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REPORT ON COURSES IN GENERAL GEOLOGY AND 



PALAEONTOLOGY. 



By Prof. N. S. Shaler. 



Courses. 



The course in Elementary Geology was conducted during the 

 year with the aid of Mr. R. E. Dodge as Assistant. Systematic 

 field-work was introduced in the fall and spring to take the place 

 of excursions before required in Course 5, which was given in the 

 last half of the year. Dr. T. W. Harris, who conducted the labo- 

 ratory course (Geol. 5), severs his connection with the department 

 at the end of the academic year, and has accepted the position of 

 Superintendent of Schools at Keene, N. H. 



Owing to the pressure of his duties as Dean of the Lawrence 

 Scientific School, the Professor of Geology, at the beginning of 

 the year, relinquished the instruction in Course 8, General Critical 

 Geology, and Mr. J. B. Woodworth was appointed Instructor for 

 that course. In addition to giving the lectures, Mr. Woodworth 

 has also conducted special exercises and all of the field excursions, 

 in which Professors Davis and Wolff assisted in former years. 

 During the April recess, a party of students from this course 

 visited the well known section at Gay Head, on the island of 

 Martha's Vineyard, under the guidance of Mr. Woodworth and 

 Dr. Jackson. Four days were spent in continuous field-work upon 

 the cliffs and neighboring parts of the island. 



The instruction in Palaeontology has been kept up, as in the 

 previous year, with the aid of Dr. Jackson, who continued the effort 

 to increase and improve the condition of the teaching collections 

 in which considerable advance has been made. During the year, 

 Mr. T. Wayland Vaughan, a Graduate student in Geology, was 

 given some employment in determining and labelling Tertiary 

 fossils, which group is his line of specialty. Most satisfactory 



