PAGE 50 WEBER ACADEMY Drawing g and h (Mechanical).-This course presents the elementary principles of projection, including the common conventions of mechanical drawing and linear perspective. Adapted to the line of shop work the student is pursuing. Five hours per week throughout the year. Music. Sight Singing.The purpose of this study is to teach the pupil to read music at sight; to hear mentally a tone and be able to produce it. The year's work includes major and minor scales, clefs, bass and treble, rhythmic values, pitch studies and practical singing in one, two and four parts. Two hours per week throughout the year. Choir.The choir is composed of 120 mixed voices. Any pupil with sufficient voice qualification is entitled to membership. The choicest kind of choruses, and part songs, by standard composers form a part of the repertoire of the choir, and are sung each morning at the devotional period. A cantata, by one of the masters of music, is prepared each year and has its rendition with orchestra at the annual commencement exercises. Military Band.The band has become a regular part of the musical department. Students of the Academy who play instruments are entitled to mem- WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 51 hership. Students who own instruments are requested 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. Orchestra.Open to all who play orchestral instruments. Regular instruction will be given. Students desiring private instruction may secure it. Students desiring instruction in band or orchestra may receive a course extending through the year by paying an extra fee of $10.00. Students who register for this work may receive special individual lessons at the nominal rate of only 50 cents each. Those not having instruments of their own may use the Academy instruments by paying an additional fee of $5.00 for the year. Credit towards graduation is allowed.