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REPORT 



ON THE INSTRUCTION IN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, 

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND PETROGRAPHY. 



By Professors N. S. Shaler and W. M. Davis, and Mr. J. E. Wolff. 



During the Academic year 1886-87, the following courses of 

 instruction were given in the Geological and Palaeontological 

 Laboratory, and in the field, by N. S. Shaler and his Assistants. 



1. N. H. 4. A course in Elementary Geology, by N. S. Shaler ; 

 two lectures a week with certain required reading, attended by one hun- 

 dred and sixty-two students. 



2. Laboratory Course. A course of practical geological exercises 

 in laboratory and in the field, by Mr. Harris, designed especially for those 

 who intended, in subsequent years, to continue the study of Geology and 

 Palaeontology ; attended by sixty-one students. 



3. N. H. 8. A course in Advanced Geology, by N. S. Shaler, 

 Wm. M. Davis, and J. E. Wolff ; two lectures a week, together with the 

 assigned field-work, which was supervised by Prof. Davis and Mr. Wolff. 

 In the winter season the field-work was replaced by the study of models 

 and geological maps, and reports on different areas. Students in this 

 course were required to prepare each two theses on assigned subjects. 

 Only those who had previously passed a satisfactory examination in Ele- 

 mentary Geology were permitted to attend. Forty-six persons received 

 this instruction. 



4. N. H. 14. A course in Palaeontology, by N. S. Shaler ; two 

 lectures a week, together with laboratory work and assigned theses, 

 attended by twenty-eight students. 



5. N. H. 16. A course in field-work, designed to afford special 

 training in the processes of geological surveying, by N. S. Shaler, Wm. 

 M. Davis, and John E. Wolff ; attended by ten students. 



6. N. H. 17. A course in Historic Geology, designed to train the 

 student in the determination of geological horizons. This course was 

 attended by two students. 



During the winter season the students in the advanced classes 

 attended regular evening meetings, designed to serve the purpose 

 of the Seminaiia of the German Universities. 



