14 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Prof. R. T. Jackson gave his usual courses in Palaeontology 

 during the year. He reports that the palaeontological teaching 

 collections are in good condition. No important additions of 

 material have been received during the past year. A microscope 

 with accessories was purchased of Bausch and Lomb ; also ob- 

 jectives and eyepieces for two old stands. It is hoped next year 

 to purchase two new stands to replace the old ones, when the 

 Department will be fairly Avell equipped in this direction. 



Professor Ward conducted the elementary course in Meteorology 

 (Geology B) and the two half-courses in Climatology (Geology 19 

 and 25) as in previous years. A new intermediate half-course in 

 Meteorology (Geology 1) was given during the first half-year for 

 the first time, and was taken by 12 students. One graduate stu- 

 dent in the course in General Climatology (Geology 19), Mr. G. D. 

 Hubbard, made a special study of the Meteorological Conditions of 

 the Antarctic, and his thesis was published in the Journal of School 

 G-eo<jr<ii>hy for June, 1901, pp. 161-170. Another graduate student, 

 Mr. R. M. Brown, undertook a study of the Effects of Climate on 

 Railroad Construction and Operation, the results of which will also 

 be published. The most important additions to the laboratory ma- 

 terials for use in the courses in Meteorology and Climatology were 

 two large-scale colored charts, one of equal annual ranges of 

 temperature and one of mean annual rainfall ; a number of new 

 mounted and colored maps, illustrating the climate of the 

 United States, for use in Geology 25, and. a number of photo- 

 graphic enlargements of text-book diagrams for class use. Pro- 

 fessor Ward has continued his work on the English translation 

 of Hann's Handbuch der Klimatologie, which will be published 

 in 1902. 



Prof. J. B. Woodworth gave instruction in four courses to 

 Harvard students and in two courses to Radcliffe students. One 

 advanced student carried on field-work during the year upon the 

 glacial sand-plains of the Framingham atlas-sheet with a view 

 to the determination of the conditions under which the ice-sheet 

 disappeared from the Sudbury River Valley. The number of stu- 

 dents attending these courses is set forth in the tabulated state- 

 ment on page 12. A number of rocks and structures required for 

 teaching were purchased during the year. Mr. H. C. Boynton, 

 Austin Teaching Fellow in Geology, gave a part of his time to 

 rearranging and classifying the accumulation of reserved rock 





