THE FREE LANCZ, in behalf of the entire student body and
all persons in any way connected with the College, wishes to
extend to the Hon. Andrew Carnegie its most sincere thanks
for the offer made by him at the recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees.of the College. Following out the plan which, both in
this country and abroad, will cause his name to be handed down
froin generation to generation as a public benefactor, he has
kindly volunteered to satisfy for us a long felt want. Whether
or not the Legislature should see fit to accept this most generous
proposition, Mr. Carnegie has our most sincere gratitilde and ap
preciation for his magnanimous offer.
WE have received from an alumnus of this institution a letter
accompanied by his request that it be published in the
FREE LANCE, but through our regard for the writer, and
likewise through our regard for the truth, we think it advisable
to suppress the publication of an article Vvhich, if the writer had
known even the most meager facts pertaining to the several mat
ters mentioned would never have been penned and which, be
coming acquainted with the actual facts, the writer would not care
to have published. Yet some of his ideas as expressed by him
are so radically false and so unjust to the institution that, fearing
that similar views might be held by other persons, we think it
fitting that they should be refuted.
We quote first the following statement made by him:—
been out of College nearly four years and in that time have re
ceived from the College three communications. First, an invitation
to pay dues to the so-called Alumni Association. Second, an
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