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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
forestry and civil engineering and each course is adapted to the special
needs of the class taking it.
The elective work is intended to give the student a general knowl
edge of the occurrence and properties of the useful minerals and
rocks, or to enable him to specialize along certain lines if he so de
sires. The lectures are supplemented by laboratory and field work,
and occasionally longer excursions are taken, as to the coal regions
of Pennsylvania, the mining regions of Michigan, etc.
Collections. These include : ( i )
About 2,000 specimens of useful
minerals and rocks, including ores (iron, copper, gold, silver, lead,
zinc, etc.), building stones, coals, clays, cements, petroleum, etc., to
which additions are constantly being made. In many cases the pro
duct in different stages of completion is exhibited with the raw ma
terial in order to show more clearly the use of the mineral or rock.
These specimens are used in both the lecture and laboratory work.
(2)
A collection of about 600 lantern slides and several hundred
photographs.
Laboratory. The department also has a laboratory in which
either chemical work or fire tests can be carried on, there being for
this latter purpose two furnaces capable of generating 3300 degrees
Fahrenheit of heat. These are useful for testing clays and building
stones ; but the laboratory is especially well equipped with apparatus-
for clay investigation.
The following courses are offered in 1899-1900 :
A. and Paleontology Stratigraphic Geology.
These courses are elective ; open to all.
1. Elementary Geology. Three hours. Field and laboratory workv
one, lecture two hours, fully illustrated with views of typical rock
outcrops. Fall. Planned with special reference to the historic side
of the subject. The professor's private launch will furnish a very in
expensive and efficient means for visiting rock exposures and for
transporting materials collected on Cayuga and Seneca lakes, and
other nearby waters, to the laboratory. Excursions generally Satur
days. Hours to be arranged. This course is especially adapted to the
needs of general students,
Assistant Professor Harris.
and beginners in geological science.
2. As No. 1, but covering in the field the whole New York section
of rocks. Five hours. Laboratory and field work. Outline of work ::
Erie-
Enrolment of class and start from Ithaca via Cayuga Lake, and
canal for Troy, N. Y., Sept. 1 ; stratigraphic studies, collection of