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Show An Institution Dies Fort Douglas will soon be gone, phased out as part of an attempt to reduce the nation's backbreaking costs. While none denys that it is a good thing to reduce defense costs where we can, still we are attached to the old fort. The payroll loss to the community will be more than compensated for by the increased activity planned for Hill Air Force Base. Among others the University may well get part of the 7,200 acres of land which now comprises the military reservation. Its streets are shady and quiet. Its stone buildings are solid, spacious and pleasant, and business moves with an unhurried efficiency on the post. We at the University have gone to class in hanc-me-down buildings from the old fcrt which have done us yeoman's service while ou; Legislature was too stingy or too broke to provide better. Cadre from the Fort have trained University ROTC cadets using facilities on the military reservation. reserva-tion. Much of the University's present land is a grant from the military reservation. Fort Douglas has been the best of neighbors for many many years. We are sory to see it go. |