REPORT. 



To the President and Fellows of Harvard College: — 



In the Academic year 1905-06, ten courses in Zoology were 

 given by Professors Mark, Parker, Castle, and Dr. Rand to 

 two hundred and fifty-one students in Harvard University, and 

 seven courses were given to thirty-three students of Radcliffe Col- 

 lege. The assistants in the University courses were Messrs. 

 A. M. Banta,L. J. Cole, E. D. Congdon,!. A. Field, H. MacCurdy, 

 A. S. Pearse, and H. E. Walter ; in Radcliffe College the assist- 

 ants were Messrs. M. Copeland, J. A. Long, and H. MacCurdy. 

 Mr. E. D. Congdon held the Virginia Barret Gibbs scholarship, 

 and five students connected with the Zoological Laboratory re- 

 ceived aid from the income of the Humboldt Fund. 



In the Department of Geology and Geography two courses 

 were conducted by Professor Davis, the Sturgis-Hooper Professor 

 of Geology ; these courses were given as in former years, save 

 that an additional amount of laboratory work was required in 

 the course dealing with the physiography of the United States. 

 The other courses were given by Professors Shaler, Ward, Wood- 

 worth, Jaggar, Johnson, and Drs. Smith and Mansfield ; the 

 assistants were Messrs. W. B. Barrows, H. N. Eaton, J. W. Eg- 

 gleston, E. J. Saunders, F. H. Sawyer, S. A. Starratt, and E. E. 

 White. These courses, nineteen in number, were taken by three 

 hundred and eighty-seven students of Harvard University ; four 

 courses offered to students of Radcliffe College were taken by 

 forty-three students. In the Summer School two courses were 

 given by Dr. Mansfield and Mr. Eggleston to eighteen students. 

 Mr. H. E. Merwin held the Josiah D wight Whitney scholarship 

 for the year. 



For an important improvement to the building the Museum is 

 indebted to the continued liberality of Mr. Agassiz. To facilitate 

 the entrance of the public to the Exhibition Rooms Mr. Agassiz 

 erected in 1886-87 a three-story staircase ; to this structure he has 



