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is much strengthened. Professor W. O. Crosby and Dr. D. 
W. Johnson have charge of the economic and structural geol- 
ogy ; Dr. C. H. Warren is instructor in mineralogy and petro- 
graphy; Mr. H. W. Shimer is instructor in paleontology and 
stratigraphic and physiographic geology ; Mr. G. F. Loughlm 
is assistant in geology and has charge of some of the petro- 
graphy. Professor T. A. Jaggar of Harvard University gives, 
during the first term, a course in general geology. 
There ts every reason to believe that future years will 
see a notable expansion of mining in China. The country has 
two important advantages in possessing a network of rivers and 
canals which afford a splendid system of water-ways, and it is 
in a position to afford an abundance of cheap labor. In this 
regard it stands in violent contrast to several regions where the 
mining industry has made much greater strides. The walking 
delegate has not as yet met the mandarin ; when these two 
forms of misrule meet the sparks will fly ; but we trust that be- 
fore that consummation arrives both will have gone the way of 
the dodo, the mammoth and other things unfit to survive. — 
Eng. and Min. Jour. 
Mont Pelee. The remarkable new feature in the history 
of Mt. Pelee, on Martinique island, is the ascending cone or 
spine, described by Heilprin and Lacroix. and first illustrated 
by Hovey, in the New York Herald for April 19. 1903. This 
spine rises above the northwest quarter of the old crater, and 
its base is surrounded by a valley on the outer sides of which 
is a ridge which constitutes the new cone or crater. The old 
crater rim is still outside and is separated from the new by a 
rather shallow valley or gorge. The great spine constitutes a 
part of the northwest rim of the new crater, and in April was 
estimated to rise 1000 feet above its own base and 5000 feet 
above the sea. Tt is of solid rock, and is apparently rising bod- 
ily from the interior of the volcano. 
The third annual [ntercollegiate excursion in New 
England was held at IVferiden, Conn,, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 
under the guidance of Professor H. E. Gregory of Yale Uni- 
versity. The largest delegations of students were from Yale, 
under Profs. Gregory, Pirsson and Barrell, and from Wes 
leyan, under Prof. Rice. Harvard, Wellesley, /Amherst, Smith 
and Williams were also represented, as well as a number of 
secondary schools. Over one hundred persons took part in 
the excursion, driving about the Hanging Hills district in 
large wagons. The geological results of the trip were unfor- 
tunately diminished by fog <>n West Peak, and by several 
heavy showers in the lowland; hut the general structure of the 
region was pointed out, the double lava flow in the Meriden 
quarry was well seen, and several of the faults by which the 
region is divided into long, narrow blocks were demonstrated. 
