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REPORT OF PROF. N. S. SHALER ON THE INSTRUC- 

 TION IN GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY. 



The following courses of instruction have been given by myself 

 and by my assistant, Mr. Wm. M. Davis, instructor in Geology : — 



1. A course in Physical Geography and Meteorology, three hours a week, 

 to forty-five undergraduates. This course was given by Mr. Davis alone. 



2. A course in Elementary Geology and Palaeontology, three hours a 

 week, with a parallel course in elementary field and laboratory work, to 

 one hundred and sixteen undergraduates from various departments of the 

 University. This course was given by myself, with the assistance of Mr. 

 Davis. 



3. A graduate course in Palaeontology, open only to those who had 

 taken courses in Elementary Geology and in Zoology. It was attended 

 by six students. 



4. A graduate course in advanced field-work, open to those who had 

 taken Elementary Geology, attended by two students. 



5. A graduate course in the history of geological opinions, open only 

 to those who had the requisite knowledge of Geology and Palaeontology. 

 The course was attended by three students. 



6. A summer course in field-work, designed to afford an opportunity for 

 advanced students, to those familiar with Geological Surveying, was given 

 upon selected localities in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Seven 

 persons attended the instruction in this course. 



My private assistant, Mr. George H. Sqiiier,has been employed 

 during one half the year in making collections in the field, and 

 in arranging the collections for the use of students in Geology 

 and Palaeontology. 



During the year I have made use of a small outbuilding belong- 

 ing to the Museum for the purpose of doing some limited work in 

 chemical geology and assaying. In connection with this work, 

 two or three of the more advanced students who had acquired 

 a general knowledge of chemistry were given some training in 



