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REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



I. REPORT ON THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 



Br Professors J. D. Whitney, N. S. Shaler, W. M. Davis, and Assistant 

 Professor J. E. Wolff. 



Dtjking the Academic year 1891-92, the following named 

 courses of instruction were given in the laboratories and in the 

 field by the instructors in the department. 



Instruction in Geology. 



1. Geol. 4. A half-course in Elementary Geology ; two lectures a week 

 by N. S. Shaler, with one hour for special exercises conducted by R. E. 

 Dodge, Assistant in Geology, with required reading in Dana's Manual of 

 Geology. In the spring, voluntary excursions were made to points of 

 geological interest in the vicinity of Cambridge under the guidance of the 

 assistant. The course was attended by two hundred and forty-six students. 



2. Geol. 5. A half-course of Practical Geological P2xercises in the 

 Laboratory and in the field, with occasional lectures by T. TV. Harris, as- 

 sisted by H. B. Kummel ; designed especially for those who intend in 

 subsequent years to continue the study of Geology and Palaeontology. 

 Half-course, with two-hour exercises, twice a week. Attended by eighty- 

 seven students. 



3. Geol. 8. A course of Advanced Geology, two lectures a week, and 

 for a part of the year three, by N. S. Shaler, with an additional hour for 

 review of assigned reading conducted by J. B. TVoodworth. Students in 

 this course were required during the second term to prepare theses on sub- 

 jects chosen with the advice of their instructors. During the first and 

 third terms, eight half-day excursions were made into the field in the vicin- 

 ity of Cambridge, under the guidance of J. E. Wolff and J. B. TVoodworth. 

 Those only who passed a satisfactory examination in the elementary courses 

 were permitted to attend. Fifty-six students received this instruction. 



4. Geol. 9. A course in the Structural and Dynamical Geology of the 

 stratified rocks, by T. TV. Harris. Two lectures a week, with required 

 reading and theses. This course was attended'by seven students. 



