SWIMMING POOL GIVEN TO THE COLLEGE

That Dartmouth is to have a swimming pool in the near future has been recently announced through the College offices by the Honorable Rolland H. Spaulding of Rochester, New Hampshire, former Governor of the State.

Governor Spaulding was contemplating this gift at the time when the United States entered the war and emergency conditions put an end to all but emergency construction. While no date for the contemplated building has now been set, operations will probably begin when prices show signs of stabilization.

The proposed swimming pool, which will be 90x30 feet, will occupy a specially constructed wing, added to the great alumni gymnasium of the College. The pool and the walls of the bathing room will be lined with tile; a spectators' gallery will be provided and a special installation for pumping, filtering and specially purifying the water of the pool will be devised.

The plan for the pool addition to the gymnasium is being drawn by Charles A. Rich of New York, who designed the gymnasium. Mr. Rich's scheme contemplates the eventual duplication of the swimming pool building by another wing extending parallel to it from the west end of the gymnasium, the two projections to be connected by an arcade or colonnade which would add greatly to the architectural dignity of the whole gymnasium structure and offer a splendid main axis for an enlarged and improved athletic field.

The fine generosity of Governor Spaulding, himself not an alumnus of the college, but interested in it as the largest educational institution in the state whose chief executive officer he has been, will be appreciated by all the alumni and friends of the college. Not only will the gift itself prove a great benefit to the welfare of the undergraduates, but the spirit which prompted it bespeaks a growing sens? of union between Dartmouth and the people of New Hampshire.