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REPORT 



ON THE INSTRUCTION IN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, 

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND PETROGRAPHY. 



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



During the Academic year 1888-89, the following courses 

 of instruction were given in the Geological and Palseontological 

 Laboratory, and in the field, by N. S. Shaler and his assistants. 



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. Harris, designed especially for those 

 who intend in subsequent years to continue the study of Geology and 

 Palaeontology ; attended by fifty-five students. 



3. N. H. 8. A course of Advanced Geology, by N. S. Shaler, W. M. 

 Davis, J. E. Wolff, and T. W. Harris ; two lectures a week, together with 

 assigned field-work, which was conducted by Prof. W. M. Davis and Mr. 

 J. E. Wolff. In the winter season the field-work was replaced by the 

 study of models and geological maps, and of reports on selected geological 

 areas. vStudents in this course were required to prepare a thesis on an 

 assigned subject. Those only who have passed a satisfactory examination 

 in the elementary courses are permitted to attend. Forty-nine 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. 



5. N. H. 15. A course in Historical Geology, designed to train stu- 

 dents in the determination of geological horizons, attended by three 

 students. 



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

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

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



During the winter season the students in advanced classes 

 attended regular evening meetings designed to serve the purpose 

 accomplished by the Seminaria of the German Universities. 



