Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
CLEVELAND SHAFT
Princeton to Have a 500, 00C
Memorial to the Former
President.
Battlefield CHOSEN SITE
Admirers From All Sections and of
All Parties Join to Add to Wy
man Graduate School.

The Cleveland Monument associa-
ton. whose purpose is TO erect at
Princeton "a nations. memorial in per
petuation of the memory of Grover
Cleveland" has issued an appeal for
funds to complete the 100000 reQuir-
ed to do its work. The circular
through which the appeal is made asks
the cooperation of all those who APP
preciate the "unselfish, patriotic and
courageous work of Grover Cleveland"
The list of the associations trustees
includes many prominent New Jersey
citizens OF both POLITICAL parties and
men of high standing and varying po'
litical beliefs throughout the eaS
middle west and south.
The trustees say that they "have
deemed 1t eminently fitting that the
life and deeds of this great man should
be commemorated through the medium
of a suitable monument to be erected
at Princeton, n. j., where his declin.
ing years were passed in a dignif1ed.
effort to establish a high standard OF
citizenship. thus giving the beneAt OF
his wide experience and ripe thought
to growing generations"
Tower to Be Memorial.
The adopted plan of the memorial
monument is a lofty tower TO be erect
ed in connection with the proposed
graduate school of Princeton universit
~ and located on what is known as
the golf links, a site commanding
wide sweep of country, from which
the tower viii be distinctly visible not
only TO all of the people Of Princeton
and visitors there. but to the millions
who yearly pass to and fro on the pub
lie highways and the railroad.
Viewed from every standpoint"
says the circular. land especially from
the fact that Mr.. Cleveland was a ma
tive Of New Jersey, a resident of
Princeton, identified with the univer-
sity during his declining years, and
that his remains rest in the village
cemetery, the sentiment appears to be
distinctly and unanimously in favor Of
this location as the logical site for the
erection of the nations monument.
THE memorial is TO take the form of
a tower about $50 feet high by 40 feet
square, solid. yet lofty, Of slyery,
graystone, fireproot and OF architec-
tural strength and beauty. built to last
for ages and placed In a most COM,
handing site and in immediate con-
nection with the graduate school, with
interior accommodations to be used for
memorial purposes, including personal
and national relics associated with his
life's work.
On Site of Battlefield.
This tower will be the central shaft,
in connection with which viii be erect
ed other buildings in the future, the
Thompson college, Proctor hall and
possibly other buildings. it is an
nounced. The great bequest Of ap-
proximately 100000 from the estate
of Isaac Wyman OF Salem, Mass, is
to be used for the endowment and en-
largement of this graduate school.
1T is an interesting coincidence that
the memorial tower is to be placed on
the site which forms part Of the old
battlefield of Princeton in the Revolu-
ton. All the lines of history, senti-
ment, affection and propriety combine
therefore to make this site not only
extra ordinarily beautiful. but historic
ally appropriate"
Concerning the question of finances,
the circular says:
The proposed tower will cost APP
proximately 100000. About half of
this amount has already been sub
scribed. and through various commit
tees and individuals in different sec
tons Of the country the trustees are
promised about $4,000 more. They
are now endeavoring to raise as quick
~ as possible the remaining $4,000.
so that formal contracts may be speed
lily entered into for the erection of the
memorial. The contributions thus far
received range from 81 to $1,000"