The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-17
70 The Alunani
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Ny dear Friends:
= Our new college building Is now
complete and occupied In Ill It's parts
You need only to see it to pronounce
MAGNIFICENT structure IroN1deacs
: has given as large facilities for Co
Ing our various kinds of school %orh-5
Two years ago We were constituted
college under the laws of the state
Ar The meeting Of tie EnN efstty
we're made a full college under The
discipline OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church I am sure you appreciate tie
great advantage this Few statue gives
Our new building with It's furniture
and related plants has cost = ;ifue
over eighty thousand .loila--s. nat.
Is. we have. had 10 aN9e:aa for york
altogether apart from the new bTlid-
ing. nearly twenty thousand collars
This extra expense ! have laid care
fully before Mr.. Ca-neSic. and he has
made a second proposition 10 give Us
zen thousand five hundred if We raise
ten thousand five hunted dollars OF
course as president. aeceotea his
offer: and OF course Sx1-eJ 20 IasSe
NV sharp. You WI agree with M.
that we have cone on splen5idiy:
for what has been done has been done
practically within 4 ser f.oca TIE
r., And VIII - lest oGT Did hnld-
IN. = i,ich cost Us s:..t.rC9 VIC have nov
il ;,s place one OF SE- greater v:'!oe IN
very possible wa Oar spring teTm
nls opened with large eIroii:7cnt
Ic5eec we have reached aS:;in oh'
ante-fire figure
! want 10 thank the members or our
alumni personally for your prompt and
generous response TO our appeal Tor
! cu,iipraent. This fund has reached
over two thousand dollars. This
means thar the alumni and the mem
| bers of OUR faculty have furnished
! our class rooms throughout: and
! these class rooms are splerditES fur
niShed. The Christian Associations
and the societies are furnishing their
rooms most appropriately and richly.
| We vet need chairs for our auditorium.
| I expect some generous person VIII
! donate these before long. It is a per-
| feet delight to conduct exercises IN
our new chapel While We have not
! the opera chairs vet: We have 4 thou
sand common chairs which we eN-
| pect to use until better ones are pro
cured.
What I wish specifically to say TO
YOU at this time is this: Our coming
commencement will be OF unusual IN
terest It viii mark our recovery from
| our disaster. the raising o! our in
stitution to full colleS grade. etc and
I believe our alumni ought 10 DC lis
tinctly in evidence some tine during
that week. There ought to be ban
quet, and there ought to be public
| evening meeting when addresses
| should be given by proninen> mem
! bers of out alumni or by one or TWO
of the most effective speakers pracur-
able. I do wish our alumni: would take
this matter up and make demonStfa-
ton. Besides this general letter 70
the members Of the alumni / viii
write particularly to your president
| and I hope that the matter viii be
taken up regularly and reach n most
| successful issue
You have learned of Re great rerlv-
al which has swept our school Some
sixty of our students have been sound
, ~ converted
! With cordial regards. remain.
Respectfully,
r,f.boopon W Va