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Show UTO NIANNineteen TwelveTransit Notes from the Summer SurveyTHERE have been many surveying trips, but none that surpassed, either in practical value or pleasure, the one taken by the 1911 Engineers. Under the careful guidance of Professor Ketchum, we worked much and well. The results of our trip compare most favorably with those of other classes. Every member of the party expressed himself more than satisfied with the real good received.Commissary Argyle and Treasurer Whitmeyer schemed throughout the trip to keep the boys well fed on the limited fund subscribed. How well they succeeded is shown by the fact that the fellows, in spite of the hard work, gained considerable in weight.Through the generosity of the Silver King Coalition we were shown every courtesy. Not a hitch occurred in the good feeling between the workmen and the "Rah! Rah!" boys. So much cannot be said of the relations between the boys themselves. Ask "Bill" Woolf why "Jim"', the cook, quit his job. What became of "Ike's" transit. Was it lost, stolen, or ditched? The Park City sleuths were unable to catch the culprit, any way. The question of who owns the forest was forever settled when Burnham cut it down. Luckily for us, we were on mineral lands, not on a forest reserve.The location of our camp, three miles up the hill and one mile in the air above Park City, discouraged unnecessary trips to town. The boys were strictly temperate. "Cas" was the only man guilty of breaking the "wheel". More than one of the fellows, however, left town with a broken heart. Some pretty romances were begun by a couple of U. Juniors and two of Park City's fair ones. "Artie" can tell you more about it. "Ben" and "Cas" were rivals for Lucretia's love, but if her abilities in that direction matched her cooking, the boys can consider themselves lucky to have escaped.There were six of the fellows who devoted themselves to the task of providing amusement for the crowd every night after supper. They sang loud songs, soft songs, songs good, bad, and indifferent. Each Sunday they held sacred services- So loyal to the camp were they that they refused to leave us to sing in one of the downtown churches.Other amusements that made the time pass quickly were boxing contests and baseball games. Once we met the Park City locals in baseball, only once, however.To write a complete account of the happenings of our trip would take an entire volume Here I can mention only a few incidents. It was Chris who made an unsuccessful hunt for snipes, with a sack and lantern; Robertson, who slid down a two hundred-foot incline, jolting his transit into adjustment. If you are curious, ask "Cas" why the mine caved in and how he broke the "wheel." Some of the fellows can talk voluminously about those frequent trips to Brighton.The pleasure of our trip was greatly enhanced by the hospitable attitude of the Park City people. Never has greater courtesy been shown a crowd of fellows than those royal entertainers showed to us. Their heartfelt interest in our work will be remembered with delight and gratification92 |