SECOND YEAR. First Term-Becker's Grammar; Adler's Handbook. Second Term.- do do; Schiller's and Goethe's dramas. Third Term.-Goethe's Faust; Writing German. BOOK-KEEPING AND COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS. This School has for two years been in successful operation in the City. of Madison under the denomination of "Bacon's Commercial College." It is now a part of the University, and will soon be transferred to the rooms designed for it in the main edifice. At present rooms are occupied in Bruen's Block. The course of study consists of, 1st. Single and Double Entry Book-Keeping, embracing the various departments of Trade and Mercantile accounts, viz: Wholesale and Retail, Stock and Partnership Books, Shipping, Steam Boating, Railroading, Banking, Manufacturing, Commission, Joint Stock and Company Business. 2d. Commercial calculations, comprising the system of calculations appertaining to Percentage, Equation of Payments, Compound Equations, Exchange, (Domestic and Foreign,) Arbitration of Exchange, General Average, Arbitration of Merchandise, Tonage of Vessels, Storage, and Custom House Transactions. 3d. Business Penmanship. 4th. Commercial Forms and Correspondence, including Forms of Invoices, Accounts current, Account Sales, Bills of Lading, Promissory Notes, Orders, Checks, Drafts, Bills of Exchange, Articles of Copartnership, and Business Letters. 5th. Lectures on Customs of Merchants, Rules of Trade, Commercial Law, Political Economy, &c., &c. It is the purpose of the Board of Regents in the establishment of this Instructorship, to afford the student an ample opportunity to qualify himself for prosecuting the Mercantile Profession in any Department, and to any extent. Students are taught separately, and not in classes, and can enter at any time they choose. Third. Second. NORMAL DEPARTMENT. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., CHANCELLOR AND PROFESSOR OF NORMAL INSTRUCTION. Special instruction in the history and principals of education, and the classification, teaching and discipline of schools, will be given by the Chancellor. The arrangements for this department have not been fully made; but will be announced at an early day. In the meantime, special instruction will be given in a Normal Course commencing on the 10th of April, 1860, of which more particular notice will be given in a special circular. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Arrangements have been made for this department, in connection with the City High School, of Madison, in charge of Prof. O. M. Conover, A. M. The course of study for young pupils extends over three years, and is substantially as follows: 1. Cæsar's Commentaries. History. English Composition. Greek Lessons, (Crosby's.) UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS. The foregoing chairs belong to the Department of Science, Litorature, and the Arts, and are arranged by ordinance of the Board, into the following schools, namely: SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., Chancellor. DANIEL READ, LL. D., Professor of Mental Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric, and English Literature. * J. H. Lathroг, LL. D., Professor of Ethical Philosophy. The subjects of study in this school are Mental Science, Logic, History, Esthetics, and English Literature. SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., Chancellor. JAMES D. BUTLER, A. M.. JOSEPH O. PICKARD, A. M. Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. DANIEL READ, LL. D. Professor of English Literature. The subjects of study in this school are Ancient Languages and Literature-Modern Languages and Literature. SCHOOL OF POLITY. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., Chancellor. * JOHN H. LATHROP, LL. D. Professor of Ethical and Political Science. DANIEL READ, LL. D., Lecturer on International Law. DAVID H. TULLIS, Instructor in Commercial Science. The subjects of instruction in this school are General Ethics, Political Ethics, Constitutional Law, International Law, Political Economy, and History of Civilization. * Besigned. SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCE. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., Chancellor. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. DAVID BOSWELL REID, M. D., F. R. S. S., JOHN W. STERLING, A. M., Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. Professor of Ethical and Political Science. DANIEL READ, LL. D., Professor of Montal Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric and English Literature. JOSEPH C. PIChard, A. M., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. The subjects of study in the school of Natural Science are Chemistry and its applications, Natural History, General Physics, Mathematics, Physiology, and Hygiene, Ethics, Esthetics, English Language and Literature, and Modern Languages and Literature. SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., Chancellor. JOHN W. STERling, A. M.,, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. T. D. CORYELL, A. M., Instructor in Surveying and Engineering. EZRA S. CARR, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. DAVID BOSWELL REID, M. D., F. R. S. S. Professor of Physiology and Hygiene, and Director of Museum of Practical Sciencer. DANIEL READ, LL. D., Professor of Mental Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric and English Literature. JAMES D. BUTLER, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature. JOSEPH O. PICKARD, A. M., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. The subjects of study in this School, are Mathematics, and Practical Engineering, Architecture and Drawing, Natural History, General Phys ics, Phisiology and Hygiene, English Language and Literature, Latin, or two of the Modern Languages. Special attention is given to the theory and use of the most approved forms of the Surveyor's Compass, the Level, and the Transit. In fair weather, portions of each class are detailed in turn for field exercise, and excursions are taken into the country, to acquaint the student with the best methods of executing actual surveys. The apparatus thus far supplied is a full set of Surveyor's instruments, including one of the best of the Gurley's Transits. The instruction is rendered by lecture and by use of text-books, accompa ried by reviews and frequent examinations. It is a constant aim, to conduct all the exercises in a manner best suited to secure mental discipline. The whole course extends over a period of two years, beginning with each fall term. Candidates for admission to this course are required to possess a knowledge of Algebra and Synthetical Geometry, for which ample facilities are afforded in connection with the Chair of Mathematics. The subjects of study for the term beginning on the 8th of February, 1860, and extending over a term of twenty weeks, embrace :— Surveys of the U. S. Public Lands, and the method of executing and recording County Surveys, including the Subdivision of the Section, taught by lecture, Gillespie's, Davie's and Robinson's Surveying, used as books of reference. Leveling-taught by lecture. The Location of Tangents, and Curves in Railroad Surveying, Side Staking, etc., Hencke's Field Book, used as a text-book. Drafting-Mahan's Industrial Drawing, used as a text-book. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. The Board of Regents, at their meeting in July, 1858, resolved to open this University School, as soon as the clear income of the University Fund, applicable to instruction, should reach $16,000 per annum; or sooner, if a full Professorship of Agricultural Science should be endowed from other sources. In the meantime, the application of Science to Agriculture and the useful Arts, will be taught in the School of Natural Science. The subjects of study in this School are: Theory and Practice of Agriculture, Chemistry and its Applications, Natural History, General Physics, Physiology and Hygiene, Mathematics, English Language and Literature, Ethics and Political Economy, Rural Economy and Veterinary Art. |