44 WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE the use of the machine and its different parts, and is required to clean and oil his own machine from the first day he starts to practice. He is allowed to go as rapidly from one lesson to another as he is able, so that the more practice the student gets, the sooner he will become expert. Five hours per week throughout the year. Two hours' credit for each semester. Music CHOIRA choir of one hundred mixed voices is regularly maintained to furnish music for devotional exercises. Students with sufficient natural endowments may be enrolled. Practice two hours per week through-out the year. SIGHT SINGING a. This course will include the principles of sight singing based upon the simple harmonic combination to be found in the major and minor scales, and continuing through easy stages to the more difficult. Two hours per week throughout the year. SIGHT SINGING b. This course is made a permanent part of the musical work in the Academy. The class work will include sight singing in four parts, also instruction in the principles of conducting. Two hours per week throughout the year. Those only who have successfully passed the first year will be entitled to membership. MILITARY BANDThe band has become a regular part of the musical department. Students of the Academy who play instruments are entitled to membership without charge. Students who own instruments are re-quested to bring them and become members of the band. Members desiring private instruction may obtain the same at a very nominal cost. Practice three hours per week throughout the year. ORCHESTRAOpen to all who play orchestral instruments. Regular instruction will be given. Students de-siring private instruction may secure it. WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE 45 Domestic Arts DOMESTIC ARTS aHand sewing. Various stitches and their application. Elements of sewing and their application. Darning and patching. Five recitations per week first semester, two hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS bMachine sewing. Instructions in the care and use of the sewing machine. Drafting, cutting and making plain underclothes. Five recitations per week second semester, two hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS CAdvanced hand sewing. Working of monograms. Cutting and making of fine lingerie. Three recitations per week first semester, two hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS dDressmaking. Drafting, cutting and making dresses of wash material. Three recitations per week second semester, two hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS e Dressmaking. Advanced dress-making and drafting. Simple embroidery stitches used in trimming. Tailor-made suits. Three recitations per week throughout the year, four hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS FArt Needle Work. Drawn work and modern lace making. Three recitations per week first semester, two hours' credit. DOMESTIC ARTS gArt Needle Work. Hardanger and the various kinds of embroidery. Three recitations per week second semester, two hours' credit. Personal Hygiene A study of the human bodyeach organ and its function. The hair, teeth, nails, eyes, etc. Personal cleanliness. Required of students in third year of Domestic Science course. Two recitations during first semester.