Aloha - Hoover Library

ing that twenty-six additional free scholarships be given to students to beeducated in this institution. Likewise in 1898 a very handsome arch of marbleand limestone was built between the president's house and the residence of Prof.Simpson. This beautiful structure which spans the main drive as you enter thecampus is a monument to the memory of the first president, Dr. Ward, and itis a gift of his niece, Mrs. Hurley, of Washington city.For several years past a fund has been steadily increasing, and all the whilewe could almost fancy we heard the sound of the workman's hammer as heGYMNASIUM.shaped the stones for their place in the building to which the eye of faith hasbeen looking with anxious expectation-the longed for, the dreamed of, but nowthe most handsomely finished Alumni Hall. Yes, it has appeared in all its statelymagnificence, a thing of beauty and a joy to every friend of Western MarylandCollege. This glorious realization, by far the handsomest addition to CollegeHill, occupies a very conspicuous site on the premises, the corner of CollegeAvenue and Main Street. Besides Society Halls, Committee Rooms and a hanc1-30