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 Architectural labours; to so far deal with Archæology as to show what application has been made of Geometry to styles of Architecture from age to age and under varying circumstances of climate and of social life; to teach perspective so that builders may realise in thought the effect of prominent or elevated parts, and may learn how to take advantage of light and shade. It would include the art of economising resources by employing materials peculiar to the various localities, and the judicious application of those materials to the forms they are adapted to receive. It would teach the importance to an Architect of being able and ready to explain and justify his design by sound reason and a clear and logical form of expression. It would keep in view the principles applicable to the organization and administration of labour, and it should be its function to diffuse instruction and to impress and set forth the dignity of the Art, among all those who, at our University, fit themselves to be useful to the State, to local communities and to civic or religious societies. It would be its aim to