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REPORT ON THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN 



GEOLOGY. 



By Professors J. D. Whitney, N. S. Shaler, W. M. Davis, Assistant 

 Professor J. E. Wolff, and Dr. T. W. Harris. 



During the Academic year 1892-93, the following named courses 

 of instruction were given in the laboratories and in the field by the 

 instructors of the Department of Geology. 



Instruction in General Geology. 



1. (Geol. 4. 1 ) A half-course in Elementary Geology; two lectures 

 a week by N. S. Shaler, with one hour for special exercises, conducted 

 by R. E. Dodge and L. S. Griswold, and with required reading in 

 Dana's Manual of Geology. ~ In the spring, voluntary excursions were 

 made to points of geological interest in the vicinit}'' of Cambridge under 

 the guidance of the assistants. The course was attended by two hundred 

 and eleven students. 



2. (Geol. 5.) A half-course in Practical Geological Exercises in the 

 laboratoiy and in the field, requiring two two-hour exercises a week, 

 with occasional lectures : by T. W. Harris, assisted by G. E. Ladd ; 

 designed especially for those who intend in subsequent years to con- 

 tinue the studj* of Geology and Palseontolog}'. Attended bj r fifty 

 students. 



3. (Geol. 8.) A course in General Critical Geology, two lectures 

 a week, and for a part of the year three, by N. S. Shaler ; with an 

 additional hour for review of assigned reading and for conference, con- 

 ducted b} T J. B. Wood worth. Ly ell's Principles of Geology was read 

 parallel with the lectures. During the autumn and spring months, eight 

 half-day excursions were made in the field in the vicinit}' of Cambridge, 

 under the guidance of J. E. Wolff and J. B. Woodworth. During the 

 winter months, theses were prepared on subjects chosen with the advice 

 of the instructors. Those only who passed a satisfactory examination 

 in the elementary courses were permitted to take the course. Thirty 

 students received this instruction. 



1 These abbreviated names of courses correspond to those given in the "Announce- 

 ment of Courses of Instruction," issued by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 



