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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND 



GEOGRAPHY. 



By Robert DeC. Ward. 



Instruction in the Department has been greatly weakened by 

 the continued omission of all courses in Palaeontology. Arrange- 

 ments were made with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 whereby five of our students were admitted to the regular courses 

 in Palaeontology given by Prof. H. W. Shimer. As a temporary 

 arrangement this plan served its purpose satisfactorily, but it was 

 obviously inconvenient and time-consuming for the students. 

 This Department is under obligations to the authorities of the 

 Institute of Technology and to Professor Shimer for their courtesy 

 in connection with this undertaking. 



The seventeen courses and half-courses in Geology and Geog- 

 raphy were elected by 315 students in Harvard University, as 

 against 255 in the previous year, and the six courses offered in 

 Radcliffe College were taken by 21 students, the same number as 

 in 1909-1910. Messrs. F. H. Lahee, S. C. Lawrence, W. G. Reed, 

 Sedgwick Smith, and Edward Wigglesworth were Assistants during 

 the year. 



The Gardner Collection of photographs and lantern slides is 

 becoming increasingly useful every year. Mr. Edward Wiggles- 

 worth, the Curator, has rendered valuable service in putting it in 

 order for the most effective use. The state of the Collection on 

 July 1, 1911, is shown in the subjoined table: — 



State of Collection, July 1. 



Photographs. 



Slides. 



Negatives. 



Accessions since last report 



147 



441 



3 



Unidentified views 



150 







155 



Duplicates 



116 











Broken 















Condemned 















Last accession number 



6469 



6664 







Number now in collection 



6358 



6752 1 



839 



Card catalogued 







6752 







1 Includes 88 meteorological slides numbered in advance. 



