SEVERAL ALTERATIONS MADE IN HARVARD UNION

These alterations in the Union restaurant were probably made partially to prepare the Union for next year when it will be transformed into a dining hall for Freshmen living in the Yard. Before this plan is put in effect the dining hall will have to be enlarged to care for all the students who will use the place. The purpose of this plan will be to provide the Freshmen with a suitable commons and club.

This year the Harvard Union which was given to the University in the will of Major Henry Lee Higginson will be entering upon its thirty-first year. This year it will continue its customary program which will include a number of speeches by famous explorers, diplomats and other distinguished persons and several tea dances.

The library continues to be one of the best equipped for the general reader. In the reading room a large number of daily newspapers from all sections of the country together with the leading magazines of the world are on file. Equipment for games includes billiard and pool tables, and card and chess rooms.

Improved restaurant facilities are foremost among the several changes made in the Harvard Union during the summer. Other improvements include the conversion of the rotunda over the H. A. A. ticket office into a spacious, well-furnished sun room. As a result of the alterations, the barber shop has been moved to the basement in the front of the building.

The restaurant has been completely modernized in every respect. A complete new kitchen, up-to-date in every aspect has been installed while the other improvements include a new central heating, and ice plant, the latest system of refuse disposal by the refrigeration method, a well-equipped dish-washing system, and up-to-date refrigeration. The services of a capable chef have also been secured.