GROUND TO BE BROKEN FOR NEW ATHLETIC PLANT TODAY

Assurance that work on the new athletic plant which was supposed to get under way by the first of February would begin today was given yesterday by William J. Bingham '16, director of athletics of the University.

The ground for the new swimming pool and gymnasium was cleared of its buildings with the removal of the historic Hicks house in the early part of January. The period of inactivity will end today with the bringing in of a steam shovel. Excavation will proceed rapidly once ground is broken.

Although only $700,000 has to date been collected, the building will be constructed to the extent of the funds at hand. In the meantime efforts will be made to procure the remaining $300,000. It may be necessary to stop construction temporarily, but the major portion will be completed in the near future.