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...principal object of the trip will be to examine the moraines and kettle holes in the vicinity of Plymouth. The effect of these glacial features on the colonial history of the region will be briefly discussed. In the afternoon, an opportunity will be given to see the town of Plymouth and to visit the Museum of Colonial Relics there. The walk will be open to all members of the University. Exclusive of lunch, the cost of the trip will...
...understanding of the deposits of ancient glaciers which covered New England. Professor Woodworth will show by means of stereopticon views how geologists have been able to determine the position of the vanished ice-sheet at various stages of its retreat across Eastern Massachusetts. The various topographical features of glacial origin will be pointed out, and the relations of inland towns and harbors to the control exerted by local glacial deposits will be indicated. The lecture will be open to the public...
...member of the Carnegie Institute Expedition for archaeological and geographic study, which was led by Professor Raphael Pumpelly of Newport. The chief subjects of his geographic investigations were the elevated shore lines of the Caspian Sea, the extensive river-plains of central Turkestan, and the terraces and glacial deposits among the western ranges of the Tian Shan mountain system. The furthest point reached by Professor Davis was Lake Issikkul in North-Eastern Turkestan, whence he returned through Western Siberia and St. Petersburg. Mr. Ellsworth Huntington, for-two years a graduate student, accompanied Professor Davis as Carnegie Research Assistant and remains...
...walk will be at Wyoma Lake. The route will be through the Lynn woods, a wild and rocky park reservation, to South Lynnfield, thence along the marshes bordering the Saugus River to Montrose. Here a side trip toward Lynnfield Centre will be taken to examine a remarkable glacial esker, and from that point the walk will continue past Lake Quannapowitt to Reading. The return from Reading will be by electric car through Arlington...
...excursion will pass through a country of considerable interest to botanists and ornithologists, as well as one in which there are many interesting subjects of geology, both bedrock and glacial. The region is one also of great scenic beauty, and there will be many opportunities for photography...