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Show IT LOOKS LIKE I A GYMNASIUM I Thomas Smart Gives $10,000 I Toward New Building I HAS ONLY ONE CONDITION I LEGISLATURE MUST APPROPRI- H ATE $50,000 FOR THE SAME PUR- H POSE, AND THAT SEEMS QUITE H PROBABLE AT PRESENT. H Thomas Smart of this city has prom- : M Ised $10,000 toward n gymnaBlum for M tho Agricultural Collego, providing M tho lcglslaturo will appropriate $50,- M 000 for tho samo purpose This an- M nouuecment was ;nndo Inst Wodnes- M dny night by Pres. J. A. Wldtsoo of M tho Collego. It is further announced tl that tho friends of tho collego havo M pledged moro money for tho building M In caso the stato will grant $50,000, M so that, In all, a considerable fund will ' M bo accumulated for tho erection of a M first class building of tho kind need- M Needless to say tho nows of Thomas ' M Smart's magnificent gift brought Joy H to the students of the big Institution fl on tho hill. Whtlo tho gift has been H known by some mombors of tho facul- M ty for Bomo time, yet tho greatest sur- M prlso nnd delight wcro manifested by fl tho majority of those Informed of tho fl glad nows. Among tho ones mostly M pleased was Coach Teetzol who sees fl big things ahead In case tho stato fl lcglslaturo does Its snnro. Tlio value m of such a building to tho college, he 'fl thinks will. bo Immense, and tho stu- tM dents nnd friends of tho institution ,fl shnro his focllngs. M Legislature Friendly. M ! H Tho committee on education from !l th,o Senate and tho Houso nro obth lM friendly to tho proposition, ono"" of M tho members hns pledged himself to tho support of tho appropriation. To- ,M day tho committees on appropriations from both brnnches of tho legislature ' aro to bq at tho collego to furthor In- iM vcstlgnte Into tho needs of tho school. Their Impression nnd nctlon aro all U Importnnt. Thoy control tho strings iM to tho situation. Tho effort of the H collego nnd tho Commercial-Boosters' B club to prcsont tho true conditions of H tho collego mean much for tho sue- H Continued on Pago 5. 'M It Looks Like A Gymnasium. ; (Continued from Pago f .) cess of the gymnasium. Pres. Wldtsoe Gives Reasons. Pres. Wldtsoo Is enthusiastic about the prospects and need of tho gymnasium. gym-nasium. "There are numerous reasons why the Agricultural college requires such n gymnasium,!! said President Wldt-soe. Wldt-soe. First .practically all our students are recruited from tho rural districts, where they are In tho habit of doing a great doal of manunl labor pertain 'Ing to the farm, and when they como here tp school It works a hardship on them If compelled to retire from an active life. Such a gym would bo nn outlet for their energy Hnnd it stands to reason such boys need a placet pf this kind far more than Voting men of tho city. The second; and an Important lcason Is, that we havo been forced to spend' hundreds of dollars dol-lars every season for the rent of suitable suit-able halls, where tho students can pull off tholr basketball games and give tho school dances. The dinkey room wo havo tried to use for a gym-Is gym-Is unsafe, tho walls even cracking when a large crowd Is In It. It is situated sit-uated on tho top floor of tho left wing, whllo the shower baths and dressing looms nro on tho bottom floor of the right wing. Wo havo as a natural consequence con-sequence discarded It. Third, tho col-lego col-lego Is In need of mora floor space and It will bo a matter of a short time when wo must havo another building. Hut it we possessed n building where our dances could bo given and our cadeets could train, tho present spaco, consisting of tho gymn and tho hall which tho cadet occupy, could bo used for class work. Another most essential es-sential reason why wo arc entitled to I this building is, tho United States gov-' gov-' ornmcut allows tho state $50,000 a I year for tho malntennuco of our ca-. ca-. dots, with tho understanding that they f have proper accommodations. Tho hall i in which they drill now Is too small and filled with pillars." t M |