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54 Hobart Herald JUNIOR CLASS ELECTIONS At a meeting held October 13. 1907 the Junior Class elected the fo l l o w i n g officers: President, Frank H. Shaeft'er; Vice Pres ident, Tames R. Keene; Secretary, Leo T. Wilcox; Treasurer, W . J. Howell; Historian, Frank H. Shaeffer. BLAME CUPID! Because Mrs. L. H. Bodlev married a coachman against her mother’s wishes and those of George C. Taylor, who employed her mother as housekeeper, \ale, Harvard, Williams, Piinceton and Hobart Colleges lose $100,000 each. The millionaire, as soon as he learned of the marriage, revoked his will to the five colleges and Mrs. Bodlev— and substituted a bequest of §7 §0,000 to the Moses Taylor Hospital of Scranton, Pa., which was founded b y his father. However, this doesn’t injure Mrs. Bodlev, as she was bequeathed $50,000 at her husband s death. This occurred in Riverhead, L. I., October 31, 1907. LAYING 0$ THE CORNERSTONE OF THE GYMNASIUM November 15, 1907. In the presence of an assemblage of 300 persons, the cornerstone of the new gymnasium was placed in position at 4:30 o’clock. On account of the chilly weather most of the celebration was held in Coxe Hall, which was completely filled by the alumni, faculty and students, and many Geneva friends of the college came to witness the birth of what is to be one of the most important phases of Hobart’s college life, that of physical development. At 3 .-30 the procession formed in front of the Demarest Library and, headed by the marshal, Colonel William Wilson of Geneva, marched to Coxe Memorial Hall. The order of procession was as follows: