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REPORT ON THE INSTRUCTION IN GEOLOGY, PALA- 
ONTOLOGY, AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
By Proressors N. S. SHALER AND W. M. Davis. 
Tue following courses of instruction were given : — 
1. A general elementary course in Geology, consisting of about sixty lec- 
tures, together with a course of field lectures on the Geology of the Eastern 
Part of Massachusetts, by N.S. Shaler. Attended by two hundred and 
twenty-four students. 
2. A course of reading in Geology, intended for beginners who purposed 
continuing the study in subsequent years, by N. S. Shaler. Attended by 
seventy-one students. 
3. A course in Elementary Minerology and Petrology, likewise intended 
for those who desired to continue the study of Geology in subsequent 
years, by Mr. O. W. Huntington. This course was given at Boylston 
Hall: it was attended by seventy-four students. 
4, A course in Advanced Geology, designed as a critical exposition of 
the science. Sixty lectures, specified field work, and laboratory instruction, 
by N. S. Shaler and W. M. Davis. This course was attended by forty 
students. 
5. A course in Elementary Paleontology. Sixty lectures, with labo- 
ratory work and theses, by N.S. Shaler. This course was attended by 
twenty-five students. 
6. A course of practical field work in Geology, designed for those who 
purposed to do professional work in Geology, by N. S. Shaler and 
W. M. Davis. Attended by eight students. 
7. A course in Advanced Paleontology, by N.S. Shaler. Attended by 
one student. 
Twelve students were guided in their field work during the long 
vacation and the College recesses. This work was in part done 
under the immediate and constant supervision of the instructors, 
and in part as individual and separate labor, the instructors giving 
only general guidance. 
Two courses of conference meetings were held during the winter 
months, — one for those who were special students in Geology, 
