Language Center To Have Offices In Boylston Hall

Boylston Hall will this year undergo a thorough transformation into a bright, air-conditioned language center, Arthur D. Trottenberg, Manager of Operating Services, disclosed yesterday.

Although the Architects Collaborative is still working on blueprints, the general features of the changeover have been decided upon. The basement will contain an audio workshop for language learning by tape recording, and the first floor will contain a common room and "social room" to be used for teas, receptions and programs of language clubs.

In addition, the first floor will have a 165-seat auditorium with a projection booth, screen, and modern lighting facilities. The present mezzanine will be converted into departmental libraries, while offices and seminar rooms will occupy the other three floors. Classrooms will be built in the basement and the first floor.

When the renovated quarters are ready, probably next September, the Center will vacate the temporary quarters in a recently-constructed concrete block building on Cambridge St., which it has occupied since last winter. The Boylston Hall renovation will provide office space and library space which is now unavailable.

Already the roadway has been diverted from the building so that grass may be planted in front of it, to improve the appearance of the dark structure. Construction will begin early in November.