The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-11-26
s. j. |. HOME
COMING BIGGEST
IN HISTORY
"Kick-Off' for Million Dollar
Campaign Of Iowa Men,
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''0LD GRADS" HUNDREDS
All Enthusiastic for Plan for Memoir.
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diers OF Three
Wars.

Iowa City, Iowa.-By train, by auto
mobile and even by airplane, hun
dreds of loyal graduates and former
students of the University of Iowa
will come here this week for Home
coming, on Friday and Saturday.
This year Homecoming will be the
biggest in the entire history Of the
State University. 1t is expected that
on Saturday, the day Of the annual
Iowa-Ames football game, there will
be several thousand "old grads" here
for the great event. At the annual
Homecoming dinner Friday night
there will be about 1000 in attend.
ance. ..... i .
Especial interest is being shown in
Homecoming this year because it will
be the "kick-off' for the million dol
lar campaign which graduates and
| former students are conducting to
raise funds for memorial building
to the sons and daughters of the State
University who served in the Civil
War, the Spanish-American War and
the World War. The intensive cam
paign will open on Saturday, Novem-
Der %. The Homecoming dinner will
be devoted entirely to discussion
Of the campaign plans and the value
Of the memorial building, which is to
take the form of Students Union-a
clubhouse and home for students, fac.
ulty and graduates, in which will be
preserved for all time the war records
Of those who fought for America in
the three wars. At that time it is ex-
pected, according to Fred Sargent of
| Des Moines, who is chairman of the
Iowa Memorial Union, that announce
ment can be made of big preliminary
gifts which will start the campaign
we'll on its way toward the goal.
For several weeks committees repre-
senting the University and towns
people of this city have been work
ing in preparation for. the big event.
Hotel accommodations have been
reserved and rooms have been obtain
| ed to care for the hundreds of guests
! who will be here. Special arrange
! ments have been made to serve meals
to those whom the hotels and res
taurants here can not accommodate.
There will be special landing field
for airplanes, and parking space for
automobiles, with a carefully worked
out checking arrangement which will
offer security against removal of cars
by mistake or theft. University build
ings, stores and public buildings and
residences in the city will be dec.
| Grated, and there will be several
bands to add to the festivity of the
occasion. Homecomers will be met at
trains by special reception commit
tee, which will see that they obtain
lodging places if they have not al.
ready reserved them.
w. o. Finkbine, one of the best
known Of the older graduates, is the
head of committee of the Iowa Me.
mortal Union which has had charge
of sending special invitations to men
| and women graduates to come to this
years Homecoming. He has been in
touch with alumni in all parts of the
country, and reports particular en-
| thusiasm for the event this year be.
cause of the memorial campaign.
"Our organization is all ready for
the campaign" said Mr.. Sargent to-
day. "In each Congressional district,
each county of the State and in large
cities all over the country where
Iowa men and women have gone to
live, we have loyal and enthusiastic
graduates Of old Iowa, formed into
campaign committees, instructed in
their duties and all set to take up the
work Of collecting the funds which
will pay for the Iowa Memorial Union.
The task is huge one. But Iowa
Fights and fights hard, as our ath.
letic records and war records all
prove. I am confident the difficulties
will only spur our workers on to
harder effort to make this campaign
the splendid success it should be, and
that the evening of November 29 will
find us with pledges for more than
the amount we have set as the OBJ.
jctive of our campaign.
"Our purpose is a fine and noble
one, and each man and woman en-.
gagged in promoting this cause has
taken up the work with the high pat.
riotic spirit and hearty loyalty to the
| University of Iowa. We seek to pay
to the brave men and women of Iowa
| who served America so gallantly the
tribute which is due their patriotism.
| We seek to build for them memorial
for all the years, which will testify to
their sacrifices for home and country,
and will inspire future generations to
equally fine Americanism. We seek
to give to our Alma Mater building
which will serve her well, and in serv.
ing her well promote the interests OF
the State of Iowa and our country.
This is cause which may well enlist
every graduates sympathy and sup
port and bring his dollars into the me.
mortal fund. No undertaking could
be more worthy or more honorable,
for the State University and for Iowa.
Every participant in it will have q
right to feel personal satisfaction and
pride in it's success"
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