Annual catalogue of the Indiana Normal School of Pennsylvania . he elementary phenomena connected therewith. \arious pieces of apparatus, as a Tellurian Globe, an Orrery, a Slated Globe,etc., are used to add interest and understanding to the study. Geology.—Tn Political Geography we have studied the earth with regardto mans activities upon it—cities, farms, factories; in Physical Geography wehave considered the earth as the home of man, and learned of its surface prepara-tion for mans use; in Geology we go deeper, and study the origin of the world,its varying forms, and its gradual evolution f
Annual catalogue of the Indiana Normal School of Pennsylvania . he elementary phenomena connected therewith. \arious pieces of apparatus, as a Tellurian Globe, an Orrery, a Slated Globe,etc., are used to add interest and understanding to the study. Geology.—Tn Political Geography we have studied the earth with regardto mans activities upon it—cities, farms, factories; in Physical Geography wehave considered the earth as the home of man, and learned of its surface prepara-tion for mans use; in Geology we go deeper, and study the origin of the world,its varying forms, and its gradual evolution from primeval fire-mist to a stablefoundation for mans multitudinous labors and investigations. Science and Revelation unite in declaring the world to have been at firstwithout form, and void: then that there gradually appeared the waters; thenabove- these, lands arose to view ; later came elementary life-forms of plant andof animal life; finally, when all was ready, man. the master, entered upon his in-heritance. 87 PENNSYLVANIA * stat^ ^jORMAL SCHOOL^ 1^. We first consider Geology physiographicallw and review our Physical Geog-raphy study; then comes Lithological Geology, the examination of rocks andminerals and soils, their condition, structure, and arrangement; next DynamicalGeology, treating of the causes of geological events, of the forces which produceearth changes,—atmosphere, heat, water, life, etc.; finally, Historical Geology,when earths pages have been scanned to learn of the successive time-stageswhen rock layers were laid, and ])lants, animals and man appeared. He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and, though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the vallc\s his, But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye. And smiling say, My Father made them all. U. S. , junior T listor} History
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