| | | | | | weeks for half | | | | | | class.) | ” |P.M. 60| 3 to 4| 75|Modern Languages |Spanish. | ” |A.M. 60| 3 | 12|Tactics |Hippology. | | | | | | —(February.) | ” |P.M. 120| 1 | 15|Tactics |Lectures and | | | | | | Tactical Map | | | | | | Problems. ------+-------+--------+-------+---+--------------------+---------------- * Length in minutes. † Number per week. ‡ Total number. The course in military engineering and the art of war begins on January 2nd and closes on the 3rd of June. Military engineering embraces the study of field and permanent fortifications and siege works. The art of war embraces the study of the organization of armies, employment of the different arms in combination, logistics and strategy. To familiarize the students with its principles, lectures are delivered on military subjects and the principal operations of about twenty selected campaigns are studied. During this course the students are taken to the battle-field of Gettysburg to familiarize them with the effects of topography on the employment of troops in the field. TEXT BOOKS. Civil Engineering. Fiebeger. Field Fortifications. Fiebeger. Permanent Fortifications. Fiebeger. Elements of Strategy. Fiebeger. Siege Works. Mercur. Organization and Tactics. Wagner. Field Service Regulations. U. S. Campaign of Gettysburg. Fiebeger. BOOKS OF REFERENCE. Campaigns and Battles. Department. Story of Civil War. Ropes. Cambria Steel. The department has a well-selected reference library on civil engineering, military engineering and the art of war. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. THIRD AND SECOND CLASSES. The course in natural and experimental philosophy begins with the third academic year. Mechanics is studied during this year, the class alternating daily by halves. The text used is Gordon’s “Mechanics.” Many of the principles are illustrated by apparatus in the lecture and section rooms, and the students are required to repeat and explain these experiments. The course aims to be as complete as possible with the limitation that it can be properly covered in a term of about 100 days by students having a proficient knowledge of the calculus; the treatment is sufficiently mathematical to furnish a confident basis for advanced work in the technical staff corps after graduation. During the second class year about 100 lessons are allotted to this department. The first half of this time is devoted to the subjects of sound and light. The authorized text-book is Gordon’s “Sound and Light.”