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Show BB ", LET US HAVE A GYMNASIUM. BJ B; Today wo liavo with ua tho nll-pow- B i ful appropriations committees of BH tho Senato and the House. Thoy aro BBf to Investigate tho needs of tho Agrl- B v cultural College, in order to deter- BBj ,- wlno what must bo dono In tho way BJ of mnklnt; tho appropriations f.j- tho L Institution. Wo deslro to say that Lo- BBEBBBBBk BBRBBBflBBBuHL'1 BBHBBBBBBBBBP gan asks only for u Just appropriation. Tho College Is the greatest Institution of tho state that is training the youths of tho lnnd In tho science of tilling tho soil Intelligently. Not only that, tho gills aro likowlso being taught how to becomo housowlves of intelligence. intelli-gence. In these two undertakings tho College Is fulfilling fundamental fea- "'.V V turt of education as It Is vlowed to- day. That tho needs of tho Institution Institu-tion require a good appropriation in order, to perpetuate this work goes without saying. Ilutoday we bavo an additional re-quest,, re-quest,, to make. The Collcgo must have, ,0, gymnasium. Thomas Smart hjvj donated $10,000 toward such a bjildlng, and tho alumni of tho Institution Insti-tution have likewise accumulated a 8roall fund, which can nil bo made yip of providing tho legislature appropriates ap-propriates $50,000 for the samo pur-lgosc. pur-lgosc. Reasons why this should be done on the part of the legislature are qjilous; but wo wish to emphasize this one reason, "the Interests of the school and its students demand a gym-naslum. gym-naslum. Tho collego can exist no Ion-gfrvt Ion-gfrvt tho measure of Its crentlon, jYJituijt such a feature In Its educational educa-tional facilities. U Is absolutely needed." |