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Telescope PUBLISHED BY This Month's Issue Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. George 0. Young Editor Otto Strek Assistant Editor William A. Hoey Advisory Editor William M. Worden Gordon P. Bugbee Associate Editors Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Vessel List Editor TELESCOPE The TELESCOPE magazine is the official publication of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. It was first published in L952 as a sheet of announcements and meeting notices. Today it is a full-size monthly magazine, valued by members and non-members alike as a source of Great Lakes data. The TELESCOPE includes articles of interest to almost everyone, including such subjects as history, salvage, current news, and model shipbuilding. There are three monthly features, current news section, vessel list of a Great Lakes fleet, and a blueprint of a Great Lakes ship.Subscription to TELESCOPE is included in the membership fee. The editors will consider articles of Great Lakes or general marine interest for publication in TELESCOPE. Such material need not be expertly written, but must be of a nature suited to the purposes of the publication. Address any such material to: The Editors, TEIESCOH? Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. Address all other correspondence to the Corresponding Secretary. The editors will assume no responsibility for statements made by the authors. Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society Printed by R. H. Davis on CONTENTS Tl?e Gayuga.............................3-4 Curator's Corner by Robert E. Lee........................ 5 TLe Model Foruni by KennetL L. Fairbanks................ 6 TLe Big SplasL by Rev. Edw. J. Dowling, S.J.... 7 Fleet List by Rev. Edw. J. Dowling, 8.J....8.9 12 Blue Print, GORDON GAMPBELL 10-11 Picture Page by Emory J. Massman, Jr.............. 13 Great Lakes News by Robert Radunz.....................14-17 Tbe Stork Race by R.E. Davison........................ 17 Maps, GLarts & Books available............................18-19 OUR COVER PICTURE The picture on this month's cover is of the GORDON CAMPBELL, completely described in the paragraph with the print, in the center of this issue. This exceptionally fine photograph is from the collection of Reverend Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Regular Membership.......$4 annually Contributing Membership..$5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership..........$100 Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 35<t