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 ` study. The shops and laboratories are so crowded with ‘
  regular students that it is impossible to provide indepen-
h·  Q dent courses in shop-work, mechanical drawing and la- i
l`  Q horatory work. The main object of the Summer School
PS  > is to give the greatest possible freedom in the selection
>f  Q of those subjects in which any man 1nay be interested. _
h  * ENTRANCE. .
l$   The entrance requirements for advanced courses in engineering i l
S.  .- are beyond many men. No detailed educational requirements will be
O  _-` speeilied for entrance in the Summer School. Every applicant will W
h __  he allowed to pursue any course that he elects, and the same will be · 1
__   pitched 011 a thoroughly fuiidamental plane.
 ij. A speaking and writing knowledge of the Englishlanguage is de·
9  Y` sired, together with a knowledge of elementary arithmetic. lt is i11—
ll  it tended that no man shall be handicapped 011 account of l1is previous
1-  it education, for an attempt is made to put all courses on such a basis
  that they a1·e within tl1e reach of every Hlilll. l11 order to accomplish
’   this purpose each student will be placed largely on an independent A
` _,  footing, {llld dealt with as an individual, rather than as a. n1e1nbe1· of
`  _' a large class in which he is required to maintain a certain standard. `
V Those students wl10 are matriculated in the full four-year engine-
- T ering courses of any engineering school will be given such instruc-
_  E tions as will enable tl1e111 to clear up the shop-work and receive credit
_ __  for this wo1·k i11 connection with their full engineerlng course. _ . A
"   The great amount of shop and laboratory work thatis required _ V "
‘ J from engineering students is frequently a se1·ious obstacle to the pro- · ` `
l 7* per preparation of the theoretical work. lt would be a decided ad- ` V
·  _ vantage it allstudents contemplating engineering coursescould com- `
j   plete the shop-work and drawiiig-room courses outside of the regular ‘
¤  ` term.
 i HIGH se11ooL s’rUn1cN*1‘s. _
 T lt is highly important that those young 111en who contemplate pur- · 4
` "` suing a11 engineering course should obtain $01116 proficiency i11 shop-
i work and nicclianical drawing before entering llpO11 the full four-year · , l
course i11 engineering. Students in high schools will be able during
their SlllIllll€l' vacations to complete practically all of the shop-work,
also a great deal of elementary mechanical drawing required i11 the .
advanced course in engineering, while (‘3.l`l'yl11g` 011 their academic ·
studies preparatory to taking up their university engineeriiig work ·
later. _ ~ .
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