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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE

Mrs. Smith reported, for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, the acceptance of
Pavilions II, III, and VI, on the Lawn, as residences, by Dean Hammond, Professor MacConochie,
and Dean Stiles, respectively, and the appointment of Mr. Alden Hopkins as Consultant. President
Darden spoke of the assistance and advice he had obtained from Mr. Hopkins in the landscaping and
planting in connection with recently erected buildings, the suggestions made for improving the
approach to the Rotunda from the north, and the desirability of a general plan for the older portion
of the Grounds when it should become financially practicable