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6o Hobart Herald Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati to give $25,000 toward the gymna sium; three cheers were also given for President Stewardson as “the man behind the gun’’ in raising the necessary money and a little later in the evening three rousing cheers were given for the gymnasium itself. After the alumni and students had chatted together over their cigars and cigarettes and the students had sung themselves nearly hoarse in going through the long list of Hobart songs, Henr\ A. Wheat, of the class of 1884, president of the Hobart Alumni Asso ciation of Geneva, called the gathering to order. He said: “ This evening we are going to reverse the usual order and have the speeches first and then the banquet wall be served later. As president of the lo.cal Alumni Association, I have the honor of welcoming you this evening and presiding on this occasion. He then introduced as the first speaker of the evening, President L. C. Stewardson. Dr. Stewardson opened his address by reading letters from alumni who were unable to be present. Among the letters read wTere those from the following: C. N. Hemiup, Geneva; R. J. Phillips, Brooklyn; Alexander Mann, Boston; S. Douglass Cor nell, Buffalo; E. H. Herendeen, Elmira; James Armstrong, New' York; John W. Walker, Buffalo; Charles R. Wilson, Buffalo; Roselle J. Phillips, North Brookfield, Mass. After he had concluded the reading of the letters he said: “ This is a happy night for me and for you. For three and a half years I have w'orked to raise the money for the gymnasium and from the fact that there are thirteen donors you can imagine how many times I was turned down. Throughout this time the gym nasium has been very near my heart. But the gymnasium is only a beginning. We now' need a physical director, a competent man to make physical examinations, give physical instruction and pre scribe the particular kind of exercise needed by various students. In order that vre can secure such a man we need $40,000, the interest of w'hich w’ill pay the salary of the physical instructor.”
