GEOGRAPHY BUILDING WILL HAVE TWO NEW TOWERS FOR WIRELESS

Work has already been started on two wireless towers which will be mounted at either end of the roof of the new Geography Building on Divinity Avenue.

The towers are to be 79 feet high, consisting of four lightweight columns strengthened by diagonal crosspieces, and will support several different systems of antennae. When completed, apparatus will be connected with the receiving room, which is now located in the building, and will be used to keep in communication with, and to receive dispatches from, any expeditions directly or indirectly connected with University at any point in the world.

Beginning the second half year, a course will be given for graduates by the Geography Department, to train men in radio communication, covering the use of portable equipment for field stations in connection with the Harvard station.

The tower bases, which are at present being completed, have been constructed by fastening there steel I-beams together in the shape of a triangle, and bolting them to the bottom of the cement balustrade in the two east corners of the roof, at the north and south ends of the building.

The towers themselves rest on a steel superstructure which is about eight feet square, and which is bolted on to the lower base. It is expected that they will be completed within three weeks.