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The new Quarterly is the response of the Trustees to a persistent request from pupils old and new. It is issued in the interests of the Academy, and the hopes of the Trustees will be realized if it is the means of extending the influence and usefulness of the institution.

In efficiency and attendance and income this is certainly the best year ever known by the Academy. This is due to several factors. Widespread interest in the institution was aroused by the completion of the fund of $45,000 for reconstruction a year ago, to which Andrew Carnegie contributed $10,000. This fund meant the addition of the splendid administration building and the removal of the obligations incurred at various times in erecting other buildings, making all new.

A factor of great importance, too, has been the co-operation of many old students and friends, not alone in money, but in directing students to the Academy.

The third factor is the Faculty. These are the Instructors, in addition to Dean W. P. McKee: Elsie G. Hobson, A.M., Lady