Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...older Yard dorms will be renovated as a result of the Corporation's decision Tuesday, Dean von Stade announced yesterday. Thayer North, which has been closed since the start of the Fall term, will be the first dormitory renovated...
...Although the situation is touch-and-go, we hope to re-open the dorm by February," Arthur D. Trottenberg '48, Manager of Operating Services, said. The interiors of the other Yard dorms--Grays, Hollis, Holworthy, Matthews, Stoughton, Thayer, and Weld--will be rehabilitated within the next few years...
Room rents for the suites in Thayer North and for other renovated rooms will not be increased unless there is a general raise in rent. "The Yard dorms will resemble the interiors of the Houses under these renovation plans," Dean von Stade commented...
Forty seven rooms in Thayer Hall are currently being renovated, and there is "a good chance," von Stade said, that these will be available for occupancy in February. The freshmen now forced to commute would then be able to move into these rooms...
...Thayer rooms will have enlarged closet space, flush doors, and harmonious decoration. Bulletin boards, fire extinguishers, and public telephones will be combined in the decor...