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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



FIG. 6. PROF. THOMAS C. CHAMBERLAIN. 



tributing to a liberal education, or in preparing for professional 

 and investigative work. The work is adaptable, ranging from 

 undergraduate courses of the most elementary kind to the high- 

 est lines of seminar and field 

 study. One feature demanding 

 specific mention is the concentra- 

 tion of field work. While local 

 field work is done in connection 

 with the several classes, it is 

 considered incidental ; field work 

 piire and simple is concentrated 

 in consecutive and exclusive field 

 investigation during the second 

 term of the summer quarter. At 

 that time the class is systemat- 

 ically organized and held con- 

 stantly at work under the direc- 

 tion of an experienced field geol- 

 ogist. In all courses, whether in 

 class room, seminar, or field, 

 prominence is given to principles 

 and working methods ; special 

 emphasis is laid on the philo- 

 sophic phases of the subjects dis- 

 cussed ; much attention is given to the treatment from historic 

 and genetic points of view. Constantly and always the effort is 

 to bring the student into relation with the living questions of the 

 science, and to make him feel it as a growing body of truth. In 

 connection with the department the Journal of Geology is con- 

 ducted. It is a semiquarterly magazine, the actual editorship of 

 which rests upon the geological faculty ; the associate editorship 

 is made up of the leading geologists of America and Europe. 

 The important papers in its pages are mostly concerned with the 

 present problems of the science. Among its most striking and 

 valuable features are its Studies for Students, which are intended 

 for advanced workers, and are full of the most important sugges- 

 tions and help. 



The department of geology is housed in the Walker Museum, 

 a three-story and basement building donated by Mr. George 

 C. Walker. The policy of the university is not in the direction 

 of gathering great museum collections in any line. The Field 

 Columbian Museum, so promisingly started soon after the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, is located near the ^ university. Fully 

 organized, it is being systematically developed in every line of 

 science. Its proximity renders the gathering of great collections 

 at the university unnecessary, as students have special facilities 



