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A. PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY.
Special Announcement. {Seep. 174.)
For the next two years no regular courses will be given in this de
partment during the winter term, but laboratory work may be con
tinued if students so elect.
In place of the regular winter work, a full term's work, covering
from eleven to twelve weeks beginning the first 'Wednesday after
Commencement will be offered during the summers of 1900 and 1901.
This work will be conducted as follows :
Course A. Excursions from a rendezvous (see under B), to the
following points of geological interest, by boat (the professor's pri
vate launch), the Lower Lake Champlain regions (Georgia, Chazy,
etc.); the upper Hudson region (Troy, Becraft Mt., Rondout) ; the
lower Mohawk (side excursion by railroad to Helderbergs) ; Little
Falls ; Utica (side excursion by railroad to Trenton Falls and Orisk-
any Falls) ; Syracuse (railroad to Split Rock and Manlius) ; Monte
zuma (Drumlin region) ; Union Springs and other points on Cayuga
Lake. Credit, four hours.
Course B. Camp Work. The rendezvous (camping-ground) for
1900 will be near Rome or Utica, a region showing many different for
mations. Eight weeks will be spent it mapping geologically a United
States Topographic Sheet (about 225 square miles), in forming exten
sive collections of fossils, in making detailed notes on the region, and
in photographing typical exposures. Credit, ten hours.
The object of these courses is to give teachers a knowledge at first
hand of the differeut rock formations in this classic region ; and to
give young geologists a rare opportunity of acquiring a practical
knowledge of geology and of geological survey methods.
For further details address Professor G. D. Harris.