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REPORT ON THE INSTRUCTION IN GEOLOGY, PALE- 

 ONTOLOGY, AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



By Professors N. S. Shaler and W. M. Davis. 



The following courses of instruction were given : — 



1. A general elementary course in Geology, consisting of about sixty lec- 

 tures, together with a course of field lectures on the Geology of the Eastern 

 Part of Massachusetts, by N. S. Shaler. Attended by two hundred and 

 twenty-four students. 



2. A course of reading in Geology, intended for beginners who purposed 

 continuing the study in subsequent years, by N. S. Shaler. Attended by 

 seventy-one students. 



3. A course in Elementary Minerology and Petrology, likewise intended 

 for those who desired to continue the study of Geology in subsequent 

 years, by Mr. O. W. Huntington. This course was given at Boylston 

 Hall : it was attended by seventy-four students. 



4. A course in Advanced Geology, designed as a critical exposition of 

 the science. Sixty lectures, specified field work, and laboratory instruction, 

 by N. S. Shaler and W. M. Davis. This course was attended by forty 

 students. 



5. A course in Elementary Palaeontology. Sixty lectures, with labo- 

 ratory work and theses, by N. S. Shaler. This course was attended by 

 twenty-five students. 



6. A course of practical field work in Geology, designed for those who 

 purposed to do professional work in Geology, by N. S. Shaler and 

 W. M. Davis. Attended by eight students. 



7. A course in Advanced Palaeontology, by N. S. Shaler. Attended by 

 one student. 



Twelve students were guided in their field work during the long 

 vacation and the College recesses. This work was in part done 

 under the immediate and constant supervision of the instructors, 

 and in part as individual and separate labor, the instructors giving 

 only general guidance. 



Two courses of conference meetings were held during the winter 

 months, — one for those who were special students in Geology, 



