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IV. — Bulletin of the Pennsylvania State College (June, 1907). 

 Fasciculus of the School of Mines and Metallurgy. Small 

 8vo ; pp. 155. 



THERE are no less than seven Schools in this College, the subjects 

 ranging from Languages to Engineering, but we only propose to 

 notice the seventh, which is under the charge of Professor Wadsworth, 

 M.A., Ph.D., who has been a Fellow of the Geological Society of 

 London since the year 1889. His wide experience in the rich 

 mining districts of Michigan pre-eminently fit him to take charge 

 of a School of Mines. 



The fasciculus consists largely of the details of the work which 

 the students have to carry on from the first to the fourth year. 

 There is a general notice of the scope and object of the school. 

 " The instruction must comprise all things reqviisite to find and 

 obtain the earth's mineral wealth and prepare it for the market. 

 This requires that the students should be trained to prospect or to 

 conduct exploitations in the forest and field ; to distinguish the 

 useful minerals and rocks ; to understand the geological principles 

 that govern the formation and association of useful mineral products, 

 etc., etc." Thus it will be at once perceived that this school is 

 animated by a thoroughly practical spirit, and there is no room for 

 the amateur geologist here. 



On p. 56 the work of the School of Mines and Metallurgy is 

 arranged in groups in the following order : — 



1. Geology. 10. Mining Geological Laboratory. 



2. Geological Laboratory. 11. Miniug Law. 



3. Metallurgy. 12. Ore Dressing and Coal Washing. 



4. Metallurgical Laboratory. 13. Ore Dressing Laboratory. 

 .5. Mineralogy. 14. Palajontology. 



6. Mineralogical Laboratory. 15. Palaeontological Laboratory. 



7. Mining. 16. Petrography. 



8. Mining Laboratory. 17. Petrographical Laboratory. 



9. Mining Geology. 



In describing the methods adopted with reference to these courses 

 a certain amount of repetition is inevitable. The subjects more 

 directly relating to geological science include Geology, Mineralogy, 

 Mining Geology, Palaeontology, Petrography, and their respective 

 ' laboratories.' Professor Wadsworth again points out how important 

 it is for the student to endeavour "to understand the connection and 

 structural relations that rock masses bear to one another, and to the 

 valuable deposits that they contain." Amongst tlie textbooks used 

 in this particular course (Geology) we are glad to notice some well- 

 known British authors, such as the two Geikies, Bonney, Judd, and 

 Milne. As regards structural geology more especially, we note the 

 names of Green, Prestwich, Fisher, and other British authors. The 

 ' Geological Laboratory ' work includes a course of mapping, but it 

 mainly resolves itself into a series of field- excursions, where the 

 student can be taught at the ' bedside.' 



A very brief allusion to the remainder of the five selected subjects 

 must suffice. Mineralogy is intimately associated with Crystallo- 

 graphy and Macroscopical Petrography. Under this heading Dana, 



