REPORT. 



To the President and Fellows of Harvard College: — 



Thirteen courses in Zoology were given during the Academic 

 year 1907-1908 by Professors Mark, Parker, Castle, Jackson, and 

 Dr. Rand to two hundred and twenty-four students in Harvard 

 University, and nine courses were given to thirty-nine students of 

 Radcliffe College. Messrs. Thomas Barbour, E. D. Congdon, 

 E. C. Day, G. F. Hargitt, F. H. Lahee, R. C. Mullenix, C. S. 

 Palmer, and A. S. Pearse assisted in the University courses and 

 Messrs. Manton Copeland, W. B. Herms, and J. A. Long in the 

 courses in Radcliffe College. 



The Virginia Barret Gibbs Scholarship was held by Mr. G. F. 

 Hargitt. Two students, working at Woods Hole and at the Ber- 

 muda Biological Station for Research, received aid from the 

 Humboldt Fund. 



In the Department of Geology and Geography, the instruction 

 was given by Professors Jackson, Ward, Woodworth, Johnson, 

 and Dr. Mansfield, assisted by Messrs. Augustus Cobb, J. W. 

 Eggleston, F. H. Lahee, and B. M. Varney. Nineteen courses 

 were taken by three hundred and sixty-nine students of Harvard 

 University and three courses were taken by twelve students of 

 Radcliffe College. 



The income derived from the Josiah Dwight Whitney Scholar- 

 ship Fund was shared by Messrs. Sedgwick Smith, G. B. Roorbach, 

 and W. G. Reed, Jr. 



For an addition to its invested funds, the Museum is indebted 

 to the generosity of Miss Maria Whitney who has given the sum 

 of $5000. — , the income of which can be applied to the care (bind- 

 ing) and increase of the Whitney Library. It will be recalled 

 that the Whitney Library contains a large and serviceable series 

 of geological works brought together in great part by Miss Whitney's 

 brother, Josiah Dwight Whitney, Sturgis-Hooper Professor of 

 Geology from 1875 to 1896. The Whitney Library is rich in 



