The superintendent of the Columbia gymnasium has adopted a novel method of demonstrating to the authorities the imperative need of a new gymnasium. Says the Spectator: "The gymnasium begins to be densely crowded every afternoon, and the need of a new and larger gymnasium is more apparent than ever. In order to have the means of accurately determining the daily attendance, Mr. Cuthbertson, the instructor, has provided a box, in which every one who uses the gymnasium places a card with his name written on it. It is to be hoped that when our liberal (!) and progressive (?) Board of Trustees find out how many men are daily compelled to exercise in this small and over-crowded space, they will take some steps toward giving us a gymnasium worthy of the university."
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