Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-11-12
AsTuDEnTs SOCIAL CENTER

Iowa Memorial Union Organized for
Countrywide Campaign from
November q to Novem-
Der 20.
Iowa City. IoWa.-Several hundred
men and women. graduates and for
mer students Of the University Of
Iowa, are devoting their efforts to the
furtherance Of q project which accord
Ing to President Walter A. Jessup,
Will transform the University This
Is the raising OF fund of $1,0O0.O00
between November % and November
%, to erect at the University build
Ing In memory OF the sons and. daugh.
ters OF that institution who served in
the Civil War. the Spanish American
War and the World War.
The building Is to take the form Of
students Union-a social center for
students and graduates OF both sexes
and for the faculty. II will contain
reading rooms, game rooms, large and
email assembly rooms. dining halls,
headquarters for the literary societies,
Offices for the religious organizations
working among the students. quarters
devoted especially 10 the women stu
dents. and probably theatre for the
dramatic society. Il viii be kind Of
super-clubhouse-a real home for stu
dents. graduates, faculty and official
visitors to the University OF Iowa.
On the walls OF this building IN IN
appropriate place viii be memorial
tablets to the men and women who
died for America. The records 81
those others Who served = the three
5vars. whether n the military branch.
g e the government. IA nhilanthrop-
Z and relief work. or IN civilian var
vork here Il home. VIII be, preserved
r. the Union. Moreover. its memorial
char.cter Win - intensine,I - - a..
votion Is the TEACHING az tfpa highest
deal. 81 true Americanisus Il Il
possible that ( chair az Amesicanixa.
tinn NAV be established bv the low,
Memorial Union. which ID RESPONSIBLE
Tor this campaign. II any case. It has
heen decided u make the Union build.
inr Z focal noint for the nerpetuatiou
~ the American shirt 10 loyallv dis.
ulsyed ~ those ia whose honor the |
h,sldine i - ~ erected.
The state a. iowa has been orxan.
iza1 sor thie campaisn by Coneres.
Diatrfcts. ri charre 81 each - Dis.
.trict Chairman a 4 well-knowr grad.
nate, ~ the University. In each county
in iii, district he has Z BODY 81 mep
anN women workers Who vim reach
personally the xrauates and former
students 81 the institution and prom.
,nent men and women who are espe.
ciaIly interested in the well-being OF
the, state University.
Tnt. camuaixn, il not con0ned to
Iowa, II more than forty cities scat.
tered over the country. campaign
ouunittees are being organized now
Is reach the graduates ana former
tndents 81 the University Who live
In those communities.
The service dag Of the State Uni
vessity contained more than 5000
stars. More than 1000 graduates
former students and members OF the
faculty actually saw service abroad,
and fully 1000 OF that number were
commissioned officers. There were
1474 members Of the unit Of the Stu
dents Army Training Corps at the
University. On the University service
flag there were 43 gold, stars, while 81
members OF the s. A. T. c. unit here
died Many medals were won by Iowa
men for heroism; and the University
OF Paris has recently given beauti-
full bronze medal to the University
OF Iowa as souvenir OF the distin-
guished services rendered by its
masters and its pupils not only snpon
the field OF battle but also in the still
ness of the study room and the labora-
tory" A large majority of the mem.
bers Of the faculty who did=not serve
abroad we're members OF civilian war
boards or commissions OF various
characters.
It was this magnificent war record
which induced President Jessup and
some OF the members of the faculty
and graduates to take up the project
for soldiers memorial, not alone to
those who served In the World war,
but to those who fought Tor America