226 RECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1887 AND 1888. 



There are iu addition several educational institutions in which no 

 l^rovisiou is made for publication of the results of original investigation, 

 and in which there is no connection with State surveys or other insti- 

 tutions organized for original work^ but iu which geologic science is in- 

 directly promoted — either by the combination of class instruction with 

 original investigation or through jiartly independent work on the part 

 of the professors of geology or other oflicers, etc. 



Amherst College. — Prof. B. K. Emerson, of this institution, regularly 

 carries his classes into the field ; and the field work of instructor and 

 pupils is in i^art directed toward certain specific problems upon which 

 Professor Emerson is now at work. In addition that geologist spends 

 his vacations in field work, the results of which are designed to be pub- 

 lished in cxtenso by the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Cornell University. — Prof H.S. Williams, of this university, regu- 

 larly combines his course of instruction in geology and paleontology 

 with field investigations in southern New York, and sometimes secures 

 the assistance of advanced pupils iu work upon the special problems 

 which engage his attention from time to time. 



Dartmouth College. — In this institution field work is combined in some 

 measure with the regular class instruction, and the vacations and leis- 

 ure of the professor of geology, C. H. Hitchcock, are occupied in orig- 

 inal investigation. 



Harvard University. — There is in this university a summer school of 

 geology, maintained by special fees, and the advanced pupils are given 

 liractical instruction in field work each year by the instructor in geol- 

 ogy, William M. Davis. Moreover, Profs. N. S. Shaler and J. D. Whit- 

 ney, as well as Prof. Davis, devote a large share of their energies to 

 original investigations in geology, and important contributions to the 

 science are thereby made each year. 



McGill College. — Special provision is not made in this institution 

 either for carrying on or publishing results of original investigation ; 

 but Sir William Dawson devotes a large share of his time to researches 

 in geology and paleontology, and McGill College has, in consequence, 

 come to be known as one of the principal centers of geologic work on 

 the American continent. It was almost within the period covered in 

 this report that this geologist received the distinguished honor of 

 knighthood, in recognitionof his abilities as an original investigator in 

 geology. 



Middlebury College. — President Ezra Brainerd and Prof. G. H. Seelye, 

 of this institution, combine class instruction and field investigation in 

 some measure, and, moreover, carry on original researches during va- 

 cations. 



University of the City of New YorTc. — Prof. John J. Stevenson, of this 

 institution, has, during recent years, devoted his annual vacations to 

 original investigations iu the Ai)palachian Mountains, chiefly in the 

 "Virginias. 



