The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-11-18
To Honor Washington.
People Will Build $2,5OO,00O Memorial
To House All Learned Societies.

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People Will Build S2,50O,OOO Memorial
To House All Learned Societies.
New YORK, November 18th. Calling
upon eighty million Americans to pay the
moral debt they owe to the father OF
their country, national movement TO
erect for George Washington memorial
to carry out the ideas he asked and pro-
vided for on his death bed has been set on
foot in this city. Headed by the George
Washington Memorial Association, ana
backed by the Washington Academy OF
Sciences and many patriotic, educational,
medical, literary, art and scientific bodies,
a widespread campaign is to be begun at
once to furnish this nation with a George
Washington Memorial Building at its
capitol for the use of every institution
for the diffusion of knowledge. with
the dollars and dimes of every man,
woman and child who would see Wash
ington's dearest wish fulfilled on the
coming 17Sth anniversary OF his birth
day, it is proposed to build, brick by
brick, this So, 5OO,0 900 national auditorium
and headquarters where it is sadly need
ed by every American organization for
promoting science, patriotism, art, liter
allure and education.
In the last will and testament OF George
Washington, the leaders in this new me-
mortal project are showing the warrant
for all Americans to carry out the last
plans of their first President TOR TURNER
ing the intellectual advancement OF MS
new nation. By this instrument wash
ington personally provided $25, 900 for the
endowment of an institution for higher
education. it is pointed out, and express
ed wish for the promotion of science
and literature, which has still to be
carried out by the people who owe to him
their country. To provide national
center for every organization now work
ing toward Whshington's ideals OF the
general spread of knowledge is the pa
triotic duty which the George Washlng-
ton Memorial Association is preparing to
present to all the people.
Already the active support OF the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences, the Amerl-
can Medical Association, the Nauonai
Federation of Arts, the Association OF
American Physicians and scores OF slrnl-
lar organizations has been pledged to the
work of raising funds to erect the George
WASHINGTON Memorial Hall. Leaders IN
these and other learned and patrlotlc socl-
cites have declared that the lack of such an
adequate auditorium in the city OF WASH
jngton was constant source Of shame
to all such bodies that must represent
America to the world. International and
even national conventions are at present
either blocked or disgracefully bungleo
at the capital of this country they as
sert, solely for the want of just the ac-
commodation that the proposed Wash
ington memorial structure would afford.
Plans for the receipt Of this tribute OF
the people to George Washington are
already being made in this city. In order
that men. women and children in every
community in the land may be perma-
nently represented in the memorial, SOU
venir certificates are to be issued by Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock, president Of the George
Washington Memorial Association, at %
East Goth street, to everyone who VIII
send dollar or more to help build this
much needed monument to Washington.
Dimes from the children and dollars from
their elders are already beginning to pour
in from all over the country. Senator
Root, DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, DR.. William
Welch, Gen. Horace Porter, DR.. Charles
D. Walcott, Prof Alexander Agassiz,
DR.. Ira Remsen, Prof. H. Fairfield Os-
born, DR.. Charles W. Dabney and Mr..
Charles ]. Bell are acting as an advisory
council in this new movement.