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A large museum containing type forms of fossils, suites of sedi- 

 mentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and illustrative material in 

 dynamical and structural geology forms an imjjortant i^art of the equip- 

 ment. 



The lUilletin of the Scientific Laboratories, published under the 

 auspices of the Denison Scientific Association, furnishes means for pub- 

 lication of original work. 



The department of Botany which occupies several well equipped 

 laboratories and includes a large herbarium is at present under the 

 charge of the department of Geology. 



In Geology. — In the spring term of the Freshman year scientific 

 students begin the study of l^ynamical and Structural Geology. Dana's 

 Manual of Geology is used in the text work, which is supplemented by 

 lectures, laboratory and field work. This is followed by a term's work 

 in Determinative Mineralogy. The work is largely confined to the lab- 

 oratory, and embraces blowqjipe analysis, the elements of crystallo- 

 graphy, and economic mineralogy. Dana's Manual and Brush's Deter- 

 minative Mineralogy, with other reference books, are used. 



In the winter term Junior year geological students are given a 

 course in physiographic geology which includes principally topographic 

 work. 



In the fall term of the Senior year Historical Geology is studied. 

 Dana's Manual is used as a text and the student devotes much time to 

 field work and the solving of assigned problems of local geology. 



In the winter term a course in Applied and General Geology 

 varies with the exigencies arising. The course usually embraces the 

 study of lithology, and the application of geology to the arts. Stratified 

 rocks are studied with reference to their microscopic peculiarities and 

 economic application. Metamorphic and igneous species are then 

 studied by means of thin sections and the polarizing microscope. The 

 text books employed are Rutley, Rosenbusch, and Hussack's Tables. 

 Laboratory practice in Paleontology is sometimes substituted. 



In the spring term a course in field geology includes the solution 

 of original problems in local geology. 



The Classical student may elect a course ui General Geology in 

 the fall term of the Senior year. 



In Botany. — In the fall term. Junior year there is offered an elec- 

 tive term of structural Botany, which includes a study of the histology 

 of vegetable tissue. In the winter term, Junior year, a couse in Bac- 



