.
For reference.—Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence, (Chase's edition preferred.)
In the Department of Law, the degree of Bachelor of Law is conferred
upon those who, upon examination conducted in writing, manifest
an intimate acquaintance with the subjects taught in all the classes; and
to those who, upon like examination, exhibit a competent knowledge of
International and Constitutional Law, including the Science of Government,
a Certificate of Proficiency is awarded.
In order to obtain the degree, the whole of the course must be completed
here, no preliminary examination being had upon entering.
The course is designed for two sessions, and in general it is not prudent
to devote less to it; the future professional success of the student
depending much upon his full mastery of it. It is a maxim sanctioned
by long and wide experience, that "he who is not a good lawyer when
he comes to the bar, will seldom be a good one afterwards." And in
order to such thorough acquaintance with the elements of the law,
thought is requisite as well as reading; and for the purpose of thought,
there must be time to digest, as well as industry to acquire. One cannot
expect to gorge himself with law, as a boa constrictor does with
masses of food, and then digest it afterwards; the process of assimilation
must go on, if it is to proceed healthfully and beneficially, at the
same time with the reception of the knowledge. So the athlete judges,
who wishes to train the physical man to the most vigorous development,
and the intellectual athlete should imitate the example.
But whilst the student is advised, as a general rule, not to attempt to
complete the course in a single session, yet, if he chooses to essay it (as
some do successfully), he is admitted to the graduating examinations,
and if he attains the standard required, he is entitled to the degree.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a student in the Law Department are for
the session of nine months as follows:
| University Fees— | |
| Matriculation, | $ 25 |
| Infirmary Fee, | 7 |
| Dormitory Rent [two in a room], | 15 |
| Tuition, | 80 |
| Total of Fees, | 127 |
| Living Expenses— | |
| Fuel, Lights and Washing, | 25 |
| Board at $12 a Month, | 108 |
| Total necessary expenses (board at $12) | $260 |
| Payable on entrance, | $180 |
The sum payable on entrance includes a contingent deposit of $10
which is credited in final settlement, and hence forms no part of the
necessary expenses. This deposit is assessed for damage to property,
violation of Library rules, and so on.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery,
about $80 for the entire course, and the cost of a degree which if taken
is $15.
The board at $12 is plain but wholesome and abundant. Better
board can be had at $14, $16, $18 a month. At $18 the total necessary
expenses will be $314 of which $198 is payable on entrance.
For the entire course, if taken in one year, the total necessary expenses,
including books, will be $340 to $394, according to the price
paid for board; if taken in two years they will be $600 to $708.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
JAMES L. CABELL, M. A., M. D., LL. D., Professor of Physiology and Surgery.
J. W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Professor of General Chemistry.
WILLIAM B. TOWLES, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Materia Medica.
WILLIAM C. DABNEY, M. D., Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics, etc.
RICHARD H. WHITEHEAD, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
COURSES OF STUDY IN GENERAL.
The session of the Medical Department continues through the full
nine months of the University session. This arrangement enables five
professors to do thoroughly the work which is often allotted to a larger
number in institutions whose session is much shorter.
The importance of a knowledge of Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology,
before commencing the study of the more practical branches, is
fully recognized; and the course of study is so arranged, that during
the first half session the instruction is in these important elementary
branches. During the same time the subjects of Medical Jurisprudence
and Obstetrics, especially the mechanical features of the latter
branch, are studied by the class.
The courses and methods of instruction in the several Schools of the
Department are as follows:
SCHOOL OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY.
Prof. Mallet.
In this School the students are taught thoroughly Chemical Physics
and the principles of Chemistry; and their attention is directed, when
ever an occasion presents itself, to the application of chemical principles
to the practice of Medicine, Therapeutics, Toxicology and Sanitary
Science. (See p. 32.)
Text-book.—Fownes's Chemistry. For reference.—Charles's Physiological and Pathological
Chemistry; Wormley's Micro-Chemistry of Poisons.
SCHOOL OF ANATOMY AND MATERIA MEDICA.
Prof. Towles.
I. Anatomy.—The instruction in Descriptive, Surgical, and Topographical
Anatomy is given both by didactic lectures and in the
course of Practical Anatomy as taught in the Dissecting Hall. The
endeavor throughout is to render the teaching as completely practical
as possible; scarcely a statement is made that is not illustrated by
its exhibition, either on actual dissection or on the preparation of a
dissection; the effort being to convey knowledge in the so-called natural
method; i. e., by mental imagery formed by repeated observations
of nature. This is accomplished by exhibiting to the student and requiring
him to handle the dissected parts and preparations made therefrom.
The equipment of the school for this purpose is most ample;
and, in addition to the numerous preparations and dissections, there are
models and anatomical paintings, representing the greater part of the
anatomy of the body.
For the course in Practical Anatomy, dissecting material, obtained
under the permissive law of the State, is abundantly supplied without
cost to the student. Each medical student, however many sessions he
may have attended, is required to dissect, under the constant and careful
supervision of the Demonstrator. Attendance in the dissectingroom
is compulsory, a strict record being kept in the case of each student.
Besides the oral examination, which precedes each lecture, and
the other examinations to be mentioned hereafter, each student is required
to stand seven practical examinations on anatomy, one upon
osteology, four upon different parts of the muscular system, one on the
viscera, and one on the vessels and nerves. These examinations are
oral and private, each student being examined alone. They consist of
the identification of the truths of anatomy on the bones, the cadaver,
and the dissected cadaver, and are thus a perfect test of the student's
acquaintance with the structure of the human body.
II. Materia Medica and Therapeutics.—The lectures on Materia
Medica occur in the latter half the session, after the student has obtained
the knowledge of the primary branches, prerequisite to the
proper understanding of the subject. Particular stress is laid upon the
physiological action and rational therapeutical applications of drugs.
The physical properties of drugs are taught by requiring the student
which contains specimens both of all the crude drugs and of all their
preparations, which have been dealt with in the lectures.
Text-books.—Bruce's Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Index of Materia Medica. The
student should provide himself, if possible, with specimens of all the bones.
SCHOOL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND SURGERY.
Prof. Cabell.
I. In Physiology the lectures are illustrated by plates, and the students
are instructed in Histology as well as in Physiology proper.
Much attention is given throughout the course to the practical bearings
of physiological and histological facts on pathology, and their relations
to the nature and treatment of disease. Extra lectures are given, commencing
about the middle of December, at which the students are questioned
on all that part of Physiology which they have studied previously.
It has been found that these "review lectures" are very useful
to the students as a preparation for the final examinations.
II. In Surgery especial attention is given to the causation and pathology
of the various surgical affections, and the lectures are illustrated
by excellent paintings and by morbid specimens. The applications of
splints and apparatus for the different fractures and the details of minor
surgery are practically exhibited to the class.
Text-books.—Yeo's Manual of Physiology; Power's Human Physiology, (American edition);
Wilson's Manual of Hygiene and Sanitary Science (fifth edition, 1884); Ashurst's
Surgery; Klein's Histology. For occasional reference: Foster's Physiology; Landois's
Physiology; and a few monographs on special subjects.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, OBSTETRICS, AND MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.
Prof. Dabney.
I. In Medical Jurisprudence the student is instructed in the principles
of the science, and is taught how to apply these principles when
he is summoned as a witness in a court of law.
II. In Obstetrics instruction is given by lectures, and the mechanical
principles involved in the study are explained and illustrated by the
part of the subject during the early part of the course, and attention is
subsequently called to the diseases and accidents incident to pregnancy
and the puerperal state. Each student is also taught practically the
various manipulations, both manual and instrumental.
III. In Practice of Medicine especial attention is given to the principles
of the subject, the aim of the teacher being to instruct the students
as thoroughly as possible in the causation of diseases and the
morbid changes which occur in the different tissues. The lectures are
illustrated by morbid specimens, both coarse and microscopic, and each
student has the opportunity of examining these specimens for himself
Each student furthermore is taught the method of making a physical
examination of a patient, and is required to learn by actual examination;
under the supervision of the Professor, the normal appearances
and sounds in the different regions of the body and over the different
organs.
IV. Classes have also been established in Practical Microscopy
Attendance in these classes is optional, but the desire to make good
use of the opportunity thus offered seems to be general. Each student
is taught practically how to use the microscope, to cut and stain sections
of tissues, to examine urine and blood, etc. In addition to a
knowledge of microscopic manipulation thus obtained, it is found that
students can get a far clearer idea of morbid anatomy and pathology in
this way.
Text-book.—Reese's Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology; Playfair's Midwifery last
edition); Strumpell's Practice of Medicine; Flint's or Loomis's Physical Diagnosis; Grees
Pathology; Friedlander's Practical Microscopy.
INSTRUCTION IN THE DISPENSARY.
A Free Dispensary is now in operation at the University, under the
charge of the Medical Professors. Here the students are taught the
methods of examining patients, and the changes which occur in the
normal functions of the body as a result of disease. In recognition of
the impossibility of giving practical instruction by the ordinary clinical
lectures, the class is divided into sections, so that each student may
have the opportunity of examining patients for himself, under the guidance
of the Professor. In addition to the patients who come to the
homes.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY.
The attention of students of Medicine is called to the great value of
the course in Analytical Chemistry (p. 33) as a desirable enlargement
of their professional training. The Special Courses in Medical Chemistry
and Practical Pharmacy are designed particularly for students of
Medicine, and the latter is given without additional charge, except for
laboratory material, to such of them as engage to attend the entire
course.
EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations are of two sorts; oral examinations (daily), and
written examinations (Intermediate and Final.)
The value of the daily examination or recitation on the subject of the
preceding lecture is very great. On the one hand students who would
not otherwise take advantage of their opportunities for instruction are
thereby stimulated to increased exertion. On the other the recitation
gives the Professor an opportunity of finding out difficulties which the
student may have encountered in the previous lecture, and of correcting
erroneous impressions which he may have formed.
The intermediate written examinations stimulate the student to frequent
reviews, and familiarize him with the form of the examinations
for graduation, and the best methods of preparing for them.
The examinations for graduation are rigid written examinations, in
which the answers to the questions must be full and comprehensive.
Besides these examinations, there is a general oral review at the very
close of the session on all the different branches on which the student
has graduated during either that session or some preceding one; this
is intended to test the permanent acquisition of such general knowledge
as every practitioner of medicine should possess. The Faculty
have introduced these oral reviews partly to prepare students more
thoroughly for the State Examinations in Virginia, and the other States
which hold such examinations, as well as for entrance into the Medical
Corps of the Army and Navy and the Marine Hospital service.
REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION.
Graduation in Medicine, as in the other Departments and Schools of
the University of Virginia, does not depend upon the time which has
been spent in the study of medicine, but upon the preparation of the
to stand. Hence it is possible for a diligent student to graduate in one
session.
But the severe and protracted labor necessary for this purpose is attended
with evils of which the medical faculty is fully conscious; and
it is considered far better for a student to attend lectures for two sessions,
giving his attention during the first session to the subjects of
Chemistry, Anatomy, and Physiology especially, and endeavoring to
obtain only such a general knowledge of the other branches, as will
better enable him to complete the course and to profit by the instruction
of the second year.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a student in the Medical Department are
for the session of nine months as follows:
| University Fees— | |
| Matriculation, | $ 25 |
| Infirmary Fee, | 7 |
| Dormitory Rent [two in a room], | 15 |
| Tuition, | 110 |
| Total of Fees, | $157 |
| Living Expenses— | |
| Fuel, Lights and Washing, | 25 |
| Board at $12 a Month, | 108 |
| Total necessary expenses (board at $12), | $290 |
| Payable on entrance, | $210 |
The sum payable on entrance includes a contingent deposit of $10
which is credited in final settlement and hence forms no part of the
necessary expenses. This deposit is assessed for damage to property,
violation of Library rules and so on.
To the above total must be added the cost of books, stationery and
dissecting instruments, about $45 for the entire course, and the cost of
a degree, which if taken is $15. The books purchased will be of permanent
value to the student as part of his professional library.
The board at $12 is plain, but wholesome and abundant. Better
board can be had at $14, $16, $18 a month. At $18 the total necessary
expenses will be $344 of which $228 is payable on entrance.
For the entire course if taken in one year the necessary expenses including
books will be $335 to $389 according to the price paid for
board; if taken in two years they will be $625 to $733.
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY.
J. W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Professor of General Chemistry.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Professor of Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
W. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Acting Professor of Botany.
W. B. TOWLES, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica.
This Department is designed to furnish thorough and practical instruction
in the practice of Pharmacy and in the sciences on which its
principles rest. For this purpose ample facilities are provided in the
Scientific and Medical Departments, both in the way of teaching and in
material equipment.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
The following classes constitute the complete course in Pharmacy.
The work of each will be found described in detail elsewhere in this
catalogue, on the pages referred to.
General Chemistry:—This coincides with the class in General Chemistry
described at page 32.
Analytical Chemistry:—This coincides with the work of the First
Course in Analytical Chemistry (page 33) substituting practice in the
Preparation of Medicines and the Detection of Adulterations for Fire
Assaying and Determinative Mineralogy. Candidates for the degree in
Pharmacy are also required to take the Special Courses in Medical
Chemistry and Practical Pharmacy. For these no additional charge is
made.
Botany:—This coincides with the class in Botany described at p. 36.
Materia Medica:—This coincides with the class in Materia Medica
described at page 48.
The method of instruction is by systematic lectures, daily oral and
periodical written examinations. With this is combined the study of
assigned portions of suitable text-books, and in the laboratory courses
a large amount of practical work performed under the supervision of
the professor.
EQUIPMENT.
The equipment consists in a very complete collection of chemical
and apparatus for illustrating the lectures on General Chemistry;
large and well arranged chemical laboratory with all the necessary fittings
and apparatus; a museum of Botany and an extensive herbarium;
and a full set of specimens of Materia Medica.
DEGREE.
Candidates for the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy are required to
complete the work of all of the above classes. A well-trained and
laborious student will be able to do this in a single session of nine
months. But it is generally advisable to devote two sessions to the
work, in order to secure additional practice in the laboratory courses.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a student in the Department of Pharmacy
are for the session of nine months as follows (page 69):
| University Fees— | |
| Matriculation, | $ 25 |
| Infirmary Fee, | 7 |
| Dormitory Rent [two in a room], | 15 |
| Tuition, | 115 |
| Total of Fees, | $162 |
| Living Expenses— | |
| Fuel, Lights and Washing, | 25 |
| Board at $12 a Month, | 108 |
| Total necessary expenses (board at $12) | $295 |
| Payable on entrance, | $215 |
The sum payable on entrance includes a contingent deposit of $10
which is credited in final settlement, and hence forms no part of the
necessary expenses. This deposit is assessed for damage to property,
violation of Library rules, and so on.
Virginians save $40 in tuition.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery,
and of the degree if taken.
The board at $12 is plain but wholesome and abundant. Better
board can be had at $14, $16, $18 a month.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
W. M. THORNTION, Professor of Mathematics Applied to Engineering.
CHARLES S. VENABLE, LL. D., Professor of Mathematics.
FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy.
JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Professor of Analytical Chemistry.
WM. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Professor of Natural History and Geology.
JAMES S. MILLER, Instructor in Pure Mathematics and Physics.
This Department is designed to furnish intending, engineers thorough
and practical instruction in the principles of Engineering and the sciences
connected therewith. For this purpose, in addition to the Schools of
Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History and
Geology, and Analytical Chemistry, the School of Mathematics Applied
to Engineering has been established. For the first five Schools
the courses of instruction are given in detail in the Scientific Department.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Prof. Thornton.
The Course of Instruction in this School embraces the following
subjects. In each there is an elementary or Junior Course and an advanced
or Senior Course distinguished by numbers. In the Junior
courses only elementary mathematical methods are employed. In the
Senior courses use is made to a limited extent of Coordinate Geometry
and the Infinitesimal Calculus.
Projective—I.* Descriptive Geometry of the point the
plane and the straight line. Shades and Shadows on polyedra
nometric Projections.
2. Descriptive Geometry of curved surfaces. Shades and Shadows
on curved surfaces; Perspective Projections.
Geodesy.—I.* Lower Geodesy comprising the Theory and Use of
Field Instruments; General Methods and Fundamental Problems in
Field Engineering; Special Methods in Land, City, Topographic and
Hydrographic Surveying; Construction of Maps and Plans; Estimation
of Quantities.
2. Higher Geodesy comprising the Theory of the Figure of the
Earth; Spheroidal Trigonometry; Measurement of Base Lines, Altitudes
and Azimuths; Reduction of Observations; Projections of Maps.
[Optional.]
Mechanics.—I.* Statics of Rigid Solids, with applications to the design
of the simpler forms of Bridges, Roofs and Piers; Revetments,
Dams and Foundations.
2. Statics of Elastic Solids with applications to the theory of the
Strength and Stiffness of the elements of structures and machines.
Construction.—I.* Sources, uses, manufacture and properties of
Building Materials, with elementary Building Construction in Earth,
Concrete, Masonry, Timber and Iron.
2. Advanced Course in Building Construction, including the analysis
and design of Continuous Girders, Arches and Suspension Bridges.
Public Works.—I. Location, construction and maintenance of
Lines of Communication, including Highways.* Railways, Canals and
Canalized Rivers.
2.* Collection, conveyance, filtration and distribution of potable
water; drainage and sewerage of towns, and disposal of sewage; drainage
and irrigation of lands and reclamation of swamps.
Mining.—I. Location, classification and distribution of Ore Deposits;
Exploitation of the same; Extraction of the Ore; Mechanical
Preparation; Drainage, Ventilation and Lighting of Mines.
2. General theory of Energy and Power, its measurement by Dynamometers
and its regulation by Brakes, Accumulators, Governors
and Valves; Hydraulics, hydraulic motors and pumps; Thermodynamics,
steam and gas engines and blowers; Teledynamic, Hydraulic
and Pneumatic Transmission of Power; Proportions and Dimensions of
the Elements of Machines.
[The course in Mining is not required for the degree of C. E.; the course in Public Works
and the Senior course in Construction are not required for the degree of M. E. The courses
marked with * constitute the course in Agricultural Engineering.]
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.
Instruction in the foregoing subjects is conveyed by a course of systematic
lectures, combined with assiduous practice in the field and at
the drawing-board, continued throughout the course.
In the Lecture Course, after careful elucidation of fundamental
principles, the rules of construction are deduced, and applied to the
criticism of existing structures and the design of proposed works.
Typical examples are selected, based usually on engineering works in
course of actual construction; the loads upon these are determined,
the straining actions accurately computed, and the structures designed
complete in every detail.
In the Field Course the adjustments and use of the instruments are
carefully taught, and the student, after a thorough drill in the methods
of measuring and estimating lengths, altitudes and angles, is required
to execute for himself surveys of lands, buildings, and topography; to
locate lines for railways, highways and canals; and to set out earthworks
and masonry.
In the Course of Design the easy and accurate use of pen and brush
is first acquired by exercises in projective and topographic drawing.
The student is then required, from assigned data, to compute the dimensions
of proposed structures, and on the basis of his computations to
prepare bills of material, and general and detailed drawings of the
works; to draw up specifications and furnish estimates of quantities.
To facilitate the instruction in this department, the University has
provided a commodious and well-lighted lecture room and drawing
hall, a liberal supply of field instruments of the best construction, and
models and drawings of a large variety of structures, illustrating the
best practice of modern engineers, American and foreign.
The preparation essential for students who desire to enter this School
is a good working knowledge of the elements of Algebra, Geometry,
both Plane and Solid, and Plane Trigonometry. And in the course of
instruction elementary mathematical methods are mainly employed.
Nevertheless students of engineering are encouraged to take the complete
course in Pure Mathematics (p. 29) and those who acquire this
sound mathematical training will find their powers of dealing with the
more complex questions of their profession greatly augmented thereby.
DEGREES.
The requirements for the degrees of Civil Engineer and Mining
Engineer will be found elsewhere (p. 66.) By a well-trained and diligent
student either of these two courses can be completed in two sessions.
But in most cases the distribution of the work over three sessions
will be exceedingly advantageous, especially to students whose mathematical
training is imperfect. For the first-year course in any case
Junior Applied Mathematics, Junior and Intermediate Pure Mathematics
and Chemistry are recommended.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a student of Civil Engineering who proposes
to complete the course in two sessions are for each session of
nine months as follows:
| University Fees— | |
| Matriculation, | $ 25 |
| Infirmary Fee, | 7 |
| Dormitory Rent [two in a room], | 15 |
| Tuition, [average charge] | 100 |
| Total Fees, | $147 |
| Living Expenses— | |
| Fuel, Lights and Washing, | 25 |
| Board at $12 a Month, | 108 |
| Total necessary expenses (board at $12), | $280 |
| Payable on entrance, | $200 |
The sum payable on entrance includes a contingent deposit of $10
which is credited in final settlement, and hence forms no part of the
necessary expenses. This deposit is assessed for damage to property,
violation of Library rules, and so on.
Virginians save $50 in tuition.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery.
The board at $12 is plain but wholesome and abundant. Better
board can be had at $14, $16, $18 a month. At $18 the total necessary
expenses will be $334 of which $218 is payable on entrance.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
....., Professor of Biology and Agriculture.
FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy.
JOHN W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.
F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry.
WM. M. FONTAINE, M. A., Professor of Natural History and Geology.
WM. M. THORNTON, Professor of Mathematics Applied to Engineering.
| J. F. SLAUGHTER, President. | |
| W. W. MINOR,[1] | S. V. SOUTHALL, |
| RANDOLPH HARRISON, | H. W. JONES, |
| GEO. W. PALMER, | B. JOHNSON BARBOUR. |
| R. T. W. DUKE, Secretary. | |
The late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, having by deed given in
rust one hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of a Department
of Scientific and Practical Agriculture in the University, this
Department was organized in 1869. The above-named Professors
constitute the Faculty of the Agricultural Department.
The Courses of Instruction in this Department are two: an Introductory
or Junior Course and an Advanced or Senior Course.
Junior Course:
1. Biology [page 36.]
2. Physics [page 31.]
3. General Chemistry [page 32.]
4. Geology and Mineralogy [page 35.]
Senior Course:
1. Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry [page 33.]
2. Industrial Chemistry [page 32.]
3. Scientific and Practical Agriculture [page 36.]
4. Agricultural Engineering [page 56.]
The Method of Instruction is by systematic lectures, daily oral and
periodical written examinations. With this is combined the study of
assigned portions of suitable text-books, and in the laboratory courses a
large amount of practical work performed under the supervision of the
professor.
Miller Scholarships:—In honor of the founder of the Agricultural
Department there is awarded at the end of each session the Miller
Agricultural Scholarship, tenable during the two following sessions.
The emoluments consist of $250 a session with free tuition in the
Schools of the Agricultural Department. The scholarship is awarded
to that student who in the year of his candidacy obtains distinction
in all the classes of the Junior Course of Agricultural Studies and
receives the highest aggregate of marks in that course. During his
tenure of the scholarship the Miller Scholar must give evidence to
the Faculty of good conduct and suitable progress in study. He
must pursue during the first year of his Scholarship studies selected
from the Senior Course. During his second year he must complete
the remaining studies of that course, and may add under direction of
the Faculty other University work proportioned to his powers.
Degrees:—Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Scientific
Agriculture are required to complete all the studies of both courses
They are advised to take the studies of the Junior Course for the first
year and to distribute the studies of the advanced course over two
more years.
The Chair of Biology and Agriculture will be filled at the approaching meeting of the
Visitors in June, 1888, and the details of the courses of instruction will be announced as soon
as possible after the appointment of the professor.
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