isua-isnscatalog-1880-1881-031

Description:	1. The development of the plant from the germ.2. Morphology of the parts of a plant.3. Analysis of flowers.4. Identification of common trees and plants in field and forest,with limited statements of their economic value.The lectures in geology state briefly and clearly the stages of de¬ velopment through which the earth has evidently passsed in reaching its present condition. Specimens of rocks and fossils are examined by the class. The geology of Indiana is so treated that the student may find profitable interest in the outcropping rocks of his own home.The lectures in astronomy present the relations existing among the bodies of the solar system, and the more comprehensive views of star depths. Students are expected to identify the visible planets and con¬ spicuous fixed stars, and to trace the well-marked constellations.The institution is supplied with a limited amount of suitable appa¬ ratus and gross material for illustration. The supply will be consider¬ ably increased within the ensuing school year, and the museum and laboratory will be organized for thorough practical work.The museum needs valuable specimens of minerals and fossils. Contributions will be thankfully received. Only such specimens are valuable as are taken from fixed position in the earth, and which are accompanied by minute descriptions of position. Those having material for exchange will confer a favor by corresponding with the institution.DRAWING.I. Aim : 1. To furnish the mind with the elementary conceptions of form belonging to drawing. 2. To cultivate the feeling of harmony in relation to sensuous forms. 3. To train the hand and eye. 4. To suggest lines of preparation. 5. To fit the pupil for this sort of work in the public schools. 6. To give all the practical skill possible.II. Scope of the course : 1. Geometrical drawing. 2. Freehand dicta¬ tion exercises. 3. Freehand copy work. 4. Straight-line perspective. 5. Drawing from objects. 6. Some study of the principles underlying design.III. Geometrical drawing—fifty-five problems: 1. To bisect lines and arcs. 2. To erect perpendiculars. 3. To construct and divide angles. 4. To draw parallel lines. 5. To construct triangles, quad¬ rilaterals and polygons. 6. To find the center of circles and triangles.7. To inscribe and circumscribe the triangle, quadrilateral and polygon.8. To construct triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons on a given base. 9. To draw tangents. 10. To find altitudes. 11. To find proportional lines. 12. To construct ellipses.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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