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Show If Yotui Are One In a Thousand EDITOR, THE HERALD: All citizens of Provo and friends of the Brigham Young university have been glad to learn that money has been appropriated to construct a fine modern libi-ary building on University Hill. Plans are under way and it is expected that actual work will begin in the very near future. Those who are in Provo remember that when the Maeser Memorial building was erected on University Hill it stood as a fine monument surrounded by desolation for a number of years, since there were no funds available to beautify the campus. We are anxious that this shall not be repeated with the new library building as we hope that as soon as the building build-ing is completed we shall be able to make the whole of University Uni-versity Hill one of the beauty spots of the state. Already, with the fine cooperation of the city, the approaches ap-proaches to the hill are being prepared. We are now anxious anx-ious to secure funds to complete the work so that every citizen citi-zen or anyone who comes to Provo will be proud to take his friends to see this beautiful place. Since former B. Y. U. students in the vicinity are particularly par-ticularly interested, the board of trustees has authorized the plan for us to give them and every friend of the university an opportunity to contribute $10 each to this cause. In the case of those who desire to make contribution but who have not funds available we shall be glad to take their I. O. U I payable by November 1. We feel that since this beautif ication will really add to every citizen in Provo that the people generally will want to contribute to this cause. The $10 contributed by former students is only enough to pay for what it actually costs the university for about two weeks of schooling at the institution. In other words, the university spends more than $10 every two weeks on every student at the school, in addition to the fees that the student stu-dent pays. This means that the old students who contribute con-tribute are in reality only returning to the institution what it spent on them during some two weeks of their attendance at the university. We earnestly solicit the support of the public, and particularly par-ticularly of B. Y. U. students to this cause. We know that it is worthy from the point of view of civic pride, as well as the building up of the institution. Very sincerely yours, F. S. HARRIS, -President, Brigham Young University. P- S. I shall be glad if those who are interested would write to The Herald their ideas regarding this movement. j |