A few years ago, when the Hemenway Gymnasium was built, it was thought that the accommodations thus afforded would be sufficient to meet the wants of the students for many years to come. At that time the supposition was certainly warranted, for the athletic spirit among the students was a matter of much less concern than at present. Since that day the attention paid to general athletics has grown to proportions which would astonish a student of that time. The provisions made for furnishing lockers to the students were found to be inadequate to the demand as early as last year, and now the increased supply is not only entirely taken up, but applications are constantly being received which the management of the gymnasium finds itself unable to meet.

At first each freshman class used, on entering, to studiously keep away from the gymnasium, either from bashfulness or because the men failed to appreciate its advantages, but this order of things has now become changed, as is shown by a glance at the apparatus on any afternoon. In fact, the larger amount of exercise seems to be done by the two lower classes. This is a most gratifying result, and the more so because there is no system of compulsory gymnastics in vogue among us, as is the case at many other colleges. With the perfect appliances and convenient arrangements of our gymnasium it is certainly remarkable that so many students fail to make use of their opportunities, though it is true, the number of non-exercising men is growing less each vear. Every member of eighty-eight, however, ought to make it a point to present himself before the director of the gymnasium for examination, and follow out to the letter the directions for development which will be provided him.