A recent action of President Dwight of Yale has given a fatal blow to the plans of those who for over a year have been trying to have compulsory attendance at chapel done away in favor of the voluntary system. President Dwight has decided to build an extension to Battelle Chapel which will increase the present accommodations by nearly fifty per cent and thus prevent the possibility of limited seating capacity from becoming an argument against the present system of compulsory chapel attendance. Arrangements for the work have already been concluded with J. C. Cady & Co. of New York.
The addition, 68 by 20 feet, will be made to the south side of the chapel, and the enlargement of the ground floor and the gallery will accommodate about three hundred more students. The work will be completed so that the chapel can be used at the opening of the fall term in September.
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