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symposium ox teachixg of paleontology 

 Session of Wednesday, December 31 



At 9 a. m. the Society met in general session with the Geological 

 Society of America, to participate in the symposium on the teaching of 

 geology and paleontology. The papers in this S3^mposium by members of 

 the Paleontological Society were as follows : 



Charles Schuchert : American paleontologists and the immediate future 

 of paleontology. 



eT. C. Merriam : The teaching of paleontology as fundamental to history, 

 the humanities, and science. 



H. F. Cleland : The general teaching problem of paleontology. 



E. "W. Berry : The teaching of paleobotany. 



Stuart "Weller : The teaching of invertebrate paleontology. 



E. T. Jackson : The value and use of stages of development in teaching. 



CONTINUATION OF PALEONTOLOGIC PAPERS 



"With the conclusion of the symposium, at 12.30 p. m., the Society 

 adjourned for luncheon, convening again at 2 p. m., to continue the read- 

 ing of papers, in two sections. Vice-President Van Ingen was chairman 

 of the Section of Invertebrate Paleontology, while Mr. Granger continued 

 as chairman of the Vertebrate Section. 



In the Invertebrate Section the first paper of the afternoon was an 

 account of bibliographic catalogue of Cambrian fossils of the world under 

 preparation by the author, who explained the various phases of the work. 



BIBLIOGRAPHIC f^TUDIES OF THE CAMBRIAN 

 BY CHARLES E. RESSER 



(Abstract) 



Because of the scattered nature of Cambrian data, much of which is inac- 

 cessible to many workers, it seemed advisable to work out and publish a 

 summary of all available information. Such a work was begun several years^ 

 ago and is now nearing completion. It comprises a bibliography of all papers 

 on the Cambrian and a bibliographic synomony of the fossils, in the first part. 

 The second part will consist mainly of a summary description and discussion 

 of each Cambrian formation, taken up in a geographic order and with a list 

 of the fossils. A correlation table of all formations will also be included. 



Intercontinental correlations and the faunal similarities and identities 

 of tlie Middle Cambrian rocks of Newfoundland and Great Britain 

 were next presented by the author, who illustrated Ins remarks by cluirts. 

 Discussed by E. 0. Ulrich. 



