THE MIGRATORY HOUSES OF HANOVER

From early days Hanover has been noted for the migratory habits of its houses, a subject well described by Mr. C. P. Chase in the publication entitled "Hanover Forty Years Ago" appearing in 1904. During the present spring and summer there have been few periods in which one of the old landmarks of the College was not to be seen on the way to a new location.

The house which is known to the present generation as the Graduate Club, but to an earlier period as the Patterson House, has already moved down College and Wheelock Streets to its new resting place on the property of the old Agricultural College where it will be occupied by Professor J. P. Poole.

While this paragraph is being written the house immediately north of the White Church,, known as the Gable House, and formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Chase, is on its way across the Campus to the east side of the town where it will be occupied by Professor E. R. Greene in the fall. t

At the same time the Chi Phi House, long occupying a prominent position on the Campus as the residence of Professor Brown, is making its third pilgrimage to be remodeled as an apartment house.

The last of the old campus residences, the Choate House known to most alumni as the Leeds House, is on the point of leaving the location where is has looked out on the life of the College for over one hundred years to a new position on North Main Street nearly opposite Webster Avenue. This building, which has been used during the past year for the freshman course in Citizenship, will continue to be used for the same purpose in its new location.

Another landmark, the old Tri-Kap House, has disappeared entirely having been torn down to make room for the new Natural Science Building.

Probably no period in the history of the town has seen such a rapid change in its physical appearance as the present summer.