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number of students. A new course on the Geography of South 

 America (Geology 2) was given for the first time. This course 

 was established at the request of the Dean of the Graduate School 

 of Business Administration. Geology I has been changed from 

 the Climatology of the United States to the Climatology of North 

 America. The intermediate course in meteorology has been given 

 up, owing to the desire of the Department to develop its instruc- 

 tion along the lines of climatology, rather than in the direction of 

 more detailed work in meteorology proper. The research course in 

 Climatology (Geology 20e) was taken by four students. Theses 

 prepared in this course have been published as follows: — "Early 

 meteorological data for Saline, Mich.," by J. E. Buchanan, Monthly 

 weather review (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bu- 

 reau), April, 1908, vol. 26, p. 105-107. "Weather influences pre- 

 ceding the evacuation of Boston, Mass.," by W. N. Lacy, ibid., 

 May, 1908, p. 128-129. "Early meteorology at Harvard College," 

 by B. M. Varney, ibid., p. 140-142. "Some climatic influences 

 in American history," by W. N. Lacy, ibid., June, 1908, p. 169- 

 173. 



During the year the laboratory was inspected by Dr. P. Polis, 

 Director of the Meteorological Observatory at Aachen, who had 

 been sent to the United States by the Prussian Ministry of Agri- 

 culture to investigate the work of the United States Weather Bureau 

 and the conditions of meteorological instruction in this country. 

 In his report to his government, Dr. Polis laid special emphasis 

 upon the equipment of this Department for giving instruction in 

 meteorology and climatology. 



Professor Ward spent six weeks of the summer in Brazil, as a 

 member of the Shaler Memorial Expedition. His object was to 

 gain information, at first hand, regarding the climate and products 

 of southern Brazil. He has prepared several papers on the results 

 of his trip. 



Professor Woodworth reports that he gave courses 4, 5, 8, 16, 

 and instruction in 20c, as in the previous year, in the first named 

 course with the assistance of Professors Davis and Wolff as lec- 

 turers on special topics in general geology. Dr. Mansfield aided 

 in the field work in courses 5 and 8. Gifts of rocks and maps 

 for teaching purposes were received from Messrs. Eggleston, and 

 Sayles, and Dr. Mansfield. A small collection of rocks illustrating 



