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view to bringing this matter into better form to meet the demands 

 for instruction on this subject, a new course has been provided for 

 during the coming year, to be given by Mr. Woodworth. Mr. 

 Smyth has arranged to give in the coming year an additional 

 course on the Pre-Cambrian Geology of North America, and ad- 

 vanced students in Geology who wish to carry on original researches 

 will be enrolled in the following year in Course 22b. 



The G-eological Conference. 



Daring the year, the Tuesday evening meetings of the advanced 

 students in the department have been maintained. The papers 

 read at these meetings have been announced each week in the Col- 

 lege Calendar. 



It should be mentioned in this connection that the Geological 

 Society of America met in the Geological Lecture Room for one 

 day in December last, thus affording our students an opportunity 

 of attending a session of this organization. 



Scientific Work. 



The Professor of Geology has continued his services as a Com- 

 missioner in the State Board of Highways, and also as a Geologist 

 of the United States Geological Survey. During the year, he pre- 

 pared a Report on the Geology of Highways for publication by the 

 Survey, and supervised the work of several assistants. 



Mr. J. B. Woodworth has also been employed in his spare time 

 and during vacations as Assistant Geologist of the U. S. Geologi- 

 cal Survey, mainly in the preparation of maps of the Pleistocene 

 Geology of the New England States. The following named map- 

 sheets have been surveyed and prepared for the engraver, with an 

 accompanying report : in Massachusetts, Boston, Nantucket, Mus- 

 keget, Martha's Vineyard, Gay Head (in part) ; in Rhode Island, 

 Providence, Burrillville, Narragansett Bay, Newport, Sakonnet, 

 Block Island ; in Connecticut, New Haven and Meriden. 



Mr. R. E. Dodge has also been employed during vacations 

 heretofore in work of this nature. During the field season just 

 closed, he was employed as volunteer assistant of Dr. Hayes in 

 Tennessee. 



Dr. Geo. E. Ladd, who assisted Dr. T. W. Harris in Course 5, 

 performed during the year a series of tests upon clays, the results 



