Construction of the last link of the iron grill fence around the Yard will be completed shortly before the Tercentenary celebration in September, Aldrich Durant '02, Business Manager of the University announced yesterday.
This last unit, gift of the Class of 1908, will include the new memorial gate to Charles W. Eliot '53, and will extend from in front of the President's House on Quincy Street over to the Massachusetts Avenue-Cambridge Street corner of the Yard. The section of the fence in the read of Sever Hall along Quincy Street is already permanently built, leaving approximately 650 feet to be built.
Same Design
The same architectural design of other units will be carried out by Cram, Ferguson who are in charge of the work. Over half of the brick work has been set, and the iron construction is expected to be finished by August.
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