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REPORT 



ON THE INSTRUCTION IN GEOLOGY, PALAEONTOLOGY, 

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND PETROGRAPHY. 



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



During the Academic year 1889-90, the following courses 

 of instruction were given in the Geological and Palseonto- 

 logical Laboratory, and in the field, by the instructors in the 

 department. 



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

 lectures a week, with certain required reading ; attended by one hundred 

 and sixty students. 



2. N. H. 4 a. A course of Practical Geological Exercises in the Labo- 

 ratory and in the field, by Mr. T. W. Hartis, assisted by Mr. Collier 

 Cobb, designed especially for those who intend in subsequent years to 

 continue the study of Geology and Palaeontology ; attended by sixty-six 

 students. 



3. N. H. 8. A course of Advanced Geology, two lectures a week, 

 by N. S. Shaler, together with assigned field-work, conducted by W. M. 

 Davis and J. E. Wolff. Students in this course were required during the 

 winter to prepare a thesis on an assigned subject. Those only who have 

 passed a satisfactory examination in the elementary courses are permitted 

 to attend. Fifty persons received this instruction. 



4. N. H. 14. A course on Palaeontology, by N. S. Shaler. Two 

 lectures a week, with laboratory work and theses. Twelve students took 

 this course. 



5. N. H. 15. A course in Historical Geology, by N. S. Shaler, de- 

 signed to train students in the determination of geological horizons ; 

 attended by one student. 



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

 ing in the processes of geological surveying, by N..S. Shaler, W. M. Davis, 

 J. E. Wolff, and T. W. Harris; attended by seven students. 



