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as to fit them, after a moderate amount of work in the field, to fill the
most
responsible positions in the peofession of the civil engineer.
  DEPARTMENT OF MNECHANIdAL ENGINEERING.--The instruction in this de-
  partment is comprised under three heads: first, lectures and recitations
in
  the lecture room; second, exercises in the drawing room; third, wor .shop
  practice. The machine shop is now open for the admission of students, and
  it is, for instructional purposes, second to none in the country.
  DEPARTMENT OF M1INING AND METALLURGY.-The object of this depart-
  ment is to furnish instruction in those branches of science, a thorough
  knowledge of which is essential to the intelligent mining, engineer or
metal-
  lurgist. It is designed to give the student the option of making either
min-
fing, engineering or metallurgy the most important part of his course, and
to
this end parallel courses have been laid out.
  DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE.--The object of this department is to
  fit its graduates to perform the duties of subaltern officers in the regular
  army. The Board of Regents, at its annual session, will forward to the
Gov-
  ernor of the State the names of five stedenis who have completed the coarse,
standing first on the list according to merit in their studies and military
deportment, who shall be recommended to the war department as proper
persons to receive the appointna-nt of seonod lieutenants in the regalar
army.
                         COLLEGE OF LAW.
  This college was organized in 186S, and at once went'into successful oper-
  ation, the aninal attendance since that time exceeding that of many of
the
  older law schools in the east. The city of Madison furnishes advantages
for
a law school superior to any other city in the west. The Circuit and District
Courts of the United States, and the Circuit Court for Dane county, and
Supreme Court of the State are held at Madison. The Law Library of the
State, the largest and most complete collection of the kindin the northwest,
is at all times accessible to the students. Moot courts are held ea-h week
throughout the course, under the personal supervision of the Dean of the
Faculty. The special work assigned students in the drafting of instruments
is examined and criticised before the class. The method of instruction is
by lectures, and examinations upon portions of text books assigned as
lessons. Doubtfal questions of law are given as special topics to be care-
fully worked up by the student and presented to the class. A large portion
of the students are connected with some of the various law offices in the
city, where they receive personal instruction and aid.
  The course in law consists of two years, and a certificate of graduation
from this department entitles the student to admission to practice in all
the
courts of the State.

                     POST-GRADUATE COURSE.
  The object of this course is to secure a higher grade of scholarship in
lit-
erature, and science than it seems possible to attain Within the limits neces-
sarily prescribed to a four years' course. Bachelors of Art, Science and
Philosophy are admitted as candidates for apporopriate degrees. Thoy neust
devote two years to stidy under the directioil of the President and Faculty,
and pass a satisfactory examination before the board of examiners appoint-