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State’s Origin ! 
Study Subject 
Yale Professor Attempts to} 
Solve Formation. 
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The Associated Pres#. 
TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 26.— Floridian* 
may learn something' shortly ol thi 
real origin of their state. Dr. Charier 
Schuchert, professor emeritus of pal* 
eontology of Yale university. Is now en- 
gaged In attempts to solve the or obi 
lem as to what agencies caused the 
formation of Florida as the state 
stands today, and when and how sucli 
formation took place. 
Dr. Schuchert was a recent vls’tor# 
to the state geological survey where 
he announced the purpose of his latest 
study and held consultations with Her* 
man Gunter, Florida’s state geologist, 
and members of the state survey. Tt 
was his second visit to Florida, and 
after a stay of a day and a half here, 
he returned to his home. 
Dr. Schuchert, one of the most out* 
standing authorities on geology tntlij 
world, has been engaged for che past 
twenty-five years In working out theo* 
retlcal problems having a bearing upon 
the geological history of the Caribbean 
sea and Gulf of Mexico, In which pen- 
insular Florida Is Included. • 
The result of his research will oe 
presented In an address which he Is 
to deliver at the next meeting of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, of wliich ne is vice 
president of the geological section, to 
° e m5 eI<a afc New York * next December. 
The data he obtains will also be 
used in continuation of a text book 
,, s P re Pai'lng on the paleogeGgrpphv 
of North America, published some time 
ago. 
Dr. Schuchert has been professor of 
paleontology at Yale since 1904 r-nd 
professor emeritus for five >eais. 
