Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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1905 THE TRINITYIVY 9 qualified to pursue. A course covering three years and adapted to the training of civil engineers is now offered to special students. Upon honorable dismissal, they are entitled to a certificate from the President, stating the studies which they have pursued. In certain departments the college offers, also, instruction for graduate fstudents. The depart- ments of instruction in the college number tvventy-four, including eighty-two elective and voluntary courses. The Principle of Instruction The number of the teaching force, large relatively to the number of those taught, admits of a close relation between instructors and students. Each student is held accountable for his work every day, and receives personal encouragement and guidance to a degree impossible where the number of the taught is greater. Practical research and laboratory methods are applied Wherever possible. The Library The College Library, numbering 47,ooo volumes, is under the superintendence of a professional librarian,'vvho guides the students in the use of books. They have also at their command the Watkinson Reference Library of 53,ooo volumes, the Library of the Connecticut Historical Society, and hthe Hartford Public Library with its Well-A stocked reading rooms. Laboratories and Observatory The Jarvis Physical Laboratory contains, in addition to the lecture and apparatus rooms, a large laboratory for Work in the elementary courses, a reference library and several smaller laboratories adapted and devoted to advanced Work of a special character. The laboratory has a very complete equipment for Work in all the branches of Physics. Special attention has been given to making the facilities for work in electricity as complete as possible. The department is provided with standard apparatus for electrical measurements, and has a Workshop, steam engine, andndirect current and polyphase alternating current. generators for its special use.

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10 THE TRINITY IVY Vol.32 The jarvis Chemical Laboratory is well equipped for work in general experimental and organic chemistry, in qualitative and quantitative analysis, and in assaying and gas analysis. The main laboratory has desk space for thirty students working at one time. This room is devoted to work in general experimental chemistry and qualitative analysis. For work in quantitative analysis and organic chemistry separate laboratories are provided and properly equipped. A room set apart for assaying is fitted up with suitable furnaces and other necessary material. The new Hall of Natural History contains biological, botanical, geological and mineralogical laboratories provided with every modern equipment. The Observatory contains a six and a half inch refractor, a two and a half inch transit, a standard clock, a chronograph, a small refractor, a portable transit, a sextant, and conveniences for the simpler work in astronomical photography. Gymnasium and Athletic Field A Gymnasium is supplied with the best apparatus, in the use of which the students are trained by a special instructor. A new athletic field, about nine acres in area, was recently completed at an expense of S ro,000, contributed by friends and alumni of the college. Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes The Russell Fellowship, yielding about 3400, is awarded biennially to a member of the graduating class of superior ability, who engages to pursue an approved course of graduate study at Trinity College or at some foreign university. The Holland scholarships, each having an annual value of 3600, are awarded to the students attaining the highest rank in the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes respectively. Prizes of the aggregate value of 3490 are awarded in the several departments. Expenses A The amount of the Treasurer's bills each year varies from as 177.50 to 3242.50 Board can be obtained at 34.00 a Qweek and upwards, making the cost of board for thirty-seven weeks, at the lowest rate,