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In the third term the student is taught to draft, cut, fit, and finish a dress of washable material, without a lining, and to cut and make from pattern either a dressing sacque or shirt waist. This part of the course, satisfactorily completed, fits the pupil to enter the dressmaking and millinery classes.

The fourth term is devoted to fine hand and machine sewing, and the making of a child's dress, dainty undergarments, and baby linen completes the course.

In connection with the course, talks are given upon the various materials used, with special reference to judicious purchasing. A collection of specimens of the different kinds and qualities of materials used is arranged in the class room for the inspection of the pupils.

Pupils are required to record in notebooks, which are submitted for correction, the instruction received at each lesson, and written examinations are given during the course. A certain amount of sewing is required to be done at home between the lessons. The following is the course of study:

Varieties of stitches used in hand sewing; patching, darning, and making of buttonholes and eyelets; talks on the nature and manufacture of the materials used; machine stitching; practice in taking measures; drafting, cutting, and making drawers and skirt; advanced machine work; cutting, fitting, and making dressing sack or shirt waist; drafting, fitting, and making a dress without lining; drafting, cutting, and making nightdress; drafting and making baby's dress by hand; child's dress made from pattern by haud and machine.

Special course.-(Four mornings each week-six months.) The class is organized in September, and completes in six months the full course as described above. It has been arranged for those who can devote their entire time to the study. The students meet on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 to 1 o'clock. Sufficient home work is required to occupy the rest of the day. This class is a satisfactory one for those who wish to become seamstresses or desire to complete the course in as short a time as possible. Upon the completion of the second grade, orders received for undergarments and wash dresses are executed by the pupils, who in this way are able to pay their tuition in part. Once a week the students attend the lectures on the history and development of art, given by the director of the department of fine arts.

Applicants must be at least 16 years of age, and are required to bring for inspection a garment, made by themselves, which shows some knowledge of hand and machine sewing. They must also pass an examination, including hand sewing and simple fractions, which proves their ability to take up the work.

Children's classes.-These classes meet from 9.30 to 11.30 o'clock on Saturday mornings, and are for children between the ages of 6 and 15 years. The course of study has been arranged to suit their capacity and to arouse their interest. Children learn to sew easily and with pleasure, thus laying a foundation for becoming good workers in later years. Throughout the course the pupil writes in a notebook the important points of each lesson, illustrating as fully as possible by diagrams. The following is the course of study:

Method of threading needle, making knot, and using thimble; position of body while sewing; running; basting and overhanding; method of weaving explained; turning hems by measure and hemming; making workbag; stitching, backstitching, and overcasting; felling; talk on the manufacture and history of the needle and thimble: gathering, stroking gathers, and putting on bands; making an apron for doll; making buttonholes and eyelets; sewing on buttons; putting in gussets; herringbone titel on flannel; talks on the nature of emery and of wool; chainstitching, featherStitching, and mitering corners; making flannel skirt for doll; hemmed and overhanded patebing; talk on the growth and manufacture of cotton; hemstitching, heming, and whipping ruffle; darning; darning on cashmere; French hem ou damask; machine stitching; drafting and making drawers; drafting, cutting, and making skirt; cutting and making underwaist.

DRESSMAKING,

The complete course is systematically graded, and is divided into four parts, each of which covers a term of the school year. Two lessons a week, of three hours and a haif each, are given, two hours being devoted to practical work and one hour and a half to free-hand drawing and design.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and must have successfully completed the first, second, and third grades of the sewing course, or must submit samples of their work which prove their knowledge of hand and machine sewing and their ability to make simple garments and cambric dresses. An examination, including simple fractions, is also given.

Materials used are selected and furnished by the pupils. Large tables for drafting, tracing, and cutting; sewing machines, dress forms, mirrors, books of models, samples of dress materials, and lockers for storing work are supplied by the school.

In order that the pupil may gain a knowledge of design and the ability to originate and make tasteful garments, talks are given throughout the course on hygiene, on the selection of fabrics, and on form and harmony of color in dress.

During the first term the principles of cutting skirts from measure, and of neatly finishing and hanging them, are taught. Close-fitting waists are cut from a pattern made for each pupil according to the system used throughout the course. Pupils are shown a variety of materials, and are instructed in regard to the texture, color, and suitability of each for various uses and for different types of wearers. The talks on form treat of the most becoming manner of making a dress by adapting the lines of the material to those of the figure, and in selecting trimmings suited to the material and to the character of the figure. Dresses are planned to carry out these principles. Each pupil is required to complete one dress for herself, and to do as much practice work at home as is possible.

The pupils are required to record in notebooks, which are submitted for correction and criticism, the instruction received at each lesson. Throughout the course the work cut and planned in the class must be finished at home. Pupils are also required to show a satisfactory knowledge of the elementary work before undertaking the more advanced, and examinations are held at intervals during the course.

In the second term the drafting and fitting of waists are taught. Much time is given to practice in taking accurate measurements as the basis of success in fitting garments. Home practice in drafting is required. One waist of plain material is completed, and one of striped or plaid material is cut and fitted.

The making of house and evening dresses which embody artistic lines and harmony in coloring is taught in the third term. A princess dress and an evening dress are completed by each student.

Instruction in drafting a child's dress, and in the drafting, fitting, and making of jackets, affording a knowledge of tailor finish as applied to ladies' coats and gowns, completes the dressmaking course, and covers the fourth term.

Drawing.-A parallel course in drawing, under the direction of the art department, forms a part of the dressmaking course. All students in day classes are required to complete the course in drawing as well as that in practical dressmaking.

No previous training in drawing is required, and though the student may not become technically skillful, the course cultivates the taste, and is found most helpful and suggestive in home decoration, as well as in the selection of wearing apparel. The course is designed to train the eye and hand, and to give to the student the ability to see objects in their true proportions, and to express them in simple light and shade, in pencil, and in water color. All work is done, except in specified cases, from the object. Some time is given to the study of the human form in outline, to the character of different textures, to historic costume, and to designing hats and gowns. Practice at home is required between the lessons.

The classes are held in a room especially equipped for the purpose with models, casts of ornament and of the figure, photographs of famous statues and paintings, and colored plates of historic costume.

The course covers four terms, and includes pencil sketching, the appearance of objects, simple ornament in ontline, the study of drapery in pencil and in color, the drawing of gowns, study of the human form in outline, sketches in water color, and the designing of gowns.

The course in drawing and costume design may be undertaken apart from the courses in dressmaking and millinery, provided the applicant can give evidence of a practical knowledge of either subject. The following is the course of study:

Instruction in the choice of materials; study of color and textiles applied to dress; cutting skirts from measure; finishing skirt and trimming or draping; study of form, line, and proportion in relation to draping and trimming; cutting waists and sleeves from pattern; basting, fitting, trimming, finishing; practice in taking waist measures; study of form, including artistic and hygienic principles of dress; instruction in drafting close-fitting waists; cutting and fitting waist linings; cutting and fitting, trimming and finishing plain cloth waists; cutting and matching striped or plaid waists; instruction in choice of materials for house and evening wear; color and texture; the growth and manufacture of silk explained; taking measures and drafting princess dress; study of the contour and poise of the body as essential in artistic dress; cutting and making princess dress; practice in draping, illustrating the principles of variety, unity, and repose; cutting and making house or evening dress from original design by pupil; the manufacture of woolen textiles explained; drafting jackets of various styles; cutting, basting, fitting, and pressing; making various styles of pockets and collars; lining and finishing jacket; drafting child's dress and coat. Drawing: Pencil practice, appearance of objects; ornament from casts; drapery, bows, gowns; outline and proportion of the human form; practice in the use of water color; sketches in water color of drapery and gowns; study of historic costume; designing gowns and dresses.

Special course.-(Five days each week-one year). This class is organized in Sep

tember, and completes in nine months the full course in dressmaking. It has been arranged for those who can devote their whole time to the study. The class meets daily, except Saturday, from 9 to 1 o'clock, and from 2 to 5 in the afternoon.

Two afternoons each week are given to the course in drawing, and all students attend the lectures given once a week by the director of the department of fine arts upon the history of art. These lectures are fully illustrated by lantern slides. Lectures upon hygienic, artistic, and historic dress are given by the best anthorities. Instruction in physical culture and in the methods of keeping accounts and making out bills is given by trained specialists. The literature of hygienic and artistic costume is brought to the notice of the pupils, and it is expected that they will make use of the valuable books contained in the library of the institute.

This class is a satisfactory one for those who wish to become dressmakers, since they have an opportunity to make dresses for others in order to gain experience, and are thereby able to defray part of their expenses.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, must have a knowledge of making dresses from pattern, must bring for inspection a dress which in its finish proves their ability to do good work, and must pass a written examination on the making of a simple dress.

MILLINERY.

The object of this course is to give a thorough training in the practical, scientific, and artistic principles of millinery in order to prepare the student to make head coverings according to the best methods, and to cultivate the taste of the student in color and design, as related to costume. The first part of the course is valuable in developing lightness of touch in the making of bows and trimmings which are used in dressmaking as well as in millinery.

In this branch of the department the full course comprises four terms of three months each with two lessons a week.

The sessions are three hours and a half in length, two hours being devoted to practical work, and one hour and a half to free-hand drawing and design. Applicants must be over 18 years of age, and able to do neat hand sewing. They must also pass an examination in simple fractions.

Pupils are required to record in notebooks the instructions received at each lesson. These are submitted for correction and criticism.

Instruction is given during the course on the suitability of materials, combination of colors, and character of lines and form as essential to artistic millinery. In the class rooms there are cases containing hats of choice materials, selected with care, and used as models to educate the eye of the pupil; also a collection of examples of the various materials used in millinery, and photographs and colored plates illustrating the history of costume.

The first term of the course consists of instruction in the methods of making the varions facings and edges used on hats, and in trimming with suitable bows. This forms the basis of all subsequent work, and is therefore most important.

Materials used for this practice work are colored cotton flannel to represent velvet, and harmonizing shades of sateen cut and used as ribbon. In order to apply the Finciples learned in practice work, time is given to making and trimming a liat of choice materials selected by the pupil.

In the second term the method of making plain covered hats and various kinds of bonnets is taught, and also the making of mourning hats and bonnets of silk and cripe.

During the third and fourth terms the pupils work in choice materials to gain connce and experience, each pupil making three or more hats for herself and friends, uted in style and materials to the season. The work of the two seasons differs so materially that it is absolutely necessary that the student have experience in both before a certificate can be granted.

As a help toward original work, pupils are required throughout the course to Lake hats and bonnets at home, and to submit them for criticism. Pupils are also quired to record in notebooks the instruction received at each lesson. These are submitted for correction.

Brucig. The parallel course in drawing, under the direction of the art department, is an essential part of the course in millinery, and all students in day classes are required to complete the course in drawing as well as that in millinery. Its aim is to train the eye and hand, thus enabling pupils to apply the laws of design to millinery, and to sketch their own designs.

The course includes pencil practice, the appearance of cylindrical objects, simple orn ment in outline, and the study of bows and drapery; drawing of trimmed hats and bonnets, and practice in the use of water color, sketches in water color, study the Lead in outline, and designs for hats. Practice at home is required between the lessons. The following is the course of study: Study of form, line, color, and texture as applied to millinery; talks on the growth and manufacture of materials

used; lessons upon the care and renovation of materials; instruction upon the different facings and finishes used upon brims of hats and bonnets; practice in making varieties of bows, and in trimming hats of various shapes; designing, drafting, and making hat and bonnet frames for heads of different proportions; some of the principles applied in trimming a hat of choice materials; making and trimming covered hats and bonnets, also mourning bonnets of crape and of silk. Winter season: Mak

ing draped toque, evening bonnet, street bonnet, and velvet hat. Spring season: Making hat of fancy straw braid over frame, also lace bonnet and shirred hat. Drawing: Pencil practice, appearance of objects. Ornament from casts: Drapery, bows, hats; outline and proportion of the head; practice in the use of water color; sketches in water color of drapery and hats; study of historic costume; designing

hats and bonnets.

Special course.-(Five days each week-six months.) This class, completing in six months the full course described above, is organized in September, and has been arranged for those who can devote their whole time to the study, as well as for those who wish to become milliners.

The class meets daily, except Saturday, from 9 to 1 o'clock and from 2 to 5 o'clock. Two afternoons each week are devoted to the course in drawing, and all students attend the lectures given by the director of the department of fine arts upon the history of art. These lectures are fully illustrated by lantern slides.

Lectures upon hygienic, artistic, and historic dress are given by the best authorities.

Instruction in physical culture and in the methods of keeping accounts and making out bills is given by trained specialists. The literature of hygienic and artistic costume is brought to the notice of the pupils, and they are expected to inform themselves upon these subjects, making use of the library of the institute.

Applicants must pass an examination in hand sewing and in simple fractions, and must also submit for inspection a hat which has been made by themselves, and which shows their ability to undertake the course.

GENERAL COURSE IN DOMESTIC ART AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (FIVE DAYS EACH WEEK-TWO YEARS).

To enable young women to meet more intelligently the demands of home and society, the following course offers training in some of those arts and sciences more closely related to daily life.

The certificate of the institute will be awarded to those students who complete the work of these courses to the entire satisfaction of the departments concerned. The following is the curriculum:

First year.—Domestic art: Drawing, form and color study; history of art; sewing; millinery; dressmaking, hygienic clothing; physical culture. Domestic science: Chemistry; bacteriology; emergencies; marketing, quality, food value, cost of food materials; cookery, housekeepers' course; invalid cookery; laundry work.

Second year.--Domestic art: Drawing, outline and proportion of the human form; history of costume; dressmaking, with study of textiles; millinery, with study of textiles; physical culture. Domestic science: Chemistry of foods, with calculation of dietaries; household science, with working drawings; household art; home sanitation; household economy; public hygiene.

These subjects will be pursued by the student of this course in the regular classes of the departments.

Instruction will be given by means of lectures and recitations, supplemented by as much laboratory work as the best methods demand.

The course will require the entire time and attention of the student during the school year, the work occupying the greater part of each day.

TUITION.

The school year is divided into three terms for day classes and two terms for evening classes.

Tuition is payable in advance, and no part of the tuition fee will be refunded to pupils who withdraw or who are dismissed from the institute before the close of the term for which the fee is paid.

The tuition as given below, unless otherwise stated, is for a single term of three months:

DREXEL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE, AND INDUSTRY, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

[From circulars of the institute for 1896-97.]

The Drexel Institute was founded by the late Anthony J. Drexel, in 1891, for the promotion of education in art, science, and industry. The chief object of the institute is the extension and improvement of scientific, industrial, artistic, and commercial education, as a means of opening better and wider avenues of employment to vong men and young women.

The institute, as at present constituted, comprises eleven departments. While each department is organized with reference to its special objects and courses of instruction, it sustains important relations to the other departments, and the various lines of work are carried on in so broad a spirit as to give a certain unity of purpose