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Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes lluseun Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. George 0. Young Editor Otto Strek Assistant Editor William A. Hoey Advisory Editor Robert E. Lee Gordon F. Bugbee Associate Editors Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Vessel List Editor TEUESCOPE The TELESCOPE magazine is the official publication of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. It was first published in 1952 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, TELESCOPE Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle. Detroit 7, Mich. LO. 7-7441 Address all other correspondence to the Coordinating Director. The editors will assume no responsibility for statements made by the authors. Supported in part by tdie Detroit Historical Society This Month's Issue CONTENTS The William Newman by Erik Heyl .....................223 Curator's Corner by Robt. E. Lee.....................225 The Picture Page by Emory A. Massman, Jr.............226 From History's Pages by Otto Strek.......................227 About Skindiving by Ed Deckard.......................228 The Big Splash by Rev. E.J. Dowling, S. J........229 Blue Print "Acadian"................230 Light Vessels of the Great Lakes by Rev. E.J. Dowling, S. J........232 Great Lakes Marine News by Contributors.....................235 From the Shipyard...................239 COVER PICTURE An exceptionally fine picture of the subject of this month's lead article, from the collections of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Regular Membership $4 annually Contributing Membership..$5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership...........$100 Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 35