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SUMMER SESSION. 333
found to be more desirable. The lectures will deal with the most im
portant problems of the plant in relation to its environment, and will
suggest suitable topics for study in the high schools. The lectures
may be taken as a separate course.
One day each week will be devoted to excursions and explorations.
Field studies will be made of the relations of plants to each other and
to the different topographic conditions in the vicinity of Ithaca. The
varied flora of this beautiful locality with its streams, chasms, lakes,
moors and morainic regions, offers exceptional opportunities for the
of study certain plant formations and of the life processes on a grand
scale. Each student will be expected to prepare field notes, collec
tions, and photographs illustrating the various phases of the study.
A camera will be a desirable addition to an outfit for those who pre
fer to make their own illustrations, but students not possessing one
can make arrangements with some one for the prints. The excursion
and preparation of a note book will connt four University hours.
Friday will be devoted to the excursion unless prevented by storm,
when it will take place on the following Saturday or Tuesday.
Students wishing to do additional work in this subject will be
assigned some problems for independent study. Professor Atkinson.
For description of the botanical laboratory, conservatory the general
,
equipment, etc., see the University Register, p. 155.
A small fee will be charged for the use of apparatus, material etc.,
in the laboratory courses. No laboratory fee will be charged in
course D, but students are expected to bear their share of the expense
of the excursions, and deposits must be made in advance.
Students who are prepared to take up graduate work can do so upon
application.
GEOLOGY.
The Geological Department is equipped with an excellent teaching
collection of maps, specimens and models, besides fully 3,000 lantern
slides on geological and geographic subjects. The opportunity for
field work near the University is excellent, particularly for the illus
tration of physiographic features. In addition to the field work near
the University, excursions will voluntary be made each week to more
distant points on Saturday, or in case two days are needed, upon
Friday and Saturday. One excursion will go to the Mohawk Valley ;
one to the anthracite coal region at Wilkes-Barre ; one to Niagara
Falls ; one to Watkins Glen and others to other places of special
interest.