8 Education in Civil Engineering and Mining. 



time give him a perfect acquaintance with all the necessary 

 practical details. 



It has already been observed that the engineer students are 

 subject to the same discipline and moral control as the other 

 students in the University, an advantage which will be duly 

 appreciated by those parents and others who are desirous of 

 securing for a young man the advantage of a sound education, 

 under wholesome control, and in the society of young men of 

 the same age intended for other professions. 



By the regulations provision is made for any engineer stu- 

 dent to proceed to the degree of bachelor of arts, on passing 

 the requisite examinations for that purpose. There are seve- 

 ral scholarships in the University, to which engineer students, 

 as well as others, are eligible. 



The class of engineers was opened in January 1838, and at 

 present consists of eight students. The academical year, 

 consisting of three terms, begins in October ; and the lectures 

 are arranged so that the course of instruction commences at 

 that time. 



The fees payable by engineer students for tuition are 1 0/. 1 Os. 

 in each term. This includes all payments to the professors 

 and other officers of the University, and gives the student 

 admission to all the lectures given to his class. The students 

 have rooms in the University College, and dine in the college 

 hall. It is understood that the whole expense of residence 

 during the academical year, including tuition, certainly need 

 not exceed lOOZ. 



It will be borne in mind that the new course of study esta- 

 blished by the University of Durham is such as to form not 

 merely a school of civil engineers in the ordinary sense of the 

 term, but'also a School of Mines, in which persons likely to be 

 through life engaged either in excavating the mineral wealth 

 of various kinds with which the country abounds, or in con- 

 verting the raw mineral into an article of commerce, may re- 

 ceive the elements of the several branches of knowledge which 

 their pursuits may require. For the especial benefit of the 

 latter class of persons it is provided that at a certain period 

 in the course of study a more undivided attention shall be 

 given to the theory and processes of metallurgy in its various 

 branches than is considered at all necessary for the engineer 

 students as a body. The importance of this regulation will be 

 understood by those who are aware of the many desiderata and 

 unexplained circumstances which the smelter of iron, lead, tin, 

 or copper can detail, or of the national waste of material with 

 which even tlie most improved processes are attended*. 



* Our readers will remember that the importance of establishing a School 

 of Mines in this country has long been urged by Mr. John Taylor, Treas. 



