LECTURES. 185 



CURRICULUM, OR COURSE OF STUDY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS OF ARCHI- 

 TECTURE, BY DR. D. B. REID. 



I. General Studies, referrino; to the materials of which the globe is 

 composed, their power ami capabilities, and their relations to the 

 human frame. 



1. Chemistry — history of the elements of which the globe is com- 

 posed, and of their combinations. 



2. Mechanical philosophy, including the mutual relations of solids, 

 liquids and gases. 



3. Heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 



4. Mineralogy and geology. 



5. Meteorology. 



6. The general structure and physiology of the frame of man — prin- 

 ciples of hygiene. 



II. Special Studies. 



1. The materials used in building, natural and artificial — their 

 strength and capabilities. 



2. The principles and practice of design and construction — the dif- 

 ferent orders and styles of architecture. 



3. Outline of the history of architecture as a fine and as a useful 

 art — the monuments of antiquity — the peculiar works of modern 

 times. 



4. Public buildings, including schools, churches, law-courts^^ prisons, 

 hospitals, theatres, and gymnasia for exercise and recreation. 



5. Habitations for the people — extreme importance of the tenement 

 question, and of the right construction of the habitations of the 

 poorer classes in all large cities ; its relation to the wants, habits, 

 and morals of the inhabitants. 



6. Special buildings for trades, workshops, and manufactories. 



7. The construction requisite for acoustics, warming, cooling, light- 

 ing, ventilating, fire-proofing, draining and sewerage, the collec- 

 tion and removal of refuse, and the importance of due provision 

 being adjusted for all these purposes before the execution of any 

 building is commenced. 



8. The selection of sites for buildings, superficial drainage, the 

 peculiarities required in different classes of foundations. 



9. The special architecture required in destroying noxious fumes 

 and exhalations from drains, manufactories, and other houses, 

 and for facilitating the cleansing of large cities and villages, and 

 the general preservation of the public health ; the objects and 

 conduct of quarantine on shore. 



10. The principles and practice* of decorations — the influence of 

 colors. 



11. Plans, drawings, and specifications; architectural books re- 

 quired in conducting business accounts. 



12. Preparing estimates and measuring executed work. 



