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MIT coaching staff, including Gerald (Jerry) Melville Reed Jr., pose atop construction equipment at the DuPont Athletic Center construction site.

Original captions: "PIXIES ON THE PILEDRIVER - M.I.T.'s coaching staff lends a hand as construction starts on the million-dollar DuPont Athletic Center there this week. In the drivers seat is Athletics Director Richard L. Balch. Clockwise (from bottom left) are swimming coach Gordon Smith, rowing coach Frank DuBois, asst. track coach Arthur Farnham, hockey coach Ben Martin, soccer and diving coach Charles Batterman, asst. sailing coach Geral Reed, baseball coach Scotty Whitelaw, basketball coach John Burke and sailing coach Jack Wood (bending over). The building, adjoining M.I.T.'s armory on Mass. Ave., will be completed in January, '59", "Date Published FEB 15, 1958, Date Received OCT 8, 1974"