As a result of the reduced classroom space, Lamont officials expect a reduction in the between-class rush.

"We'll be really sorry to see that go," joked Jon A. Lanham '70, associate librarian of Lamont.

"We've got a lot of people who want to come in earlier, a lot of early birds, and I think this will help," he said of the new opening time.

Construction is scheduled to begin June 6, the day after Commencement, and should finish by the beginning of the next term, leaving the fall semester for installation. If all goes according to plan, students will be able to use the lab during the spring of 1998, though the entire project will take two to three years to complete.

The renovation, funded by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) capital campaign, was approved years ago by then-dean of the FAS Michael A. Spence.

The move of the language lab is part of a larger renovation scheduled for Boylston in connection with the renovations of the Barker Center for the Humanities. After the lab moves, five humanities departments will be housed in Boylston