In the Graduate Schools

The offices of the Secretary of the Law School, the Law Review, the Board of Student Advisors, and the Legal Aid Society were transferred at the beginning of this week to the Gannett House. The Secretary and the Advisors were formerly situated in Langdell Hall while Austin Hall housed the Review and the Legal Aid Society.

These changes were made for the purpose of giving more space in Langdell and Austin Halls for the offices of professors. Gannett House has been repaired in order to care for the new offices.

The new home of these Law School offices is one of the historic buildings of Cambridge. The land on which it stands was originally owned in 1635 by John Meane. Eventually the ground fell into the ownership of Meane's grandson. Jonathan Hastings, and the house was known as the Meane-Hastings House. Jonathan Hastings called himself "Yankee Jonathan" and is credited with originating the term "Yankee". Hastings' fourth son, John, inherited the homestead and owned it until the Revolution when it changed hands many times.

When hostilities ceased S. W. Pomeroy bought the land and replaced the old house with the one which stands there today. In 1866 the house was bought by the University, but shortly afterwards it was sold to a Mrs. Baker, who served meals to students there. In 1897 the University again bought it and it has remained in that ownership since that time.

The present house was named after Caleb Gannett of the class of 1763.