Building Progress

During the Christmas recess, the old Shurtleff House, on the west side of the campus, was demolished. Except for grading, the quadrangle bounded by Tuck, Parkhurst, and Massachusetts Halls is now complete. Parkhurst Hall, which is the name to be borne by the administration building, is complete as to exterior. The interior will probably be finished by Commencement. What will be done with the north end of the campus when the present administration offices are vacated is not yet fully defermined. In time, of course, the two houses between Webster Hall and the church will be removed. It may be that the space thus gained will be treated as a quadrangle, though the problem of uniting Webster, Butterfield, and the church in a satisfactory architectural group is no easy one.

With the completion of Parkhurst Hall and the Gymnasium, the immediate building program will be concluded. There is, however, pressing need for a library , a biology laboratory, and another recitation building; hence the sound of the hammer is not likely to cease for long at Dartmouth.