24 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



In the spring of 1900, Messrs. Howe and Boutwell, of the Grad- 

 uate School, and Richardson (formerly a student at Harvard) 

 passed the Civil Service examination successfully, and were ad- 

 mitted to regular standing as Assistant Geologists in the U. S. 

 Geological Survey. Mr. La Forge of the Graduate School, and 

 Mr. Rock, of the Lawrence Scientific School, worked for the same 

 survey during the summer of 1900. Dr. A. W. Grabau has been 

 appointed to a position in the Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute at 

 Troy, N. Y., and Mr. H. T. Burr in the State Normal School at 

 New Britain, Conn. 



The committee, consisting of Messrs.^ Ward, Woodworth, and 

 Dr. Daly, in charge of the Gardner collection of photographs, 

 report that the collection was augmented during the year 1899- 

 1900 by the addition of 643 photographs and slides. The total 

 number of photographs now catalogued is 4,443. Mr. Woodman 

 was employed for a small portion of his time in cataloguing acces- 

 sions and in caring for the collection, which is every year becoming 

 a more laborious task. The most notable views added during 

 the year comprise a set of Russian and Finnish slides from nega- 

 tives taken by Dr. Daly. Many new photographs were purchased 

 in Europe by Professor Davis. Room must soon be had for better 

 storage and care of the photographs, and means are needed to 

 prevent the unnecessary scratching of the large photographs al- 

 ready in the collection. The deterioration from shuffling of the 

 views since the collection has been brought together is noticeable 

 and threatening. 



Professor Davis travelled in Europe during 1898-99, and made 

 an excursion to the Grand Canyon district of Arizona in June, 1900. 

 Mr. J. B. Woodworth has been employed by the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, under Professor Shaler's direction, in Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island, and Virginia; Dr. Jaggar, under the direction of Messrs. 

 Hague and Emmons, in the Yellowstone Park and in South 

 Dakota, where he was assisted by J. M. Boutwell and P. S. Smith 

 of Harvard, and J. D. Irving of Columbia. In February, 1900, 

 Mr. J. B. Woodworth was appointed Assistant Geologist of the 

 New York State Museum to make investigation of New York 

 glacial deposits. Mr. Woodworth is preparing an elementary 

 text-book of geology, and a bibliography of geological publications 

 (in the United States) for the International Bibliography recently 

 undertaken by the Geological Commission of Belgium. In Sep- 



