GORE HALL DINING ROOM TO BE DOUBLED IN SIZE

Plans have been made recently by the firm of Coolidge, Shepley, Bullfinch, and Abbott to double the size of the present Gore Hall dining room by an underground extension into the dormitory court. The excavation will start next week when two or more steam shovel crews will enter the court by a breach to be made in the fencing facing the river. Already shrubbery and paving have been removed from the site.

The addition to the present dining space will serve the purpose of accommodating the future Standish residents of John Winthrop House, so that all members may eat together. The work of excavating a cellar-like dining room with a floor more than eight feet underground will result in putting the old and new sections of the room on a level. The only indication above ground of the extension will be a low terrace with a limestone balustrade extending about 15 feet from the building toward the river. This terrace will run only half the length of the dormitory as there will be no such construction in front of the common room which occupies a position next to the dining room.

Residents of Gore Hall will suffer no inconvenience this term and will continue to eat in the present dining hall. When the building is vacated in June the wall between the new and old sections will be removed to form one big room. The southern elevation of the dormitory will be supported at this point by concrete pillars, the installation of which will be difficult, as the building might collapse. These will be panelled, and the new floor will be tiled to harmonize with the old part of the room. Light will come in by area windows.

Another change to bring Gore and Standish more together as a house will be the removal of two suites in the ground floor of B entry, facing Standish and Lowell House, to give place for an entry to Gore Hall for Standish men. A path will run from this new entry to a similar one to be constructed directly opposite in Standish Hall. This work will probably start after Commencement.