NEW APPROACH TO THE COLLEGE

The promise-of Edward Tuck '62, to give a new roadway to the College and campus, which was announced on' Dartmouth Night has now taken definite form, in the awarding of the contract to the Lane Construction Company of Meriden, Connecticut. The plans for the road have been prepared by B. W. Pond '07, a landscape architect of Boston. The road will leave Main St. by the south driveway of the old Hitchcock Estate and by an easy gradient along the slopes of Webster Vale reach the narrow plain along the river between the Ledyard monument and the present bridge. Clinging to the slope as it will, and heavily buttressed with stone retaining walls, the road will have in miniature the appearance of .a Swiss highway. Great care will of course be taken to preserve the natural beauties of the vale, with its thick growth of pine and hemlock. A branch of the road will run up to Webster Avenue, meet ing that street about midway between Main Street and Occom Ridge. The total length will be about 3600 feet and the width 21 feet. The construction is to be of bituminous macadam and is to cost about $40,000. The Superintendent of Buildings, Harry A. Wells '10, has the general oversight of the work. As soon as the icy deposit of the past winter leaves the Vale, work will commence, and it is expected that everything will be completed by September 1.

The final announcement concerning Mr. Tuck's gift was made by President Nichols at the dinner of the Springfield Alumni Association on April 14.