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in this course, and a number of new maps for laboratory use were 

 added to the teaching equipment. In 1896, on the dissolution of 

 the New England Meteorological Society, the funds remaining on 

 hand were left in the hands of a committee of three, the Society 

 having voted that this money should be devoted " to some meteoro- 

 logical purpose." After a presentation of the need of a working 

 instrumental equipment for the use of students in Meteorology in 

 this Department, this Committee voted to hand over to Professor 

 Ward the sum of about one hundred dollars to be expended in the 

 purchase of meteorological instruments. With this fund there 

 have already been bought two nephoscopes, of the Blue Hill 

 pattern, specially constructed by Mr. S. P. Fergusson, and a much- 

 needed Richard thermograph and hygrograph have been ordered 

 from Paris. With two or three hundred dollars more, it would 

 be possible to equip a small working meteorological laboratory, 

 which is absolutely necessary if adequate instruction in meteoro- 

 logy is to be given. During the year Stanislav Hanzlik, Ph.D. 

 in Meteorology of the University of Prague, has been a graduate 

 student in this Department. Dr. Hanzlik has devoted himself 

 especially to a study of the climatology of the United States, and 

 to an investigation of the movements of cyclones in the United 

 States. A thesis prepared by him in Geology 26, on "The Geo- 

 graphical Distribution and Movement of Cyclones of High Velocity 

 in the United States," is shortly to be published. Dr. Hanzlik 

 has also given attention to the general methods of conducting the 

 courses in Meteorology and Climatology, and to the teaching 

 materials in these subjects. During the summer of 1904, with 

 the cordial cooperation of Mr. William C. Lane, the meteorological 

 and climatological books and atlases on deposit in the Geological 

 Museum were rearranged, classified, and catalogued, so that the 

 collection is now in excellent order. 



Professor J. B. Woodworth reports that the usual courses were 

 given by him during the year. Mr. P. S. Smith acted throughout 

 the year as aid to Professor Woodworth in the conduct of the 

 library and field work of the advanced course in General Geology. 

 Among the investigations undertaken in Geology 16 (Glacial 

 Geology), Mr. W. S. Tower made a careful search of the coasts 

 north and south of Boston for evidences of changes of level, and 

 Mr. C. H. Paige, in addition to local field-work, searched the New 

 England reports for records of glacial striae, and carefully plotted 

 them on a map, ready for publication. Three students continued 



