New-York tribune., 1875-11-26
THE HARVARD SUUuER SCH0OL OF
GEOLOGY.
ORR IN or TuF sCHEME-NArURAL Apv,Sri6Fs or
THE STAT on Sci. CTED-EuUTINI AND PERSON
MI. OF NE CANP-M-T -THODs OF wUhK AND IN

ORR IN or THE sCHEME-NhiURAL ApV'SrA6FS OF
TIE STAT on sEL' crED-E0UTINl AND PERSON
NIL OF NE CAMP-M -THODs OF wOhK AND IN
sTRUCnOg.
BosrCN. Nov. 20.-Thc first session of this,
the last % be established OF tie several schools for oa
mer teaching which have been originated oS the
officers of Harvard University was held al 'umber-
land Gap Ky, during the past summer. IT. design was
20 give practical Geld instruction n geology to teachers
ana Others o some training science and general culture
who might desire to acquire the methods OF sIch work
rho Governor Of Rcnucsy having given an invitation to
the President Of Harvard College 20 place the WORK IN
kcntucly and offered ihe cooperation of tue Kentucky
Geological Survey school established AZ Cumber-
land Gap within thc state ~ Kentucky, but near to the
s.atc lines of Tennessee and Virginia. Th0eh remote
from ibe routes of travel tins point offered peculiar
advantages 70. tie study % stratiemphic Typographical
aud dynamic geology. The structure OF the Appala-
chan system Is nowhere seen 80 well the section
extends from the lyor p0tsdam sandstone to the middle
coal measures giving about 1900 feet Of beds within
20 miles Of distance wonderful system Of faults "f
different ages brings tese beds 10 view al many different
pouts aud enables thr 10 be studied under varied con
ditions short distance away. within plain view. Hes
the great Unaka chain whore are found the highest
points I'm Eastern North America. The racks are, on the
whole rich in ossa giving singuaily good Illustration
of the llfe Of tire American palaozoc formations Tie great
limestone sericsthe subo uboniferous and Cincinnati
Z
able series ~ cverns, OF great eXtont ana many
abpnnding IN hum II remains.
Despite of great ant unprecedented rainali or
nearly 30 inches In months there wa@ no -eTios III
n The camp. Erstucl"ns we're lut oh uc hi'p,r
of students more a"pctions hayins been r'lGeed than
accented TIE class iu attendance mum erci ~ persons,
moro than half of whom we've teachers engaged III science
instruction IN various academies, norna schools ana
COLLEGES in different paits Of the country. The nsnc-
ton consisted in lectures and III prcucal work III the
field, tht latter occupying 10y far t'e Larger pat Oh tue
tine The routine OF work about ~ follows: Al II
A. M a lecture ana discussion on the best Held Work
cal subject; tine daylight used IN h"ic work near
eiinp except by he persons cn longer excursions two
or three Of these excursions each occupying two 10 tO
iavs were rlIdr eacL week; parties Oi rom four 10
twelve with an Instructor made loot journey toyeiner
over part of the noig bjrihg field. Each party had
wagon or plc-upe, according 10 tie country, and an
outfit provisions Ind camp utensils for rough camping
fa norTine mccfngs Most Of students made great
PROGRESS in tho Held work some OF them being bronght
io the point 81 making extended journeys from wien
hcy would bring back wedigested reports without the
He we're engaged r the admiuls-
trait and nST1 tion OF the school Ny y : ohaler,
oe.sor OF F"n,%l%sS ic a, IrTi~ ,y N yoir
/ FaxoE, lnsu uctOr IN ZoG0gy az iar'afd uniVefs
t. Piga. G. j. norwood, john H. T.lho't, aud john Il.
/ PrnctIr assistants IN e kenlnchy GeoioecI survey
Prot, Jordan OF the Northwestern UnFet-liy, luJahap-
H.; Profs Kerr and fOid. stats Ge"loH-ts oi North
Carolina aud nnessre r'speci ely assisted ia the IN
in tue Later part o AngIi-t te close of the work,
Ir parties were os'nil 70 ah'Id ii, 'l'es ,i ~,
/ opportunity of nahiuS eXtehcsh )o.hh'2s ~ w ~.
| direction OF tneir homes. one C1 Lhcse par,
| ties mtd3 Jonriey OF Two ".oss ma %
! uf Eislern Kentucky aud Virginia. Pluf Kerr accon
! painted 70 iar'y tnronsl plt OF tie N"rth Choi.ia ~
iuuntai = Tne instruction Oi the camp began uu Jul
| and closed Au- 3d. IL is proposed 10 hr!l the ut Z
session, .,f tlo s,no at ncar the s1nc point IA $50
/ Tn. number students admitted VIII llondhiy ~ W.
s-ed tn 30 ana the conditions REMAIN tac same
r,c eminent success nl tc experiment was ~ th' main
da f nc rnIfel., iuH 90 r. niuckf theological Sdi
vry Tnis survey furnished . the list ~; teachers rA
skilled nrrenus WHO had been trained ~ to ROCKS al t'
suir II j. satisfactory 30 no-o tal th- a.ss.ance wac
gwen witnunt lnv dpfrm"n 10 the ~ ihhcr. oi tic o
Wv II being idiud that ihe -tu'"ut- were ht, ritngl
! IN a ru,driirr. tO the work of The ass'-tan1. u
should bs noted tire clas. Sas ilnod 10 p rsnl, "'
were riiul.e~. whO Werc actually eng yea ~ " u
ln or an ;fiu turn.civcs lot the w0rA 81 professions
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