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(and. The ontcoiuo of this work by Dr. Williams, that of some of his 

 pupils, and that of the fellow iu geology. Dr. William B. Clark, is pub- 

 lished in condensed form in the University circulars. Both Dr. Will- 

 iams and Dr. Clark, however, spend their vacations iu field and ofiQce 

 work for the U. S. Greological Survey. 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology. — Geologic investigations are 

 conducted by the incuml)ent of the chair of geology in this institution. 

 Prof. W. O. Crosby, chiefly during vacations ; classes are sometimes 

 taken into thefield; and the results of the various studies are sometimes 

 prhited in the Te(;hnological Quarterly published by the Institute. 



Utiiversity of Nebraska. — The professor of geology (Lewis E. Hicks, 

 in this institution is ex o^cio State geologist, and divides his energies be- 

 tween class instruction and field investigation within the State; the 

 classes are sometimes introduced to practical field-work in the vicinity 

 of the University, and the advanced pupils sometimes aid the professor 

 in his work in more distant parts of the State ', and the results are pub- 

 lished in a bulletiji of the University. 



Princeton {College of New Jersey.) — Field-work iu geology and paleon- 

 tology is carried on in connection with class instruction in this institu- 

 tion, and several expeditions have been fitted out in this department 

 for exploration and surveys in the western Territories under the direc- 

 tion of Prof. Henry F. Osborn. The more important results of the 

 original work so performed are i>ublished in the Bulletin and Memoirs 

 of the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archfeology of the College of New 

 Jersey. The activity iu original investigation has apparently declined 

 somewhat during recent years. 



University of Texas. — In the summer of 1888 a chair of geology was 

 established in this Institution ; and it is the policy of its incumbent. 

 Prof. Robert T. Hill, and of the president of the university, Dr. Leslie 

 Waggener, to carry on field studies in connection with class work. It 

 is proposed to publish the more important results of original work in 

 circulars or bulletins, 



Vassar College. — Although specific jirovision is not made in this col- 

 lege for field studies in connection with class work, the professor of 

 geology, William B. Dwight, frequently carries his classes into the field 

 and thus enlivens the prosaic courses of the text books. A part of the 

 results of Professor Dwight's studies in field and office find a jdaco in 

 the Proceedings of the Vassar Brothers' Institute, which is connected 

 with the college. 



Washburn College. — No provision is made for original investigation 

 in connection with class work in this institution, but Prof. F. W. Cragin, 

 of the natural history department, devotes his vacations and leisure to 

 geologic investigations in which he is sometimes assisted by associates 

 and pupils. The preliminary and some of the final results of this work 

 are printed in the Bulletin of the Washburn College Laboratory — a 

 periodical maintained chiefly by personal enterprise. 



