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...high school graduate is interested in Astronomy, but on learning that he must differentiate between Azimuth and Right Ascension, between Declination and Altitude, he concludes that the standard in astronomy at Harvard, is too high, and he goes elsewhere. Another youth finds pleasure in the Canterbury Tales, but discovers that at Harvard, a course of study in the Anglo-Saxon language is necessary for a thorough knowledge of Chaucer. He likewise goes elsewhere...
...Annapolis in 1872, and immediately after entered the navy as a midshipman. In 1896 he became a captain, and during the Spanish-American War served on the Cuban coast in command of the U. S. S. Eagle. Captain Southerland has written a number of scientific papers, among which are "Azimuth Tables," "Nautical Monograph No. 4," and "The North Atlantic Cyclone of August, 1883." He has just completed the tour of the world with the Atlantic squadron as commander of the New Jersey...
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, laying out mining claims, taking soundings, and in plotting the country by the plane table, and transit and stadia methods. Besides the field work a day or two was set aside every week for computing and drawing maps...