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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON COURSES IN GENERAL GEOLOGY AND 

 PALAEONTOLOGY. 



By N. S. Shaler. 



A half-course of lectures, designed to set forth the phenomena 

 of Geology to beginners, and known as Course 4, was given as in 

 previous years. 



The laboratory and field work of the course in Elementary 

 Geology was conducted under the general supervision of Profes- 

 sor Shaler, by Mr. Reginald A. Daly, with the assistance of Mr. 

 F. C. Schrader, following the plan of instruction developed in 

 previous years by Mr. R. E. Dodge. Substantial additions were 

 made to the teaching collection, mainly in the form of fossils and 

 lithological specimens purchased from dealers. The system of 

 numbering and cataloguing these collections mentioned in the 

 last Report upon this course has been maintained. The use of a 

 clinometer compass manufactured by F. Barker & Son of London, 

 and larger than that heretofore employed, was introduced in the 

 field work. 



Mr. Daly gave also a course in Elementary Geology to students 

 in Radcliffe College, following the plan of instruction noted in last 

 year's report. By this arrangement the students of Radcliffe Col- 

 lege are admitted to the Geological Laboratory on equal terms with 

 those of Harvard College. In June, Mr. Daly, having received 

 the degree of Ph. D. and having been appointed to a Parker 

 Fellowship, resigned his position as Instructor in Geology to take 

 up the study of geology in Europe. 



Mr. J. B. Woodworth reports as follows on the instruction in 

 General Geology (second course, Geol. 8), and Glacial Geology 

 (Geol. 16) : — 



The second course in General Geology (Geol. 8) was completed 

 by twenty-two men, the number in attendance being somewhat 

 larger than during the previous year. The survey of square-mile 

 areas in the vicinity of the University by students in this course 



