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probably nearly or quite $12,000,000 in 

 1903, or about five times as much in 

 1903 as in 1898. 



The United States is sending to the 

 island cotton fabrics, iron and steel 

 wares, and great quantities of rice, pro- 

 visions, and breadstuffs ; Porto Rico 

 ships in return sugar, tobacco, coffee, 

 and fruits. 



The increased value during the last 

 five years of Porto Rico from a commer- 

 cial point of view is admirably shown 

 by a statement recently issued by the 

 Bureau of the Department of Commerce 

 and Labor. 



SUMMER SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY AND 



GEOGRAPHY AT CORNELL 



UNIVERSITY 



THE summer school which is to be 

 conducted by Cornell University 

 July 6 to August 15, 1903, for students 

 of geology and geograph)- offers an at- 

 tractive and exceedingly varied series of 

 courses. The location of the school is 

 itself a lesson in all that is beautiful and 

 instructive. The campus of Cornell 

 University is situated on a hillside, over- 

 looking a large lake in one direction, and 

 broad, beautifully sloping valleys in the 

 other, and bounded by narrow gorges 

 with many falls, cascades, and rapids. 

 The campus is the center of a great va- 

 riety of beautiful, interesting, and in- 

 structive geographic features. The ex- 

 cursions of most of the field courses are 

 for the study of these features By 

 these excursions the student is taught 

 method and fact upon a broad range 

 of geologic and physiographic phe- 

 nomena. 



The university library is fully sup- 

 plied with books and magazines on geo- 

 logic and geographic subjects, and these 

 are accessible to the students in the 

 school. The laboratories are equipped 

 with many models, maps, photographs, 

 and specimens illustrating phases of ge- 

 ology, physiography, and geography. 

 There is, furthermore, a collection of 



fully 5,000 lantern slides for use in the 

 lecture courses. 



The lecture courses have been planned 

 with great care and men selected to give 

 them who are recognized authorities in 

 the subjects which they are to teach. 

 The courses and lecturers are as follows: 



Physical Geography of the Lands ; 

 Prof. R. S. Tarr (Professor of Dynamic 

 Geology and Physical Geography, Cor- 

 nell University). 



Laboratory Course in Physical Geog- 

 raphy; Assistant Principal Carney (As- 

 sistant Principal, Ithaca High School) 

 and Mr Mills (Assistant in Physical 

 Geography, Cornell University). 



Field Course in Physical Geography; 

 Professor Tarr, Mr Whitbeck, and Mr 

 Mills. 



Dynamical Geology ; Prof. A. P. 

 Brigham (Professor of Geology and 

 Natural History, Colgate University, 

 Hamilton, N. Y.). 



Laboratory Course in Geology; Mr 

 Matson (Assistant in Geology, Cornell 

 University) . 



Field Course in Geology; Professor 

 Brigham, Assistant Principal Carney, 

 Mr Matson, and Mr Mills. 



Geography of the United States; Pro- 

 fessor Brigham. 



Geography of Europe ; Professor Tarr. 



Home Geography; Prof. C. A. Mc- 

 Murry (Director of Practice Depart- 

 ment, Northern Illinois Normal School, 

 DeKalb, 111.). 



Type Studies in Geography for Gram- 

 mar Grades; Professor McMurry. 



Commercial Geography ; Principal 

 Emerson (Principal Cobbet School, 

 Lynn, Mass.). 



Laboratory and Field Work in Com- 

 mercial Geography; Principal Emerson. 



Class-room Problems in Geography; 

 MrR. H. Whitbeck (Supervisor in New 

 Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, 

 N. J.). 



Physical Geography for Grades; Mr 

 Whitbeck. 



Round-table Conference, for consid- 



