. McGill News . in. Rut for a mon of histemper there was one place only-the front line, ftc rejoined hi \)a\-tolion with the rnnk of Capfoin,and with the distinction oiT theMilitory Cross. A few week* later,on Jujv 4* 1917, he fell in actionq\ \\ion ond was buried inVlllers - ou-opicSfafion CemeteryThrou<jhout his milifory careerCapfoin rercival Molson display-ed an unseffish patriotism ondsingle-minded devotion to dutvthat inspired all ttiosc with iihomhe was brought into coniaci. Knowinq the volue of sportond sportmonship in buildinq up0 heoWiy body os well as in Tor-minq charocter. Capta
. McGill News . in. Rut for a mon of histemper there was one place only-the front line, ftc rejoined hi \)a\-tolion with the rnnk of Capfoin,and with the distinction oiT theMilitory Cross. A few week* later,on Jujv 4* 1917, he fell in actionq\ \\ion ond was buried inVlllers - ou-opicSfafion CemeteryThrou<jhout his milifory careerCapfoin rercival Molson display-ed an unseffish patriotism ondsingle-minded devotion to dutvthat inspired all ttiosc with iihomhe was brought into coniaci. Knowinq the volue of sportond sportmonship in buildinq up0 heoWiy body os well as in Tor-minq charocter. Captain PercivolMolson si(|nalizcd ft by the mun-ificient donation of seventy-fivefhousond dollors fo»iords theconstruction of thi? bears his name ond pcr-pcfuotes it forever - o worljjymonument to a mon uho ais-ployied in tfic practical cncrqicsof acodemic and cKil life quol-iticJD HTLAtMED BY ITS OPATPril 5TIDENTS. IQW THE McGILL NEWS 35 THE PERCIVAL MOLSON STADIUM No MORE fitting monument to a fine athlete andsplendid sportsman could be imagined than thegreat Stadium which now stands above the cit\on the lower slopes of Mount Royal and commemorates aname which will always inspire students of McCiill to-wards that which is finest and cleanest in the realm ofsport. The Percival Molson Stadium is well namedafter one, who, living, organized his fellow graduates insupport of its construction, and, dying, bequeathed tomeet its cost a sum which made it certain that it wouldnever be a burden on his Iniversity or a charge againsthis associates. Captain Molson met his death in Franceand fills a soldiers grave; but the memory of his loyalty toMcGill and of his devotion to her interests will foreverbe preserved in the great work, the achievement of whichhis energy and generosity made possible. The story of how the new campus with its fine trackand great stands came to be constructed may be new tosome McGil
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