Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-08
A CLEVELAND MEMORIAL.
Nearly S77,C0o Contributed To Erect
over as Tribute to Ex-President.

The cleveland Monument Associa-
ton has unanimously voted in favor of
u5inE lHe sun OF >l9o.00U which It is
engaged in securing in thu erection OF
Il memorial t"We;. al Princeton, y. j..
it remcmtr@nc" II ~ President Ci.vo-
IaHd.
'l tn!S amount ahGat $24.00 remains
10 IA raised. and an effort is now be-
ihs Madt l" s@cttr- il. Commodore f..
{. EenedIct has been especially active
in III. work al raising funds for thi,
memorial.
Th" tower is TO be about l0 feet
SQUARE and over 100 feet in height.
The sNne o1 architecture is a pure per
Pendienlar Gothic ia silvcry gray stone
the structure Ia be absolutely fir
proof. -" tower starts with Il base of
plain severity and, as it rises, becomes
lighter and more open in its structure
ald ornamentation. The accepted de-
sign. prepared by Messrs. Cram, Good-
hu" q Ferguson. architects. is one
winch combines extraordinary strength
and ,sraee.
The tower will b" placed in ConneC-
lion Hith the imposing group of the
naW building for III" Graduate College
a' Princeton University on that por-
ti"n If tbr university grounds known
ae tho golf links. a commanding anj
spacious site with a very extensive
81 y Tie tower =. i'll stand eonspieu-
euslH. and viii be IN pliin vicw Of the
millions Il travellers who ,nmall,
pass on the publ" highway and the
Pennsylvania hallway.
idcnt of the Tnjt.d states Who was
born in New jcrs". lived during the
closing years of ais life lit New Jersey.
died in New J"r@"A. ana is buried ia
New Jersey.
VI IS not possibl" to erect public
monument ut his gray" in Princeton,
because under TIL" provisions of his
viii = .nn1est monument has been
or, ct.a tn re AT IL" eNp"Hsa Of his "S-
tat".
During the last II years "i his lii"
Mr. Cleveland Vas Il resident OF
Princeton. lie was a Trustee Of the
university. and MAS thu th"irnian Of
the Committee on thC Graduate School.
Flis committee had chars" OF the pro-
jes / Of the pr"ppS,I Graduate Coll g,
and ii WaS in this project that Mr..
Cleveland was more deeply Interested
than in ANYTHING Else connected With
the university. "Spt aking for myself.
he wrote u year befor, his death. Il
want to say TO You that have never
been enlisted in Il cause which has
given me more satisfaction ur a better
feeling Of usefulness" II is, therefore,
most anpropri4te tnat hc should b"
communicated hy this great memorial
feature Of the Gradual" college, anc
will be under the permanent guardian
ship OF tie university.
: erorp of bcncfactors has combined
to provide tn1 Graduate Colieg" Witn
apnroXi1latelv $i,1n. 900. The buildings
,r, to bc Startei :his spring, and the
entire project is completely assured OF
success.
Thc site Of The tower is peculiarly
appropriate. standing on the ground or
TN. university and on = portion OF tlle
old Revolutionary battlefield OF Prince
Ton. Every association, personal,
academic. patriotic and historical. Is
combined in the Cleveland memorlaI
tower. which has commented Hseli l"
ex- President Clcveland'S family, thH
authorities ot Princeton University
the Trustees of The Cleveland Mohu-
npnt Association and to EX- president
clryelard's friends generally through
out the United States.
The figures given ont by the asso-
ci.tion are: Amount actually sub
scrib,d through committees in Phila-
dclphia. St Louis. Newark ana i'ai'l-
more not officially reported pu' kho" II
to be approximately S"'"'". lo'a''
$7e, ,59o.17.
The subscriptions range In a.h"ui''S
from 81 to 5000. aud come from many
diffcrent sections ii the countfS'-~.N'"
York Times