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Memorial Tablet.

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Yesterday afternoon the bronze memorial tablet given by the Memorial Society was put in place on the north side of Massachusetts Hall. The tablet is about four feet long and two feet wide and the lettering is large enough to be easily read from some distance. It is lettered as follows:

MASSACHUSETTS HALL

BUILTY BY THE PROVINCE 1720

OCCUPIED BY THE AMERICAN ARMY 1775-1776

USED FOR STUDENTS ROOMS UNTIL 1870-71

APRIL (seal) 1896

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