Summer Construction

Hanover's usual summer calm was broken this year by squadrons of workmen busy on three major projects: Dartmouth Hall, the new Church of Christ on North College Street, and the modern steel bridge spanning the Connecticut between Hanover and Norwich. Other minor jobs were also under way, such as the installation of a sprinkler system in the basement of Webster Hall and the construction of all- steel-and-all-cement halls and stairways in North Fayerweather Hall, while the Hanover Improvement Society continued its development of Storrs Pond and sponsored a thorough spraying and trimming of Dartmouth's famous elms.

Reconstruction of Dartmouth Hall moved ahead at a rapid pace during the summer, and with the opening of the new college year the steel work had been completed and a new roof put in place. Plans call for four more months of work, so that the restored building will be ready for use at the start of the second semester. The major alteration in the interior will be the replacing of the large lecture room, known as 103 Dartmouth, with a double-tiered nail having its main floor in the basement and a balcony on the entrance level. The new lecture hall will have a seating capac!ty aPProximately 700 and will be much more spacious and comfortable than the oimer one. The interior plans, which were drawn up by J. Fredrick Larson, College architect, call for six seminar rooms and offices for 34 faculty members on the top floor. Thirteen classrooms and four offices will be constructed on the second floor, and the main floor will contain six large classrooms in addition to the auditorium balcony. The rebuilding of Dartmouth Hall is being done by the W. H. Trumbull Company of Hanover.

The new Church of Christ is being built on the former site of the Alpha Chi Rho house on North College Street and will be ready for dedication the latter part of October. The interior has nearly been pleted, while only the tower remains to be finished on the exterior. The main building is of Georgian architecture to harmonize with the College plant, with the remodeled Alpha Chi Rho house serving as a parish house.

By the time this issue of the MAGAZINE is distributed the new bridge between Hanover and Norwich will have been opened to traffic. The cement on the bridge was poured during the week of September 9 and engineers declared that everything would be in readiness after a ten-day wait.