Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
GEN. PERSHINC DEDlCATES MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN AT
 ADVERSARY OF ARIZONA

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. TUG SON, Feb. 7.--Thank you again and again. l enjoyed this hour and wish It could have been twenty-four insteod Of one- This was the parting greeting of General John J. Pershing, com 1nander-in-chief of the American forces in France, from his observation car after his visit to the university where he dedicated the memorial foun- tain and received the degree of Doctor of Laws.
 Thousands gathered at the Southern Pacific station long before o'clock Prolonged cheering greeted the general as he descended from his private car promptly at s. Dr. von KieinSmid, president of the university; Dean But Ter, president of the chamber of com merce, and Major J. J. Boniface, in charge of military tactics and training at the university, constituted a com mittee of welcome for the general.
 The line of march led out North Sixth avenue to University avenue and through the west entraNce of the campus. The procession stopped in front of Arizona hall where the gen eral and his staff reviewed the cadets of the reserve officers training corps. Troop A of the squadron took their posts around the fountain after the view and acted as a guard of honor. A platform had been erected directly facing the fountain on the steps of the main building. Directly in front of the platform the school children were seated and the space round the foun- tain was crowded with people, Rep resentatives of the American legion. Red Cross. Spanish war, boy scouts, students and faculty of the university. including the federal board men, as well as thousands of people of Tucson.
 Bishop Granjon opened the exercises with a prayer. After address of welcome and an explanation of the meaning of the fountain by pr. von KleinSmid, General Pershing delivered his dedication speech.
 T am glad to be present today and to participate in the ceremonies in honor of the men whom I had the honor to command. The free insttu- lions of the United States are safe long the children of the nation are taught the meaning of democracy and have instiiled in them their duty as citizens of the greatest nation on earth to preserve those institutions"
 He spoke of the splnedid represen- tation the university made in the struggle fer world freedom. and he spoke with deep feeling of the men who made the supreme sacrifice in whose honor the fountain was erected It has just been completed and is the gift of Alexander Berger, uncle of Alexander Tindolph Berger, who gave his life in the war. A bronze memo rial tablet with the following inscrip- ton will be placed on the monument:
 This fountain is erected in honor of all faculty members. alumni and stu dents of the University of Arizona. who in patriotic devotion answered their countrys call for service in the world war 1e14I91s. and is dedicated with enduring affection to the twelve men who gave their lives for the free dom of humanity: Alexander Tindolph Berger. William OrviIle Bloys, Cortland
  James Preston Jones, Lewis Edward kengla- Leonard Low, Morgan Bland McDermott, Cornelius Molenbeck Leslie Abram Waterbury, Homer Don- ald whipp.'
 A benediction by Rev. William Dixon closed the dedicatory program.
 Dr. A F.. Douglass of the Steward observatory then presented General Pershing for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
 After the conferring of the degree, the spectators stood with bared heads and the cadets and returned service men at salute, while the university band played the Star Spangled Ban- ner."
 After the services an invitation was extended to all ex-service men to come and shake hands with the general. He shook hands with several hundred men and with mothers, wives and sisters as well as the exv-service men them selves.
 Registration for the spring semester shows 1.046 students enrolled with & new entrants. making the largest reg istration in the history of the institu- tion- The registrar believes it will ex- ceed the HOO mark before another monh. With the final examination week over. the work began Wednesday morning and will be uninterrupted till June except for the annuaI epcapon ment of the military unit which comes l. university week, April 1924
 Kappa Alpha Theta celebrated the