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History of the Spanish Colonies--Ten lectures by Mr. W. Gaspard de Coligny.
During the summer work has been begun on the new fence which is to be built around the Yard. At present the construction is confined to the three gates and sections of fence given by the classes of '74, '75 and '76, in the rear of Holden Chapel, at Dane...
The Lawrence Scientific School surveying camp was situated this last summer on Martha's Vineyard at the Makonikey Inn, an unused hotel near Vineyard Haven. Up to this year the expedition has usually been taken to Professor Shaler's estate in Chilmark, but the rapid increase year by year in...
Three courses of practical work were carried on this summer, an elementary course in plane surveying and two advanced courses in railroad and geodetic surveying. The freshman course, covering the full seven weeks of the period in camp, was spent in running level lines, making chain, azimuth and compass surveys...
The course in geodetic surveying lasted only three weeks this year and consisted mainly in making triangulation surveys of half a dozen hills and in making maps from the results of the surveying. The work is mostly in reading angles and computing, but accuracy is particularly emphasized.