. McGill News . ying interest charges on the cost of construc-tion; secondly, to providing for up-keep, and, lastly, theremainder is set aside for a sinking fund for the supportof student athletics and other activities and for futurede\elopments. During the war there was no revenue from the stadium ;but the guarantors were not called upon, as the Ihiiversityadded the interest charges to the capital cost of thestadium. By his will. Captain Percival Molson, who diedin action at Lens, left S75,000 to the stadium. His bequestlea^?es the present indebtedness of the stadium at §43, annual int
. McGill News . ying interest charges on the cost of construc-tion; secondly, to providing for up-keep, and, lastly, theremainder is set aside for a sinking fund for the supportof student athletics and other activities and for futurede\elopments. During the war there was no revenue from the stadium ;but the guarantors were not called upon, as the Ihiiversityadded the interest charges to the capital cost of thestadium. By his will. Captain Percival Molson, who diedin action at Lens, left S75,000 to the stadium. His bequestlea^?es the present indebtedness of the stadium at §43, annual interest charge on this amount is $2,150. The Intercollegiate games, held on October 25th, 1919,in the stadium were interrupted by a brief ceremony. Aparchment acknowledging Captain Molsons gift washanded by the President of the Stadium Committee Herbert Molson, In it the Graduates es-pressed to Colonel Molson the Universitys appreciationof his brother and their gratitude for his gift. Permission. GEORGE c. McDonald the students in financialthe stadium and of the was asked to dedicate the stadium as The Percival Mol-son Memorial Stadium. Permission was granted. ThePercival Molson Memorial Stadium is fittingly known bythe name of the man who did most to create it. The following paragraphs make brief reference to theproposals which the Executive of the Graduates Societyis considering and realizing. The lack of a familiar method of communication be-tween the graduates of thellniversity and between themand their school has been oneof the reasons why interest andafTection for McGill has oftenremained unexpressed. By theMcGill News a means of com-munication is to be McGill News is managedby an Editorial committee is largely com-posed of graduates who, asstudents, made a permanentsuccess of the McGill Daily—the only college daily news-paper in Canada. The Chair-man of the committee is Step-hen McGill Newsis to be issued quarterly;
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