The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-11-09
TO HONOR GEO
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PEOPLE PLAN TO BJtLD 1880, 900
MEMORIAL TO HOUSE Al
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NEW YORK, Noy. 9.-lallllg upon
eighty million Americans to pag the
moral debt they owe to the father. of
their contry, national movement to
erect fpr. George Washington aiinemo-
rial to. carry out the ideas he asked
and provided for on his, death bed was
set on foot In this city today, Headed
by the George Washington Memorial
Association and backed By the Wash
ington Academy Of Sciences and man. :
patriotic, educational, medical, liter
airy, art and scientific bodies, wide
spread camaign is TO be begunat once
to- iurnish this nation with George
Wilmington Memorial Building at its
capitol .foT the use OF every "institu-
tEohhn OF the diffusion OF knowledge"
Wifi TIE dollars and dimes Of every
t tisil WOMAN and child who would see
WasRilg ton's dearest wish fulfilled ON,
the Coming 17sth anniversary of his
Birth, It IL proposed to build, brick by.
this $500 900 national audito-i
fun and, headquarters wherelt is sad
81 Ieeda9 by every American organic
atF5n. f6f promoting science patriot
fstn.a ~ ff. literature and education.
g In the last will and testament. of
George washington the leaders of
this new. memorial project are show
ing the warrant for. all Americans to
carry out the last plans of their first
resident for fllrthering the Intellect
ual advancement OF his, new nation.
BY this instrument washington per.
spnally provided $4,000 for the en-;
dowment OF an institution. for higher
education, it is pointed ont and ex-
pressed a wish for the %promotiQn o.
science and literature" which has still
to be carried out by the people who
owe to aim their country. To provide
a national center for every organiza-
ton now working toward Washing
toms ideals. of the general spread OF
knowledge is the patriotic duty which
the George Washington Memorial AS
ISOLATION is preparing to present to all
the people. gl
Already the active support of the
National Academy Of Sciences. the
American Medical Association. the
National Federation of Arts, the Asso-
citation of American Physicians and
scores of similar organizations has
been pledged to the work, OF raising
funds to erect the George Washington
Memorial Hall. Leaders in these and
other learned and patriotic societies
declared today that the lack of such
an auditorium in the city OF WaEhfng
ton was a constant source Of sham
to all such bodies, that must regre
sent, America to the world. Interna,
,tional and even national conventions
ARE at present either blocked OF dis;
;gracvefully hungled at the capitol OF
this country they assert, solely foI
the want OF just the accommodation
that the proposed Washington memo
rial structure would afford.
Plans for. the receipt of ths tribute
n
.of the people to George Washington
are already being made 10 this city,
in order tab 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 /. Dfmock,
president Of tho George Warrington
Memorial Association at rs East Goth
street to every one who will send a
dollar OF more to help build this much
needed monument to Washington.
Dimes from the children sHd dollars
from their elders, are already begin
ming to pour in from all over the
country. Senator Root, DR., s.. Weir
Mitchell, DR.. William WEIGH, General
Horace Porter, DR.. Charles D., Wal
colt, Prof. Alexander AgasslE, DR.. ira
Remsen, Prof H. Fairfield Osborn. Or.
Charles w. Dabney and Mr.. Charles
u. Bell are acting as an advisory coun-
ell in this new movement.