EXCAVATORS' CLUB BACK FROM TRIP

Fifteen members of the Harvard Excavators' Club--ten male and five female--have returned from a vacation trip to central Florida, where they unearthed a large amount of Indian relics and other trophies.

They were able to pick their morning grapefruit from the trees outside their camp in a Seminole swamp on the St. John's river. The St. John's flows north for fully half the length of Florida, within 20 miles of the Atlantic coast, before it empties into that ocean at Jacksonville.

Led by John H. Rowe 2G, the group excavated part of an Indian burial ground, and after nine days of intensive work they had obtained a chest full of pottery, tools made of bone, and arrowheads. These had been deposited in a burial mound which had been constructed even before the coming of the Seminole tribes to Florida.

Civilization Distant

The group had numerous adventures as well as scientific findings. They were forced to set up their camp during a terrific rainstorm, although it was supposed to be in the middle of Florida's dry season. Furthermore, civilization was comparatively far away, and they had to carry drinking water, food, and other supplies across a mile and a quarter of swamp land.

In addition to Rowe, the other Harvard members of the club who made the trip were: Stephen P. Baldwin '43, Earle J. Carleton, Jr. '41, Chester S. Chard 2G, E. Mott Davis, Jr. 1G, Robert J. Kormfield '42, Judson T. Shaplin '42, and Harold P. Winchester, Jr. 2G.