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...recent meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences it was decided that, on account of the closing of the University's Summer Engineering Camp on Squam Lake this year, men might be allowed to count equivalent work at other summer camps toward attaining the degrees of A.B. or S.B. The wording of the vote was: "That the Administrative Board be authorized, during the suspension of the Harvard Engineering Camp, to accept, if they see fit, to count towards the requirements for the degree of A.B. or S.B., equivalent summer work in other summer schools of engineering...
...decision has been reached by the University authorities that the engineering camp at Squam Lake, N. H., cannot be continued this summer. This determination was arrived at after attempts had been made by the officials of the School of Engineering and Mining to make arrangements by which the camp could be maintained, and after 30 men had petitioned to enroll in the summer work...
Several undergraduates are now petitioning the Department of Engineering Sciences to reopen the Engineering Camp at Squam Lake, N. H., this summer. Last year no camp was held on account of the war, but in previous summers an eleven-weeks' course in plane, topographic and railroad surveying has been given at Squam Lake. Credit for one and one-half courses is allowed by the College Office for the completion of the eleven-weeks' work...
...account of unavoidable conditions which have naturally arisen since the United States declared war on Germany the University Engineering Camp at Squam Lake, N. H., will not be held this year. A large number of the members of the University who intended to take courses at the camp this summer are now in the service of the country and from practically every standpoint it was deemed inadvisable to attempt to hold the camp this year. It is planned, however, to hold the camp as usual in the summer of 1918, and unless the war continues through that time, those plans...
...camp is located on the slope of Red Hill, on the eastern shore of Squam Lake, N. H., and comprises about 700 acres of woodland with living accommodations, classrooms and drafting rooms for 150 students. In past years two courses have been regularly given, Engineering Sciences 4a, extending from the latter part of June through July, and Engineering Sciences 4d, beginning the first of August and lasting about six weeks, the former counting as a half-course in the College. Admission to the camp is generally open to students registered in any department of the University, or any other educational...