Summer Construction

The summer months have been a busy period for the College workmen, with major construction on Commons, Baker Library, and Thornton Hall heading the program of general refurbishing of the plant. In addition to these operations, old South Hall has been renovated to serve as living quarters for employees of the Dining Association and the Hanover Inn, and the Dartmouth elms have received thorough checking as a precaution against the Dutch elm disease.

Freshman Commons, through the elimination of partitions and the installation of new lighting fixtures, now prpvides brighter and more spacious dining quarters for the first-year class. The main dining hall and four smaller rooms adjoining it have a total seating capacity of 500 at one time. A new entrance, refurnished social quarters, new kitchen equipment adapted to the improved type of service, and a complete paint job have been included in the changes to the main floor of College Hall. The basement floor still houses the Cafeteria and Grill, and the upper floors of the building are still used for dormitory rooms.

NEW MANAGER APPOINTED

Entire charge of Commons and the Dartmouth Dining Association has been placed in the hands of Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward, expert in dietetics and dining management, who was formerly connected with Deerfield Academy, Avon Old Farms, and the Women's Educational Industrial Association in Boston.

In Baker Library, stacks were built on the 7th, Bth and 9th levels of the west end, bringing to capacity the stack space in the present structure. The same levels on the east end were furnished with stacks five years ago.

Work on Thornton Hall involved a new roof and new floors throughout, bringing the building up to the level of the other buildings in the now thoroughly modernized Dartmouth Row. In South Hall, which has stood idle since it was closed as a dormitory several years ago, the interior has been renovated to make the hall inhabitable once more. The present living quarters of the Dining Association and Inn employees, on the west side of College Street, will probably be razed.