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CORCORAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY AND
GEOLOGY.
Prof. Fontaine.
In this School are three classes: Geology, Mineralogy, and Botany.
I. Geology.—This subject will be taught during the entire session,
and three lectures a week will be devoted to it, until after the intermediate
examination in Mineralogy, when five lectures a week are given.
The aim of the course of instruction is to give as thorough an exposition
of the fundamental principles of the science as possible, and to teach
the student how to use them in practical work in the field.
Text-books:—Le Conte's Elements of Geology. For reference:—Dana's Manual,
and Lyell's Elements and Principles of Geology.
II. Mineralogy.—This subject will be studied until the intermediate
examination in February. Two lectures a week will be devoted to it.
Special attention will be paid to crystallography, as well as to the chemical
and physical properties of minerals. In Descriptive Mineralogy, the
mode of occurrence, the geological importance and relations of the
species will be made prominent.
Text-books:—Dana's Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology. For reference: Dana's
Text-book of Mineralogy.
III. Botany.—For the present this subject is transferred to the School
of Agriculture, Zoology and Botany. (See page 45.)
The excellent collections of geological, mineralogical, and botanical
specimens in the Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural History (see page
54), afford unusual facilities for the study and illustration of the principles
taught.
The lectures on Geology and Mineralogy end the last of April, when
field explorations begin, and continue two months.
Persons engaged in the study of Geology and Mineralogy, though not
members of the University class, can, with the leave of the Professor,
and on paying $25 to the Proctor, join the exploring party.
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