ANNOUNCE PROGRAM FOR GEOLOGY SUMMER GROUP

Plans have been announced recently for the annual trip of the Harvard Summer School of Geology. The locality which will be studied in detail next year will be the north central part of New Mexico, in the Nacimiento and Jemez Mountains. Instruction will be conducted by Professor Kirk Bryan, who has made a geological study of this area.

The Nacimiento uplift is a great monclinal fold, which shows a large variety of beds, of almost all ages. Further east, in the Jemez mountains, there are some of the most spectacular volcanic phenomena of the western part of the United States. Six days a week will be devoted to mapping and to studies of land-forms in this part of the country.

The second part of the summer will be spent in a rapid reconnaissance, covering 1,500 miles in New Mexico, Colorado, and the north of Texas. The traveling will be done by truck, and the party will usually camp out. The first place that will be visited is the northern basin of the Rio Grande, where ancient lakes will be studied. From there the party will go to the salt lakes in the enclosed basin of the Estancia, and across the plains of Eastern New Mexico, ending at the Carlsbad Caverns.

The trip will cost $175, meals included, starting at Alburquerque, and it will count as a half course in the University. Enrollment is limited to those who have completed at least a full year of study in Geology.