Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-06-30
"A SUMMER LABORATORY
FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS
Harvard Buys 400 Acres in New Hampshire Where
Students May Leirn Engineering, From Sur
veying to Railroad Buildng-Beau,i-
full and Historic Surroundings.

his comrades in the days work makes
up the loss during the recreation hours.
Recreation itself is not a difficult
problem for the region about Squam
Lake has all the outdoor attractions
that make camping expeditions so pop
ular a method OF spending the sum-
mer months and with so large a body
of college undergraduates camped to-
gether there is no lack of material for
any form of outdoor sports.
The beginning of the summers work
is, OF course, elementary. When the
camp is opened the students start to-
agether at the very beginning Of their
profession. mastering first the details Of
pacing and chaining-the simplest
problems, in short. in establishing tn,
initial data for engine ering work-and
so on by degrees to the use of the diff
ferent field instruments, such as the
| compass. transit, level, sextant, and
therolite. In the second month foun-
dalton work in geOdesy-or roughly
roughly speaking, the measurement OF
the earth's surface whether from one
corner OF field to another or from one
mountain peak to a secOnd-will be I'M
dtrtaken. including base-line measure
ments with the steel tape. angle obser-
vations, Astronomical observations in
determining latitude and longitude,
with the computation and mapping of
triangulations. The higher problem Of
measuring the earth's surface how
ever Is not undertaken, the geodetic
work being confined to the needs OF the
practical engineer.
The last month Of the course prom
Uses to be in many ways the most pic
turesque of any. 1t will be devoted to
the study of railroad field engineers
ing and will include the laying out of
prospective railroad system connect
ing various points in the great outdoor
workshop and presenting a series of
real and difficult problems. Here the
students will make practical 'prelim-
mary survey" for railroads between
such points as the instructors desig-
nate, working up their field notes and
! making complete estimates of the
amount of filling" and cutting" nee
essary to establish the straight and
level bed Of the proposed railroad, how
many bridges and culverts would be
HtNCEsdiy 10 oNcItDine the Udtul al Cd
stacles in its course and the other
technical data upon which a contrac-
tor could in turn base his own estimate
for the actual building of the road.
Although the camp itself will 10
| maintained as such, the university has
undertaken the construction of sew
eral two-story buildings with work
| work rooms, dining rooms kitchen.
and sleeping rooms. The largest OF
! these buildings will be 20 feet in length
| and will contain a living room with
| a great fireplace for comfort on rainy
! evenings. This season, as the build
| ings are not all completed, the stu
dents will have the novel experience of
| unadulterated tent life. living, except
that they will sleep without fear OF
| possible Indian attacks, much the same
! rough and ready. yet disciplined, out
! door life as was led by the great sur
vey that, some 40 years ago, first car
| ried railroading, and all that followed
! it, across the ranges of the Rockies