Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-24
Great Memorial to Washington


Great Memorial to Washington.
The George Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION, of which Mrs. Henry F. Dim
mock. of New York, is president, has
received 500, 900 from j. P. Morgan, a
quarter of million dollars from the
City of Washington, D. c., and special
donations from national societies, partly
pledged, aggregating another quarter
of million. At the annual meeting of
the association, held in Washington,
February Is, the present board of Of
ficers were reelected, and plans were
adopted for remarkable nation wide
campaign to eliminate in a notable Gel
ebration February %, 1912. AS a re-
suit, this country will be treated for a
year to an intensely interesting cam
paign for the accomplishment of the
great memorial building which the as
ISOLATION will erect in Washington, D. c.
George Washington is to be living
personality for that time, his life and
teachings and the history of his era
being Illuminated by methods which are
bound to thoroughly popularize the
movement. In the end this country
will be the richer by an institution
without parallel in the word-a World
Forum with the most modern facilities
for assembling and disseminating the
results of research along every line of
human welfare.
Among the supporters of this move
ment are to be found the following we'll
known individuals and institutions:
President Taft, Justice Harlan, Presi-
dent Hadley of Yale, President
Remsen of Johns Hopkins, Secretary
Wolcott of the Smithsonian, DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, Senator Root, General
Clement A. Evans, the American Med
ical association, Federations of Women g
Clubs, and many others. Sons of
American Revolution have given So, 700;
American Association of Advancement
of Science, SIS, 500; National Society of
Prevention of tuberculosis, 5000; Ma
tional Society of Colonial Danes, So, 500;
Miss Isabelle Freeman, Washington, D.
c., $1,000; Mrs. Benjamin Buckingham,
Washington, D. c., $1,000; Mrs. VIM.
Sage, Albany, 500; Frederick Pea
body. Albany, 500; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Morton, New York, 5000; Governor
Dix, Albany, N. Y, 500; Hiram Sibley.
New York. $500; Moses Taylor Payne,
New York, 500; Mrs. Helen Seeley.
Cincinnati, 5000; Mrs. William Bliss.
New York, 5000; Miss Kibbey, Wash
ington, D. c., 5000; Edward Hardness,
New York, $500; Mrs. Frederick Thomp-
son. New York, SIS, 900; Henry Strong
Rochester, N. Y, $500; j. Pierpoint
Morgan, 100000; ]. j. Hill, $40, 900;
j. B. Duke, $1,000; George Baker, S2,-
500; Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California.
So, 800; Mrs. Morris X. Jessup, New
York, 500; Mrs. j. j. Goodwin, New
York, 500; Mrs. Helen Jenkins, New
York, 500; John Pratt, New York,
$500; Washington Academy of Sciences
and Affiliated societies pledged $50, 600;
National Society of Colonial Danes,
voted to raise, $25, 900; U. S. Daughters
of 1912, voted to raise $4,000; Masonic
lodges and other societies and individuals
have given and pledged various
amounts.
The above association was incorporat-
ed in Washington, D. c., in 1898, with
view to bringing about the erection
of United States university in order
to carry out Washington's wishes for
the greater diffusion of knowledge in
this country. About two years ago
reorganization took place, and Mrs.
Dimock, assister of the late William C.
Whitney, secretary of the navy under
President Cleveland, became president.
Mrs. Dimock proposed the still broader
form of.memorial which instantly re-
ceived.the. highest praise in all quarters.
Undersher energetic guidance, the asso-
citation has laid the foundation for sure
success in the splendid showing made at
its annual meeting.
There already exists a widespread
interest in this movement. In New
York, subscription blanks are being dis
played in public institutions of many
kinds and in stores, to enable citizens
and children to offer birthday tribute
to Washington by entering their names