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Report upon certain museums for technology, science, and art; also, upon scientific, professional, and technical instruction, and systems of evening ... Great Britain and on the continent of Europe - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...COLLEGE. (leeds.) This Institution, formerly known as the Yorkshire College of Science, is now in its sixth Session, and has an endowment of about £30,000, chiefly made up by bequests and con-tributions. The system of Governors includes a President, Treasurer, four Perpetual Governors (by virtue of donations of £1,000 or upwards), eighty-three Life Governors (by virtue of donations of £250), twenty Governors elected by members of the College. The Master and four Wardens (for the time being) of the Company of Clothworkers of the City of London, and five other members of the Company; there are besides fifteen representative Governors elected by the governing bodies of various Schools and Literary and Philosophical Societies in the District, and a Council consisting of the President, the Treasurer, the nine Governors elected from the Clothworkers' Company, and twenty-four other gentlemen generally connected with the College. The present Professorships are those of--Mathematics and Experimental Physics. Chemistry, Geology, and Mining. Biology, Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Classical Literature and History. Modern Literature and History. There are also lectures and instruction in Coal-mining (maintained by the Drapers' Company of the City of London), French, German, and Oriental Languages, and Textile Industries (endowed by the Clothworkers' Company of the City of London), the educational staff of this last department consisting of an instructor and three assistants. No student under fourteen years of age is admitted. In addition to class-fees, an entrance fee of one guinea is required, and 2s. 6d. per session to those using the Library. Regular attendance at lectures is insisted on, and the Academic Board reserves to itself absolute discretio...
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