Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
ROCK ISLAND TO
RAISE $500
FOR MEMORIAL
Executive Committee for Cam
paign Meets To Line Up Pre-
liminary Campaign Plan.

Monday is to see the start of a
seven-day campaign in Rock Is
land, coordinating with a nation
wide campaign to raise funds for
memorial to the late Theodore
/ Roosevelt, who is honored with the
appellation, THE Best American"
The executive committee author
| lied to carry on the drive in this
city was called to a meeting by
/ Major Walter RosenfieId at noon
today in the Rock J",a@,I club, for
the purpose of outlining the or
ganizatiOn of the local campaign.
This body, the executive commit
tee of the Roosevelt Memorial as
sOciation in Rock Island, is com
posed of Major w. A. ROsenfield,
chairman; DR.. Gustav Andreen, F.
c. Fischer. F. W. Bender. p. c.
Utecht, Ben Jacobsen, Miss Lou
Harris and Harry p. Simpson, all
but three of whom were present
at this Moons session.
Solicit From Schools.
Through advices from the head
quarters of the association as well
as their own ideas, the committee
plans to solicit the funds especial
ly from the school. Contributions
will be asked from all students, in
whatever amount they wish to give.
Each student contributing will re-
ceive a certificate, which is the
same for each contributor regard
less of the amount given. Each
school wherein the effort to raise
funds produces results will be Civ
en- a large certificate. T. c. Fisher,
superintendent of Rock Island
schools, has taken charge of the
soliciting in the schools. The stu
dents themselves will supervise
the MAILER divisions, captains be-
ing chosen from their numbers in
each school and class.
In erecting the Lincoln memoir
ial, contributions from school chill
dren played a great part in making
the monument possible. This
makes the project mean much to
the younger generation, fostering
patriotic feeling in a large de-
gree. The idea of personal inter
est in a patriotic project of that
kind naturally tends to increase
the appreciation of the power and
Importance of this country as well
as reverence for its great men.
The campaign in the big indus
tries of this city is to be carried
on by committees appointed by the
executive committee, each in the
charge of a team captain. A num-
Der of these are being notified con-
corning the part they will be ask
ed to take. These team captains
will meet with the executive COM
mttee Monday noon in the Rock
Island club, TO perfect the organic
alton, and at that time u full out
line of the work to be done will be
drawn up and completed.
City to Raise $500.
Rock Islands quota, in the
S5,0OO,000 o be raised in Unit
ed States is $500. is must be
raised between Monday, Oct. 2Oi
and Monday, Oct. %, which is
Rosevelt's birthday. The sum
cleared is to be used in doing three
things-erecting a monument in
Chicago and one in Washington. /
and purchasing and keeping up
Oyster Bay, Long Island, Roose- /
velt's home, to become a memorial !
park The monument in Chicago (
is to cost $25O.0OO, this amount to
come out of Chicago's quota of
100000. 1t will be erected at the /
foot of Twelfth street. This is /
signal honor to the state of Hill /
nois
Propaganda for the campaign .
will be handed out in assemblies at ,
all public schools early next week. .
when Roosevelt's valuable work, (
utter patriotism and real great /
ness will be enlarged upon by cap .
able speakers, coming mostly from .
the school faculties. DR.. Gustav /
Andreen. president of Augustana I
college. will address the chapel of (
his students Monday, and Z. c. I
Fisher will conduct like exercises !
in the high school Wednc sday. The +
committee members are enthusi- /
astic ABOUT the proposition, and !
are going to put it over with a /
bang, to the glory of Rock Island, /
when the reckoning will find this
city ahead of its quota in contrib
uting TO the great work.
\ special commission appointed
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