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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



EXCURSIONS AND CONFERENCES. 



A series of fourteen geological and geographical excursions was 

 conducted by the instructors of the department, with the co-opera- 

 tion of the geological departments of other New England colleges, 

 during the autumn and spring. These were in general charge of 

 Mr. Jaggar, and were open to members of other colleges and tech- 

 nical schools, and afforded opportunity to obtain a general view 

 of the geology and physical features of Southern New England. 

 Excursions were made to the following localities during the 

 Academic year 1895-96 : — 



Nantasket, Mass., Mr. L. S. Griswold. 

 Hoosac Mountain, Mass., Professor Wolff. 

 Nahant, Mass., Messrs. Woodworth and Jaggar. 

 Meriden, Conn., Professor Davis. 



Salem and Marblehead, Mass., Mr. John H. Sears of Salem. 



Plainville and Attleboro, Mass., Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 



Niantic and Exeter, R. I., Professor Davis and Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 



Monadnock Mountain, N. H., Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 



New Haven, Conn., Prof. H. S. Williams of Yale College. 



The Middle Susquehanna District, Pa., (April recess,) Professor Davis. 



Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, (April recess,) Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 



Cape Ann, Mass., Professor Shaler. 



Provincetown, Mass., Professor Davis. 



Mount Toby and Bernardston, Mass., Prof. B. K. Emerson of Amherst 

 College. 



Twenty-nine conferences were held on Tuesday evenings through- 

 out the year. At each meeting there was a leading paper by an 

 instructor, occasionally illustrated by stereopticon or experimental 

 demonstration. Abstracts of papers presented were published 

 regularly in " Science," under the following titles : — 



The Development of Oligoporus, by R. T. Jackson. 

 Tidal Sand-cusps, by F. P. Gulliver. 



Some Features of the Arizona Plateau, by L. S. Griswold. 

 The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, by J. B. Woodworth. 

 Notes on Geological Excursions, by W. M. Davis. 



The Pirna and Kirchberg (Saxony) Zones of Contact Metamorphism, 

 by T. A. Jaggar, Jr. 



Theories of Ocean Currents, by W. M. Davis. 



