The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-21
AMERICA IS CALLED
TO PAY DEBT
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION ISSUES AP.
PEAL TO PEOPLE.

/ New York. Nov. 20.-CaIling upon
So,000,000 Americans to pay the moral
debt they owe to the father Of their
country. national movement to erect
for George Washington a memorial to
carry out the ideas he asked and pro-
vided for on his deathbed has been
set on foot in this city. Headed by
the George Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION and backed by the Washing
ton 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 George
Washington memorial building ut its
capital for the use of every 'institu-
ton for the diffusion Of knowledge"
With the dollars and dimes Of every
man, woman and child who would see
Washington's dearest wish fulfilled on
the coming 17sth anniversary of his
birthday. II is proposed to- build. brick
by brick. this s2.500.000 national audi
toriun. and headquarters where IT Is
sadly needed by every American or
ganization for promoting science. pa
triotism. art. literature and education.
In the last will and testament Of
George Washington, the leaders I'm
this new memorial project are show
ing the warrant for all Americans To
carry out the last plans OF their first
president for furthering the intellec
tual advancement Of his new nation.
by this instrument Washington per
sonally provided $4,000 for the en-
dowment Of an institution for higher
education. IL is pointed out and ex-
pressed a 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 "A national center for every
organization now working toward
Whshingtons ideals Of the general
spread Of knowledge Is the patriotic
duty which the George Washington
Memorial association is preparing To
present to all the people.
Already the active support of the
National Academy of Sciences. the
American Medical association, the Ma
tional Federation of Arts the Associa-
ton OF American Physicians and scores
of similar organizations has been
pledged to the work Of raising funds
to erect the George Washington Me-
mortal hall. Leaders in these and other
learned and patriotic societies declared
today that the lack OF such an ade-
quate auditorium in the city OF WASH
ington was a constant source OF shame
To all such bodies that must represent
America to the world International
and even national conventions are ut
present either blocked or disgracefully
bungled at the capital of this country.
they assert. solely for the want of just
the accommodation that the proposed
Washington 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 chill |
dren in every community in the land
may be permanently represented in
the memorial. souvenir certificates
are To be issued by Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock, president of the George
Washington Memorial association at
% East Sixtieth street to everyone
who will send 81 or more to help build
this much-neaded monument 10
Washington. Dimes from the children
and dollars from their elders are al
ready beginning to pour in from ali
over the country. Senator Root. DIR. |
s. Weir Mitchell. DIR. William welch. |
General Horace Porter Or. Charles d. |
Walcott, Professor Alexander Agassiz. |
Dr. Ira Remsen, Professor ii. Fair
field Osborn. DIR. Charles w. Dabney
and Mr.. Charles J. Bell are acting
as an advisory council in this new
movement.