inspiration which came to him from seeing Addison’s Walk at Oxford, his daughter recalled.* In appreciation of his skill and toil, the Trustees named the lake for the builder whose memory it fittingly perpetuates.
In response to the growing and insistent needs of the physics, biology and geology departments, the President, as early as 1900, urged the Trustees to plan for a science building. It was not until five years later, however, that the $75,000, required before work could start, had been raised by subscription among alumni and friends and that ground could be broken. Student anticipation was especially keen, very much as if each regarded the building as a gift to, him personally. At the formal ceremonies on May 22nd the faculty and the entire student body were present; President Merrill shovelled the first sod and the seniors, followed by the other classes in ,order, pulled the plow which turned the first furrows. Professor Brigham, whose depart-
*Letter, Mrs. Florence Taylor Morris to Mrs. Everett Case, 4 June 1958.
