VIA AIR MAE, 
iSmmacy 3, i; 
Mr. iSfm&B 
13raifi©r C 
Balljoa. Caaal Zqus 
Deaar Jlsti 
I am amsweriag more ecm 5 >letely jowt letter of B@c«iber §5, irMeii relates to 
the hulMltig aaid repair program yov. hare outlined for tlj@ IsJLm^, I ted for¬ 
gotten that tl^e was no imter on tlie vpp&t floor of tte storage ■building, and 
'teat these rooaie, therefore, can he used onlsr faff stora^ purposes off other 
eiwgeacgr use. As I resn^ber, teweirer, there are two or -teree ro£«s on the lowrar 
floor (once it is finished) which could 'be used for lah<arstory worh or in a pinch 
ewn for dormitories. In order to he certain teat w© do not leaTC any unfinish^ 
details hehlad us as we proceed, I thinis it would he best to first ccwplete the 
storage haildiag, which I Judge is wtet s^u are planning on ;^ourse'lf, aM whi.ch 
you estimate will require ^3 >000, I a® woteerli^ whether this includes tee wat®p 
■banh. If it does not, I thlah it liould he well to finish the water tank also. 
It is laportairt ttet we do sat let our building program outrun aTallahle serrices. 
I aa also wondering about the condition of the lavatory in the laaia hulldlng, I 
can roa^her test there wen^e times that this did not work too well, «it in view of 
tte fact ■teat this i® to he used by -rlsitCBrs to the Isiaa^, and often by consider¬ 
able gffov^Sf w® should be certaia ttet it Mways fjanetlons well. 
It is noted that you put tte kiteten after tee Cbsp^msi house. Rile is agreed 
-bo on general principles, sKc^t teat tte present kitchen f«?aistes tte greatest 
fire teiard, and I am sure that aU of us would feel awieh safer If it were 
caagile'bely fire-proof, fte i:®per floor of tte min huildiag is also a fire hazard, 
and we should eonsld® whether it would be worthwhile doing a paint Job with fire- 
resistant paint. I stiggest this on tte basis that it may he sometime before any 
major reconstruction can he done there. It appears as if nondefense Ihnds will he 
r&ry difficult to obtain or even to hold tar tte period of our service with tee 
Government, and for this reason it ma^ he advisable to take steps which would sot 
apopx^KT to he wisest uMer cnnilnary coisditions. 
You have not IMicated what you are going to te with tee old library hulldlng 
aside frcmi using it as a kitchen while the old kitchen is being rebuilt. It is 
-v^ry well constructed, hut owing to tte mture of its construction and tte single 
floor, it is not as adap'bahle to otter uses as ml^t he hoped. 
The present Chapman hoiise is about &ms, ate tte termites have wrecked it to 
such an extent that its r^lacement is tte only possible solution. Also, its 
utilization as a roost for tte hats makes it of very little present value without 
repairs teich would he entirely unjastifled by its condition. 
