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cxpondcd 111 l)i>i-ii(L;- lor micsi.-ui ^ncJIs in ]));iccs wlicrf such 

 M'oUs oiinijot Ix' cxpcch-rJ. 



Our Stale, with (tllicrs in ils latitude, lias nudcruonc the 

 antercstinu- ijliciiouiciu)!! ol' !i-^'K'itili()ii, aiKl cvcu'V .sludoiil of 

 ii-ooloii-y must have hccomc absoi-lxx:! in the problcins pi-c- 

 s(Mit;'d, i!i(' exac:! oiilliiic of the moraines, the deptli ol llie 

 drift, the nature and oriuin of \\\c detritus, th(^ coui'se of ohi- 

 eial aiul pre-irlaeial streams, and a host of other (jueslious 

 Av'.iich re[)eat themselves in every uoi£i-hI)Oi-Iiood of the State, 

 ■ofl'er ahundaut opportunity for the local student of i^eoloiiv, 

 tuid every contrihution to the suhjeet, no matter how local 

 It may appear, helj)s to s\v(dl our kiiowledo-e of tlie liiound 

 on which wo live. 



Erratic houlders ijrect u.s on every liand, like s))irinxos, 

 oach burdened witli unanswered (]ucstioiis. Whence came 

 they? How did they come, where and how were they 

 formed? What their c'jmposition, their structure, their his- 

 tory? Surely, these (piestions cannot be answered alike for 

 all we sec. \\'hile some we ma\' consider as for the i)resent, 

 ut least, a[)parently settled, what we know must certainly l)e 

 far less than that which is unknown. In elucidation of thes<« 

 the chemist, the physicist, and the ijeolooist have all a ])art 

 Avith test tube, crucible, microscope and a host of other ap- 

 pliances. 



Closely int(>rmiii_i;led Avith the geolosfical problems of the 

 State are certain lines of investiiration in ]iliysics and chem- 

 istry. 



'i"h(> physical conditions connected with the formation of 

 our soils and various ireolooical dejiosits, while many of them 

 universal in theii- nature, have all a local interest and many 

 nuiy be studied to excellent advantai>e at various parts in the 

 State. The causes and conditions incident to irhiciatioii, the 

 phenomena of erosion and sedimentation which have so much 

 to do wit'.i the pres(>nt condition of our sui-face soils haxc all 

 a pliysica! explanation to be applied in individual loi'alit i<'s. 



