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Show GYMNASIUM FOR I TBE HIGH SCHOOL President Hvrnm Pingrep of the hoard of education has given out the following information showing thai the board Is in favor of building a gymnasium for the High school: "At a recent meeting of the board of education, at which all the mem j I hers. Efyrum Pinciree. president; W j I H. Williams, J W Levedahl, Georgi Gleu and Wade M Johnson v. ore pre;, i ent. tho board earnestly discussed the j ways and means of providing a com-modious com-modious gymnasium for the llih school Members of the board and superintendents of schools are all thoroughly convinced of the great i Kood such a gymnasium would do,u the community of Ogden. but the only point now at issue is raising sufficient lunds with which to erect a buildine: that will be modern In both architecture architec-ture and equipment. " The present needed repairs, alterations altera-tions and additions to the grade build-ingB build-ingB of tho city will consume the revenue of the building fund of the board for the next two years at least, and therefore the funds for the gymnasium gym-nasium will have to come from another an-other source, or other sources. "The members of the board are willing to make liberal personal donations dona-tions toward a popular subscription, if that method is decided upon. "A gymnasium that will accommodate accommo-date all of the needs of the system would cost $75,000 Such a bulldin.; could bo kept open until 9 or 10 o'clock every evening, and certain nights of each week would be set aside for the use of Ogden's good people. peo-ple. Boys and girls, men and women, whose work keeps them from taking .chantage ol i tn IjiiihlliiL' during or-i or-i dinary day hours, would thus be enabled en-abled to aall themselves of the privileges privi-leges of the gymnasium In this man- I tier the gvmnnsium would not be u . ful to the students of thr High schoc alone, but to the whole community Ogden. "There is ample room on the High j school site for the erection of the building The board are unanimous) i in favor of the erection of such a building uud will do all in their powi r to bring it to the people of Ogden. J "The principal of the High school Henry Peterson, was present at the meeting and made an earnest appeal for the gymnasium and made a report re-port on the great good ii would do the High school students "The board Instructed their architect archi-tect to make a Bketc'.i oi the gymnasium gymna-sium properly equipped that would cost approximately $7V00 and submit sub-mit it to them for inspection." oo |