Harvard and its surroundings . THE PRESIDENTS HOUSE (32). AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 35 sisting of the front room, accommodated fifty persons, and was suitably fur-nished by means of the money given by Mr. Thayer. In 1866 the rear roomwas added, which afforded accommodations for the same number as the frontroom. Then Mr. Thayer, on being informed of the crowded state of thecommons, determined that a dining room should be built, and for this pur-pose he raised S7,000 by subscriptions, of which sum he personally subscribed$5,000. An addition was completed in 1867, and at that time the kitchenwas enla
Harvard and its surroundings . THE PRESIDENTS HOUSE (32). AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 35 sisting of the front room, accommodated fifty persons, and was suitably fur-nished by means of the money given by Mr. Thayer. In 1866 the rear roomwas added, which afforded accommodations for the same number as the frontroom. Then Mr. Thayer, on being informed of the crowded state of thecommons, determined that a dining room should be built, and for this pur-pose he raised S7,000 by subscriptions, of which sum he personally subscribed$5,000. An addition was completed in 1867, and at that time the kitchenwas enlarged, the cellar arrangements increased, and new apparatus and ap-purtenances purchased. A committee of the college faculty supervised thecommons, but the immediate control was left to a club formed by the stu-. Thayer Commons Hall (19). dents, who chose a steward and executive officers. In 1874 the Thayer Club,as it was called, did not have sufficient rooni to accommodate all applicants,and consequently a new plan was suggested by which the corporation was toselect the steward for the commons, and provide room for it in the spaciousdining hall of Memorial Hall. This plan met with general approbation, andshortly afterwards went into effect. It was thus that, from the club of fiftystudents having commons in the railroad station, the Memorial Hall DiningAssociation has resulted, which embraces a membership of about 600 present the house is used as a dwelling. East of the Holmes estate, on the north side of Kirkland Street, is the — 36 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 20. Lawrence Scientific School, a three-story and basement brick build-ing, with a two-story and basement brick L, erected in 1848, at a cost of$25,000, which was one half the first donation of Abbott Lawrence of Bos-ton. It is but
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