NEW DORMITORIES

After carefully considering all the possibilities, the Committee on Business Administration of the Trustees, to which the matter of constructing a new dormitory was referred, has decided to erect two smaller dormitories instead of one large one. These will be placed at either end of Massachusetts Hall, separated from this building by covered colonnades thirty-five feet long. In design the new buildings will follow the same general lines as Massachusetts. They are to be sixty-five feet long by fifty-one feet deep with a small ell on the rear outside corners of each building. A new feature will be a living-room in each hall which will be made more attractive by the addition of a large bay window. It is expected that this room will become the social center of the hall and help create an atmosphere of unity now seldom found in dormitory life. The new construction is expected to cost about $125,000, will be entirely fireproof, and should be ready for occupancy by the beginning of the next college year. The south building will necessitate the removal of the Proctor House very soon, and eventually a change of location for Sanborn Hall and the bank building.