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Show FAVORS A GYMNASIUM AS A MOUNT . FOB SOLDIERS Editor Standard: You have asked for my views as to the desirability of commemorating by municipal monu-mont monu-mont or other structure the return of our gallant soldier boys to civil life, after serving our country In defense of civilization. In reply. I wish to state lhat, in my judgment, this event should bo made memorable and the gratitude of tho citizens should be expressed in the erection of something that will servo as an enduring monument and, at tho same time, bo a useful civic institution. institu-tion. As such a memorial, I suggest a handsome, substantial building completely com-pletely equipped as a gymnasium, to bo operated under public control along lines similar to those under which Carnegie libraries aro now managed. Yours very truly. (Signed) W. H. WATTIS. I |