Item is a photograph of President Henry Hicks, on a Caterpillar Bulldozer breaking ground for the Weldon Law Building. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 257). A second photograph and a photographic negative can be found in MS-2-718, PB Box 13, Folder 54.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 20, Number 1, published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article by Prof. W.A. MacKay about the law school and an announcement about Henry Hicks' appointment as Dalhousie's new president.