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  STARE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 37 I
 I XI. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.  
·_ PROFESSOR BROOKS. I
 " The course in Civil Engineering is planned to acquaint the students
I ` with the knowledge of the subjects necessary to enable the civil engineer
to develop himself into a skilled practitioner of his profession in any of its
several branches. So far as is possible, the importance of each subject I
taught is illustrated by its application to some work similar to that which is
I met with in actual practice. An effort is made to render the course valu-
I able, not only for its professional uses, but also from an educational stand-
I point ; therefore, while the student is learning each subject, both theoreti-
I cally and practically, the training of his mind as well as the needs of his
I profession is kept in view. In addition to the purely technical matters
j included in the course, provision is made for the study of English, History,
  ‘ and Political Economy.
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j The Department of Civil Engineering occupies the second floor of
I Engineers’ Hall, which contains an office and recitation and drawing-rooms
i for the accommodation of classes of twenty-ve students. The drawing-
`_ room is equipped with tables, boards, drawing paper, and all the larger and
  more expensive drawing instruments, which are at the disposal of all
3 students. The surveying instruments belonging to this Department are of
I the highest grades of the various makers, and among them are included five
i' transits—one each by Buff and Berger, Heller & Brightly, Keuffel & Esser,
, Mahn, and Ware; three levels, by Gurlev, Brandis, and Seelig & Kandler; ’
  a compass by Gurley; a plane-table by Keuffel & Esser, a precise pantagraph,
I and a solar instrument by Saegmiiller, together with level and stadia rods,
¤ tapes, and other minor accessories. The library for the use of students in
engineering contains a well selected supply of standard literature and peri- I
~ odicals pertaining especially to Civil Engineering.
The technical studies in the Course of Civil Engineering fall under the
heads of Drawing, Surveying, Construction, Applied Mechanics, Bridge and
’ Machine Design, and Sanitary Engineering.
LABoRA‘roR|Es.
Instruction is given in the Physical Laboratory during the first term of
` the Sophomore year, and in the Chemical Laboratory during the second
* term of the Junior and Senior years.
DRAWING.
;’ The work in drawing is begun in the first term of the Freshman year,
and consists of free—hand sketching from models, engineering structures,
and from drawings, and in practice in the use of drafting instruments. In
the Sophomore year the time is occupied in mapping, with exercises in
topography, and especial attention is given to the rapid and accurate forma-
tion of Roman and other appropriate styles of letters. In the second term, ,