FRESHMAN CLASS WILL EAT IN UNION UNDER HOUSE PLAN

The Harvard Corporation has voted definitely to make use of the Harvard Union as a dining hall for the Freshman class when in the course of the development of the House Plan the first year men will be domiciled in the Yard, it was announced at University Hall Saturday.

In making known this fact the authorities explained that the step had been taken only after a careful study of the provisions of the will of Major Henry Lee Higginson, donor of the Union. Opposition to the proposal so to employ the Union has been based on an expressed wish of Major Higginson's that the character of the Union as an undergraduate club be not changed. The authorities answer this objection by pointing out that the will permits of change in view of the mediocre success of the Union as it is at present organized. It is planned that the innovation will provide the Freshmen with a suitable commons and with a club such as Major Higginson desired and more successful than the Union as it is today.

Plan will Remodel Union

Considerable remodeling will have to be undertaken before the building will be adaptable to the increased use entailed by this move. The kitchens will have to be enlarged and the capacity of the dining rooms increased.

It was further explained that Memorial Hall had been considered as a possible freshman commons but was rejected on the grounds that it was on the wrong side of the Yard, in view of the growth of the College toward the Charles, and that in the past it had failed and had thus gained atmosphere which might hinder its success.