Word: worked
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...that will suit him; because he knows few upper classmen from whom to get information about the different courses. Take, for example, the following from the Elective Pamphlet:* "NATURAL HISTORY 4. Geology. Three times a week. Professor SHALER. Course 4 can be taken twice a week, omitting the field work, if notice to that effect is given in advance." By the use of the dictionary, one gets a definition of geology; but that does not give a very clear idea of what the course is about. The next thing that needs further explanation is, Who conducts the course? It says...
...which will be explained the formation of the beds of rock on the earth's surface; formation of glaciers and the theories of their movement; volcanoes, their source and causes," &c., &c., in detail. "The third hour of the course will be devoted, while the mild weather lasts, to work in the various quarries near Cambridge. This work will consist of collecting specimens, drawing maps, &c. During the cold weather, the work will be in drawing models of various sections of the country. The examination on the field work will be held separately from the examination on the two-hour...
...There will be an hour examination on the lectures in November. There will be no midyear examination in field work, but a one-hour examination in December. In the year 1879-80, - men took the three-hour course; - of them dropped the field work, and - were conditioned. - took the two-hour course...
There are, of course, other facts concerning the course that it would be useful to give, as to the number of hours that the average student would have to give to outside work, and what the general nature of that work would be. The statistics of the number of men taking the course, and of the number dropped, &c., as above, would be very useful. The average per cent attained by those who were not conditioned would be interesting. One or two of the professors have thought of publishing some statistics and explanations of their own courses; but no official...
...This course is used as an example simply because the separation of the field work and lectures under different instructors furnishes an illustration of the necessity for some description of the courses...