Please let this matter be entirely as you :-rirsli. I rAll -say personglly that 

 I should be much gratified if you -should decide to le£ your name be knoi^n, 

 for I feel that it -ft'ould give our building an added interest -hrstorically and 

 a finer "sehtiToent if its different parts can be associated nith thase "who 

 have for many years -so loyally -supported our efforts and 'so generously con- 

 tributed to the upbuilding of the Gray herbarium. I think furtheririore that 

 Mr. Jhite, the only ffieicber of our Coiiraittee 'S'jho knows ^tho ■subscribed the 

 amount for the library idhg, and Mr. Kidder ^Tiould both feel greater pleasure 

 in their relation to our enterprise if your naine as well as theirs ivas con- 

 nected TiitY: the building. 



Our plans and -specifications have at length been coicpleted and the contrac- 

 tors' bids ivere received last Monday. On Wednesday the contract :t*ss assigned. 

 It does not include soine parts of the liork, -such as the painting, 'sCeaic 

 heating, grading, etc, fihich as experience ■sho'ivs can be move economically 

 handled by the University -Korkinen. So it rs not yet po'ssible to knot's the ex- 

 act co'st. I as delighted to 'ssy hcKever that indications are very favorable 

 and I think ne 'shall be able to get .iust -TEhat -Tie -fisnt and of the best inate- 

 riahs for -soiiie^vhat less than anticipated. 



I air; novi plovdng through the details of the contract for the metal furnish- 

 ings, a complicated matter. I think the bids for this ■■s\ill be in idthin a 

 fortnight. 



Our building contractor !'S 'sho^ving admirable promptness and energy. The 

 ■second day after the contract 'had been -signed he had s gang of a do^zen men 

 busy tearing do^vn the old library and laboratory. They appear to be a nice 

 orderly lot of -vsorkmen too. 



