Description

Gerald (Jerry) Melvile Reed Jr. teaches a group of students about nautical navigation. They crowd around a chart laid out on the floor.

Original caption: "M.I.T., Nautical Association // A lesson in coastwise piloting as the gulls flying over the M.I.T. Sailing Pavilion on the Charles River often see it. With compass, chart and the inevitable parallel rulers, Sailing Master Wood lays a course and lectures on the subleties of tide and wind and fog in navigation.", "Reed, Gerald M.; Wood, Walter C., MIT - Athletics Sailing"