Textbooks Elements of Geometry.-Phillips and Complete Secondary Algebra.---Fisher Advanced Course in Algebra.-Wells. Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry.-Crockett. Logarithmic Tables.-Newcomb. Analytic Geometry (Plane).-Ziwet and Hopkins. Elements of Analytical Geometry Descriptive Geometry.-Church. Integral Calculus.-D. A. Murray. Book of reference for mathematics, mechanics, engineering: The Engineering Manual, Hudson. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, ETC. SECOND CLASS 58. This department embraces the subjects of chemistry, heat, and electricity. The course begins September 1 of the third academic year and extends throughout this year; exercises, recitations, laboratory work, or lectures take place on all week days. Commencing September 1, general chemistry and heat occupy the time until the close of the term in December, recitations or other exercises being had daily. During this term all members of the class whose progress, as shown by their recitations, warrants it, are given laboratory practice in chemistry. This practice begins with chemical manipulations and proceeds in the usual general order of elementary laboratory work. The laboratory exercises are two hours long. It is generally possible to give all parts of the class some laboratory experience; the amount of this work, however, varies with the aptitude of the student from a few hours to 30 or more. This term closes with an examination upon the essential parts of the entire course, which all cadets who have not shown a required proficiency in daily work must take. The course in heat is short, but it is a comprehensive elementary course intended to embrace what is most applicable to subsequent work at the academy and what is most useful in general education. In chemistry the course is a descriptive general one, based upon a concise statement of the more essential principles of chemistry, and includes that class of information deemed most important to nonspecialists, together with an accurate and logical treatment of many useful applications of chemistry. Beginning January 2, the subject of electricity is taken daily. This term also closes with an examination, covering the essential parts of the subject studied during the term, which all cadets who have not shown a required proficiency in daily work must take. The course in electricity is a brief exposition of the leading electrical phenomena and their relations to each other. It includes a study of the general principles of the subject and of the typical machines, generators, motors, and transformers, together with the more important uses of electricity. The laboratory exercises give experience with a number of the machines and in the use of a great variety of apparatus employed in the numerous forms of electrical measurements. this term the laboratory work is a part of the electrical course, and all cadets enter the laboratory. All laboratory work is performed under the immediate supervision of an instructor. Notes on Heat.-Robinson.. Textbooks Descriptive General Chemistry.-Till man. In Standard works on the respective subjects are always available for reference, both to cadets and instructors. `DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING SECOND AND THIRD CLASSES 59. The course in drawing extends through the third class year and through two-thirds of the second class year. Attendance is on alternate days for periods of two hours. The course begins with instruction in the use of instruments and single-stroke lettering. This is followed by detailed instruction in orthographic projection, including problems in descriptive geometry, the preparation of detailed working drawings from models, and finally the preparation of finished assembly drawings of rather complicated mechanisms from data furnished in the shape of detailed drawings. All work is completed in pencil, carefully checked, and then finished in ink. Along with this work practice is given in freehand technical sketching and the cadet's ability to visualize from the projections is tested by special problems in pictorial representation from the projections. Practice is also given in isometric projection from models and in perspective sketching from models and from orthographic projections. Instruction in architectural drawing is limited to the preparation of the working plan and elevation of a small masonry building with the necessary lettering and dimensions. In topographic drawing detailed instruction is given in the principles of map projection, map scales, the various methods of representing ground forms, and the conventional signs and system of rectangular coordinates prescribed for military maps. In addition to practice sheets, each cadet is required to compile and finish in colored inks and accurate large-scale battle map of a small terrain from information furnished him in the form of small-scale general maps, special surveys, airplane photographs, and the coordinates of certain geodetic points. Detailed instruction in the classroom and in the field is given in topographic and landscape sketching for military purposes, and each cadet is required to make such sketches on difficult ground with every attention to accuracy and neatness. Instruction is mainly through a loose-leaf system of printed instruction sheets covering the various drawings and phases of the work. These are supplemented by short section-room lectures and blackboard illustrations when necessary. All work is under close supervision of instructors and personal instruction is constantly given. Textbooks (for reference only): Engineering Drawing-French. Map Reading and Topographical Sketching Stuart. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CLASSES 60. In this department instruction is given in French and Spanish. The French course extends throughout the first and second years-attendance every other recitation day-188 lessons. The Spanish course extends throughout the third year-attendance every other recitation day-94 lessons. Both courses start with a study of pronunciation and grammar. Thereafter instruction is given in reading and composition. Conversation is taught throughout the courses. Descriptions of France, Spain, and Spanish-American countries, their people, customs, history, and literature, are given in lectures by native French and Spanish instructors. Textbooks FRENCH FOURTH CLASS A French Grammar, Morrison and The French Verb, Martin. La Langue Française, Bercy. French.-French Dictionary, Cassell; French Military Technical Dictionary, Willcox. Spanish. New Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary, Cuyas, Appleton. DEPARTMENT OF LAW 61. The course in law extends throughout the first class year, half the class attending daily, Saturday excepted, for a period of one hour. The conference system of instruction is employed. The following courses are studied, each cadet attending for the number of periods indicated: Elements of law. Fall term, 22 periods. Textbook: Smith's Elementary Criminal law. Fall term, 22 periods. Textbook: Clark's Criminal Law. Evidence. Spring term, 24 periods. Textbook: McKelvey on Evidence. Moot court. Spring term, 8 periods. The department of law has a law library of about 3,500 volumes accessible to cadets. DEPARTMENT OF ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY 62. The course in ordnance and gunnery extends throughout the first class year, one-half of the class attending daily, for a period of 1 hour and 5 minutes, except for a period of 27 days, devoted to hygiene and military art instead of ordnance. During the first term the course includes a study of the properties, manufacture, care, and use of explosives, the theory of explosives, measurements of velocities, and pressures, interior ballistics, exterior ballistics, projectiles, bombs, pyrotechnics, primers, fuses, ammunition supply, probability of fire, and adjustment of fire. During the second term the course includes the study of the historical development of arms, materials used in construction of arins, principles of design of guns, carriages, and recoil systems, small arms, machine guns, artillery (field, seacoast, railway, and special), automotive equipment, tanks, tractors, trailers, and fire-control equipment. The course is supplemented by lectures and by exhibits and models of the various types of arms, ammunition and accessories. Practical instruction is given in mechanical trades and is devoted to the principal operations performed in the ordinary metal working shops. This includes the use of hand and machine tools, bench and vise work, turning, planing, shaping, drilling, and milling operations, and the forging and hardening processes of metal. The practical instruction is supplemented by lectures and demonstrations on the maintenance, repair, and operation of ordnance matériel in the field. Textbooks: Ordnance and Gunnery-Tschappat. Department pamphlets on ammunition. War Department publications. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY HYGIENE 63. The course in hygiene covers 30 periods of the cadet's fourth year at the Academy and is required for all cadets. Its basic purpose is the teaching of the principles and practice of military hygiene in such a manner as to prepare the future officer so to care for his own health and that of his men in garrison and the field as to keep the effective strength of his unit as near the maximum as possible "to conserve fighting strength." Some knowledge of anatomy and physiology is necessary as a foundation for the course and as many cadets enter the academy without such knowledge, number of the periods, about one-third, is devoted to those subjects and constitutes a subcourse. The remainder of the course, approximately two-thirds, is devoted to the study of the elements of military hygiene. This subcourse deals mainly with princi ples, as its brevity precludes much more. It deals in the first part with the recruit and his environment, including personal hygiene, foods and their preparation, hygiene of the barracks, of camps, of moving troops, of hot and cold climates. The second portion deals with the causes of disease, including remote or predisposing causes, immediate or exciting causes, and carriers of disease. The third portion deals with the prevention and control of epidemics and the line officer's duties and responsibilities in relation thereto. Textbook: Ashburn-Elements of Military Hygiene, third edition. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 64. The course in English extends through the cadet's first two years at the Military Academy. Recitation periods are on alternate week days, except Saturdays, throughout the academic year. FOURTH CLASS YEAR (September to March) English analysis and composition, and English prose readings.-This course consists of a review of the fundamental principles of English grammar, an analysis of the structure of selected English prose, and the theory of and practice in writing English exposition. Personal conferences are required between instruc tors and cadets on all theme work. Prose readings in the field of nineteenth century narrative, essay, and history are required in conjunction with the composition study. Textbooks: Holt and Chilton-English Analysis and Exposition. HoltSelections from the Prose of Macauley. Fiske.-Essays, Historical and Literary. Pierce and Canby-Selections from Stevenson.-Century Readings in English Literature. FOURTH CLASS YEAR (March to June) Survey of English literature, Shakespeare and Milton.-This work includes a detailed study for substance, method, and historical setting of three of Shakespeare's plays (a tragedy, a comedy, and a history), and the same for Milton's sonnets, certain selected shorter poems, and two books of Paradise Lost. Textbooks: Long-History of English Literature. Holt-Leading English Poets. Shakespeare Tragedies, comedies, and histories. THIRD CLASS YEAR (entire year) Survey of English literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and oral exercises. This course includes a study for content and form of several of the masterpieces of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including examples of the work of Swift, DeFoe, Sheridan, Burns, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Browning, Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. Accompanying this survey course is oral work, consisting of a series of added exercises to develop ease and fluency in speaking. These exercises include reading aloud, military exposition, reviews of articles, precis of orders, etc. Textbooks: Long-History of English Literature. Holt-Leading English Poets. Nettleton-The Major Dramas of Sheridan. Sherman-Essays and Poems of Emerson. Rogers and Pearson-The Voice of Science in the Nineteenth Century. Steeves and Ristine-Representative Essays in Modern Thought. A special course in English prose of the last half century is given to the upper sections in English during the written general review period of the fall term. Instruction is by means of lectures on the literary development of this period. The principal prose writers are considered, including such names as Meredith, Hardy, Butler, Hudson, etc. A special course in English poetry of the last half century is given to the upper sections in English during the written general review period of the spring term. The course comprises lectures on and readings from the chief verse writers of the period, including such names as Rosetti, Swinburne, Arnold, Mrs. Browning, Meredith, Hardy, Masefield, Housman, etc. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, AND POLITICAL HISTORY HISTORY 65. The course in history is required of all cadets in the third class. tion periods are on alternate week days throughout the academic year. Recita The course includes a survey of the political and international history of Europe from ancient times to the present day. Fall term: Europe from ancient times to 1789. Spring term: Europe from 1789 to the present. Textbooks: Myers-General History. Robinson-History of Western Europe. Holt and Chilton-Europe, 1789-1815. Hazen-Modern Europe. Holt and Chilton-Europe, 1862-1914. The Literary Digest Atlas of New Europe and the Far East. A special course in the history of the United States from the Civil War until the present day is given to the upper sections during the written general review period of the regular course in the spring term. Textbook: Bassett-A Short History of the United States. ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT The course in economics and government is required of all cadets during their first class year. Government is given during the fall term; economics during the spring term. Recitation periods are on alternate week days throughout the academic year, except for a period of 27 days given to Military Hygiene and Military Art. The study of government includes an introductory series of lectures on societal evolution and the origin of modern institutions, lessons in the general principles of modern liberal government, and in the organization and operation of the Government of the United States. Textbooks: Holt-Elementary Principles of Modern Government. American Government and Politics. Beard The study of economics includes an investigation of the economic organization of modern society, with special reference to the United States, and a consideration of the part money and credit play in the operation of this organization. Near the conclusion of the course, a short series of lessons on the principles of doubleentry bookkeeping is introduced. Textbooks: Clay-Economics for the General Reader. Moulton-The Financial Organization of Society. Twentieth Century Bookkeeping and Accounting, Part I. THE LIBRARY 66. Cadets and officers have free access to the library, which comprises approximately 108,000 volumes, with an extensive collection of maps, manuscripts, and rare books. The collection contains substantially all standard books on the subjects taught in the academy, and is especially complete in military subjects. Its card catalogues (about 380,000 cards) are arranged with the special object of saving the time of cadets. The library is open on week days from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.; on Sundays and holidays from 2 to 4 p. m. ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CADETS 67. All cadets are examined physically in April of each year, and those found physically disqualified to continue with the course, or, in case of the first class, for commission in the Army, are discharged. VACATIONS AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE 68. Academic duties are suspended from the completion of the June examinations until the end of August. During this period cadets are engaged in military duties and exercises and in receiving practical instruction in military and other subjects. Academic duties are also suspended from December 24 until January 2, except for those undergoing examination. All duties and exercises, as far as practicable, are suspended on New Year's Day, February 22, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Cadets of the first, second, and third classes not undergoing examinations are allowed leaves at Christmas. Week-end or holiday leaves are granted, not oftener than once each calendar month, to cadets of the first class, provided this privilege does not interfere with academic or military duty and is warranted by |