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inlaying of metals into various substances, wood-engraving and 

 wood-carving. 



Instruction of this kind would be very serviceable in creating 

 and developing art industries in tliis country, and it would 1)e 

 especially valuable in the training of teachers ; and it is hoped 

 that means will be found, at a very early date, for giving such 

 instruction. 



Modern Language. — In view of the increasing importance to 

 students of applied science of being able to read foreign scien- 

 tific and trade journals so as to understand what is being done 

 abroad in the particular branch of industry in which they are 

 engaged, the students will have the opportunity in the Central 

 Institution of pursuing their studies in the French and German 

 languages. It is true that they might obtain these lessons else- 

 wheie, but it is found, as a fact, that students very rightly object 

 to the loss of time involved in going from place to place in 

 pursuit of the instruction they require, and commonly neglect 

 the lectures which they have not the opportunity of attending in 

 the Institution in which they pass the greater part of their day. 

 Moreover, students are attracted to a place of learning in which 

 they can obtain all the instruction they need. For these reasons, 

 it is thought desirable that teacliers of French ar.d German 

 should, as soon as possible, be appointed. At the same time it 

 is hoped that, as the teaching of modern languages becomes so 

 far improved that students, seeking admission to the College, 

 will be able to translate with ease passages from French and 

 German into English, the neces.Mty of supplementing the tech- 

 nical instruction, which the Institution is intended to afford, by 

 providing for this branch of education will cease to exist. 



Courses of Instruction 

 Systematic courses of instruction will be drawn up for matri- 

 culated student^, which will be obligatory upon those who seek 

 the Diploma of the Institute. These courses will cover a period 

 of three years, and \\\\\ be varied according to the branch of 

 engineering or of manufacturing or art industry for which stu- 

 dents are preparing. The details of these courses will be best 

 settled in consultation witli the several professors ; hut it is 

 understood that, besides the general and special lectures and 

 class work already referred to, the instruction will consist 

 largely of laboratory practice in chemistry, mechanics, and 

 ph) sics ; and that for students who may not previously have 

 acquired any manipulative skill, the workshops of the Institution 

 will be available ; whilst machine drawing will form an import- 

 ant part of the ordinary curriculum. It is hoped, too, that tlie 

 professors will have opportunities of conducting their students to 

 some of the different factories and works in and near Loudon. 



DirLOiiAS 



It is desirable that the Institute should grant diplonjas, in 

 accordance with the power conferred upon the Council by the 

 Articles of Association, Sec. 51. The diplomas should be of 

 two kinds, the Associateship of the Institute, and the Fellow- 

 ship of the Institute. 



The AssDciateship should be awarded to students of the 

 Central Institution, who shall have gone through the complete 

 course of instruction as laid down for them, and have satisfac- 

 torily passed their several examinations. Of these examinations, 

 the first would be the Matriculation or Entrance Examination, 

 and candidates unable to pass it would be recommended to 

 spend one year, at least, in some suitable College, in preparation 

 for it. A subsequent examination would be held at the end of 

 each year on the College work, and the final examination, at 

 which external examiners would be selected to assist the I'ro- 

 fessots of the Institution, would be essentially practical in 

 character. The diploma might be granted to students educated 

 at any other College affiliated to, or associated with, the Insti- 

 tute, who shoidd pass the Matriculation and other examinations. 



The Fellowship would be conferred upon persons who, 

 having obtained the Associateship, and spent at least five years 

 m actual practice, should produce evidence of having done 

 some original and valuable research work, or of having other- 

 wise contributed to the advancement of the industry in which 

 they are engaged. 



Evening Instruction 

 Although, at the outset, the education of day students is all 

 that can with advantage be attempted, it is desirable that, later 

 on, the experiment shall be made of giving evening instruction 

 m the Central Institution. 



The instruction so given .should consist of courses of lectures 

 dealing with some of the applications of science or art to 



special branches of industry, and serving the double purpose of 

 imparting information and of showing the importance of more 

 systematic technical teaching. These lectures should be some- 

 what of the character of the Cantor lectures periodically delivered 

 at the Society of Arts, and somewhat similar to the well-attended 

 and varied courses held at the Conservatoire de-; Arts et Metiers 

 at Paris. Whilst differing from class lessons, they would have a 

 distinctly educational value ; and, as distinguishing them from 

 the Cantor lectures as well as frDm those given at the Paris Con- 

 servatoire, opportunities would be afforded to some of the students 

 attending them of themselves doing laboratory work on one or 

 more evenings of the week. It would be necessary that the 

 evening instruction should be so arranged as not to interfere with 

 the ordinary day courses. 



Appointment of Chief Professors 



Should the scheme now proposed for the organisation of the 

 Central Institution be adopted, there are numerous details con- 

 nected with it which will need to be carefully worked out. But 

 before entering further into the consideration of the.«e details, it 

 is desirable that the chief professors should be appointed, not 

 with the view of their entering immediately upon their duties, 

 but in order that the Sub-Committee may confer with them as to 

 the courses of instruction to be given, and as to the fittings of 

 tlie several laboratories and class rooms, the preparation of which 

 \\\\\ occupy some considerable time. 



It is recommended, therefore, that the Committee should at 

 once appoint — 



A Professor of Chemistry. 



A Professor of Engineering. 



A Professor ofi^Mechanics and Mathematics. 



A Professor of Physics. 



These gentlemen having been elected, the appointment of the 

 other professors, the demonstrators, and lecturers on technology 

 may be deferred, it being understood that some of these ad- 

 ditional posts must be filled before the opening of the first 

 session. Meanw hile, however, the work of preparing the fittings 

 and of arranging the courses can be advanced. 



Man.^gement 

 The following Rules have been drawn up for the regulation 

 of tlie educational and administrative work of the Central 

 Institution : — 



1. There shall be a Board of Studies, composed of the 

 Professors of the Institution, for the consideration of all matters 

 connected with the education of the students. 



2. Any lecturer holding an annual appointment and giving a 

 separate course of instruction may be appointed by Sub-Com- 

 mittee A as a member of the Board. 



3. Subject to a general scheme of instruction to be laid down 

 by the Institute, the Board shall arrange courses of instruction for 

 students, and shall recommend to the Institute with respect to 

 the appointment and removal of instructors, teachers, demon- 

 strators, and attendants. 



4. The Organising Director and Secretary of the Institute 

 shall have a branch office in the Central Institution, and shall 

 have a right to visit its classes, laboratories, and workshops, 

 and to call for any information he may think necessary for the 

 use of the Sub-Committee A. He shall also have a right to be 

 present at any time he may think it desirable at the meetings of 

 the Board, and to take part in the discussions, but without a 

 vote. 



5. All communications from the Board to the Institute shall 

 be made in writing, and shall be addressed to the Organising 

 Director and Secretary. 



6. The Institute, at the outset, shall appoint, for the period of 

 a year or longer, from among the professors, a Dean, who shall 

 preside at the meetings of the Board, and who shall attend any 

 meeting of Sub-Committee A at the request of the Sub-Com- 

 mittee or of tlie Board for consultation on any special business. 



7. The minutes of the meetings of the Board shall be recorded, 

 and shall be laid on the table at the meetings of SubCom- 

 mittee A. 



8. The chief clerk of the Central Institution shall act as 

 secretary to the Board, receiving in th<at capacity his instructions 

 from the Dean, and shall take minutes of the proceedings. 



9. The Dean shall consult with the Organising Director and 

 Secretary, who shall confer with the Chairman of the Executive 



