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SCIENCE. 



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climatology on the one hand, and history, 

 sociology, political economy and biology on 

 the other. The courses offered at the outset 

 will be those for which, within his field, there 

 is greatest demand. 



John Paul Goode, Ph.D., in charge of the 

 work of geography in the Wharton School in 

 the University of Pennsylvania, has accepted 

 an assistant professorship in the department 

 of geography, and will begin his work the 

 second term of the summer quarter (July 27, 

 1903). No other appointment will be made 

 this year. During his first year. Dr. Goode 

 will be in residence during the second term 

 of the summer quarter, and during the au- 

 tumn and spring quarters. The courses which 

 he will give during the first year will include 

 courses on the economic geography of (1) 

 North America, (2) Europe and (3) tropical 

 countries. The central theme of these courses 

 will be the influence of the physiography, the 

 climate and the natural resources of these 

 lands on their settlement, development and 

 present commercial and industrial status. 

 Research courses will also be offered for ad- 

 vanced students. 



The geographic work of the university dur- 

 ing the coming year will include the follow- 

 ing courses, in addition to those given in the 

 department of geography: 



I. In the Department of Geology — (1) An ele- 

 mentary course in physiography, each quarter; 

 (2) A local field and laboratory course, first term, 

 summer quarter; (3) two field courses in geology 

 and geography about Devil's Lake and the Dells 

 of the Wisconsin, in Wisconsin, one month each, 

 commencing June 18 and July 27, respectively; 

 (4) a course in advanced physiography, autumn 

 quarter; (5) a field course (for advanced stu- 

 dents) in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and 

 vicinity. 



Other courses which, while primarily geo- 

 logical, are fundamental to the proper con- 

 ception of the evolution of the present geog- 

 raphy of the continents, will also be given in 

 this department. 



II. In the Department of Zoology — Courses in 

 zoogeography, summer and spring quarters. 



III. In the Department of Botany — (1) An 

 elementary course in plant geography (time not 



announced) ; (2) an elementary course in ecology, 

 summer and spring quarters; (3) elementary and 

 advanced courses in field botany, summer and 

 spring quarters; (4) advanced courses in geo- 

 graphic botany, winter quarter ; and ( 5 ) a course 

 in physiographic ecology, summer and spring 

 quarters. 



IV. In the Department of Political Economy — 

 Courses in commercial geography, summer, 

 autumn and winter quarters. 



V. In the Departments of History and Sociology. 

 Certain courses in these departments have a dis- 

 tinctly geographic bearing. 



School of Education. — In . addition to the 

 foregoing, courses in geography will be given 

 by Miss Baber in the School of Education 

 (the normal department of the university). 

 These courses are planned primarily with 

 reference to the needs of teachers in the 

 grades. Miss Baber will also conduct a field 

 course of one month's duration during the 

 second term of the summer quarter, begin- 

 ning July 27. 



A BIOLOGICAL STATION AT BERMUDA. 



Harvard University and New York Uni- 

 versity unite with the Bermuda Natural His- 

 tory Society in inviting botanists and zoolo- 

 gists to spend six weeks in the temporary 

 biological station provided for the present 

 season at Bermuda. 



By special arrangements with the Quebec 

 S. S. Co. and the Hotel Frascati it has been 

 possible to make the total expense, including 

 transportation from New York and return, 

 and board and lodging for six weeks at Ber- 

 muda, one hundred dollars. 



The Bermuda Natural History Sc^ciety has 

 expressed its intention to do everything in 

 its power to make the summer's work as profit- 

 able and pleasurable as possible, and to this 

 end has undertaken to provide, among other 

 things, the necessary facilities for collecting, 

 namely, a steam launch, thirty to forty feet 

 long with crew; a sail boat with fish-well and 

 crew; three rowing boats, and a carriage with 

 two horses capable of carrying ten or twelve 

 persons. The laboratory will be equipped 

 with all necessary reagents and utensils ex- 

 cept microscopes and dissecting instruments, 

 which should be brought by each investigator. 



