Description of Courses 



DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 



A. SPECIAL WORK IN ALLIED SUBJECTS. 



(The following list includes required courses and a few of 

 the elective courses which are especially desirable for forestry 

 students.) 



ENGINEERING 



Surveying, Course 4. Use of Instruments. Lectures and 

 field practice. Two hours, either semester. Professor DAVIS 

 and Assistant Professor MERRICK. 



Linear measurements. Field notes. Verniers. Angle read- 

 ing. Traverse surveying. Computing areas. Platting. Level- 

 ing. Profile. Grade line. Straight line. 



Surveying, Course 5. Topography, field work and drafting. 

 Three hours, either semester. Professor DAVIS and Assistant 

 Professor MERRICK. 



Transit and stadia, plane table and camera surveying. Must 

 be preceded by Course 4 or its equivalent. 



Drawing, Course 10. Free-hand Lettering. Two hours, first 

 or second semester. 



This course is designed to give the student practice in the 

 simple forms of letters used in the drafting room and the laying 

 out of titles. 



Mechanical Engineering, Course 24. Prime Movers. Three 

 hours, first semester. Lectures, M, W, F, at 9. Professor 

 ALLEN. 



This course is offered primarily for forestry students. It 

 embraces a study of the steam engine, gas engine, and water 

 turbine, together with the study of the various methods of 

 transmitting the power from these prime movers. This subject 

 is covered in a popular way and in addition, attention is given 

 to the operation of the various machines. 



This course should be preceded by Courses 1 and 2 in 

 Physics. 



BOTANY 



5. Plant Culture and Breeding. Three hours, first semester. 

 One lecture and six hours' laboratory work a week, at hours 

 to be arranged. Room 2, U. H. Dr. Hus. 

 This course attempts to lay the foundation for a knowledge 

 of the modern art and science of plant culture and breeding. 

 It will include a study of the conditions for growth, the 

 relations of plants to soils, the functions of parts, and the 

 various means used to produce and propagate varieties, such 



