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continued his field work on the ancient crystal- 

 line rocks of Berkshire county, Mass. Pro- 

 fessor Smyth made a brief visit to the Lake 

 Superior district, and then went to Colorado, 

 where he made an extended reconnaissance 

 of the mining camps on the Yukon and at 

 Cape Nome. Professor Jackson and Mr. 

 Cushman spent some time collecting fossils in 

 the Helderbergs and Catskills of eastern New 

 York. Professor Woodworth continued his 

 work for the N. Y. State Geological Survey on 

 the glacial geology of the Hudson and Cham- 

 plain valleys and around the northern side of 

 the Adirondacks. Professor Palache was 

 engaged on of&ce work following iield studies 

 of a year ago on the geology of Bradshaw 

 mountains, Arizona, for the U. S. Geological 

 Survey. Dr. Jaggar went to Martinique and 

 St. Vincent in May on the U. S. relief ship, 

 Dixie, and remained in the West Indies until 

 the end of July. Mr. Eaymer conducted a 

 siunmer course for students in mining, making 

 practical study of mines and works in and 

 about Denver, Silverton, Telluride, Leadville 

 and Salt Lake City. Mr. White led a party 

 of geological and mining students through 

 southern Colorado, visiting La Plata moun- 

 tains, Animas Canyon and the San Juan dis- 

 trict; after the party disbanded, Mr. White 

 examined various mining and reduction plants 

 in Colorado and Utah. 



An Intercollegiate Geological Excursion, 

 similar to the one a year ago at Westfield, 

 Mass., in which six colleges and as many pre- 

 paratory secondary schools were represented 

 by forty-six participants, is proposed for Sat- 

 urday, November 1, under the leadership of 

 Professor B. K. Emerson, of Amherst Col- 

 lege. The party will gather on Friday even- 

 ing at the Cooley House, Springfield, Mass. 

 On Saturday morning the 8 :30 train will be 

 taken to Holyoke, and the day will be spent 

 ■on the Mount Tom trap range, returning to 

 Holyoke in time for evening trains in all 

 directions. The chief features to be seen are 

 the structure of the Triassic trap sheets and 

 sandstones; contacts of the trap with the un- 

 derlying and overlying sandstones ; fossil foot- 

 prints in the sandstones, glacial deposits and 

 terraces along the Connecticut river. Teach- 



ers and students of geology who desire to 

 join the excursion are requested to communi- 

 cate with Professor Emerson not later than 

 October 26. 



Dr. F. L. Eansome has just completed a 

 comprehensive report on the geology and ore 

 deposits of the Globe copper district, Arizona, 

 for the United States Geological Survey. 

 The region is dissected by a remarkable net- 

 work of faults, of various geologic ages, and 

 the occurrence of the ores is related to some 

 of the older of these fissures. The copper ores 

 hitherto mined in the district have been oxi- 

 dized and are consequently free from sulphur, 

 but the exploitation of the deeper sulphide 

 ores is yet in its infancy. The district has 

 produced in the neighborhood of 120,000,000 

 pounds of copper. The greater part of this 

 output has come from the Old Dominion 

 mine, which has for years been working large 

 bodies of oxidized ore found in limestone oc- 

 curring by the side of a strong fault. Dur- 

 ing the present season Dr. Ransome is to 

 continue the investigation of the copper de- 

 posits of Arizona by undertaking a detailed 

 geologic study of the Bisbee district, in which 

 is the well-known Copper Queen mine. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



There will be erected this year for Wesleyan 

 University a physical laboratory, given by the 

 alumni. It is expected that this and a new 

 college hall will be ready for dedication in 

 July, 190.3, when the college will celebrate the 

 tercentenary of the birth of John Wesley. It 

 is also announced that a new astronomical 

 observatory will be erected at a cost of $40,000, 

 the money having been provided by a brother 

 of Professor J. M. Van Vleck, professor of 

 mathematics and astronomy and vice-president 

 of the University. 



At the recent meeting of the board of trus- 

 tees of Columbia University it was announced 

 that $Y,500 had been given by citizens of New 

 York to support the chair of social and polit- 

 ical ethics, to which Dr. Felix Adler has been 

 called. $10,000 has been given anonymously 

 for the purchase of books for the library and 

 $1,300 has been given by Mr. J. H. Hyde and 

 Mr. F. E. Coudert, Jr., for two scholarships 



